Upcoming Events

Featured Events

Science Festival Activities

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm

Auditorium at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Special Events

Age Group:

PreK, Kids, Teens, Adults, Everyone

Event Details:

Come to the library for a day filled with discovery and fun at the 4th annual Kansas Science Festival, happening on April 26th from 11 am to 4 pm. This family-friendly event is a c...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: PreK, Kids, Teens, Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Special Events

Event Details:

Come to the library for a day filled with discovery and fun at the 4th annual Kansas Science Festival, happening on April 26th from 11 am to 4 pm.

Teen Social Hour

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Teen Zone at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events

Age Group:

Teens

Event Details:

On Tuesday afternoons we will have fun options for teens in the Teen Zone including special crafts, board games, or just time to chat with one of our librarians. What would you lik...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Teen Zone

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

On Tuesday afternoons we will have fun options for teens in the Teen Zone including special crafts, board games, or just time to chat with one of our librarians. What would you like to do?

Pajama Storytime All Ages Manhattan Public Library

Pajama Storytime: Stories Encouraging Self-Esteem and Consent

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Tami Borck Storytime Room at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events, Storytimes

Age Group:

PreK, Kids

Event Details:

This is a special storytime for Child Abuse Awareness Month in which we will read two fun stories that encourage positive concepts about kids consenting to physical touch (Don’t Hu...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Tami Borck Storytime Room

Age Group: PreK, Kids

Program Type: Library Events, Storytimes

Event Details:

This is a special storytime for Child Abuse Awareness Month in which we will read two fun stories that encourage positive concepts about kids consenting to physical touch (Don’t Hug Doug) and teaching kids to believe in their value and go

StoryWalk® Downtown: Pete the Cat

All Day 5/1 - 7/31

Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events, Offsite Events

Age Group:

PreK, Kids, Everyone

Event Details:

The StoryWalk® Downtown is a self-directed walk available May-July. The walk starts at Manhattan Public Library's north windows along 629 Poyntz Avenue. From there, you’ll wal...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Age Group: PreK, Kids, Everyone

Program Type: Library Events, Offsite Events

Event Details:

The StoryWalk® Downtown is a self-directed walk available May-July. The walk starts at Manhattan Public Library's north windows along 629 Poyntz Avenue.

Teen Anime Club (6th - 12th Grade)

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Groesbeck Meeting Room at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events

Age Group:

Teens

Event Details:

Teens who enjoy anime, manga, drawing, and games can hang out, learn about Japanese culture through media and see its influence on other cultures. Snacks included.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Groesbeck Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Teens who enjoy anime, manga, drawing, and games can hang out, learn about Japanese culture through media and see its influence on other cultures. Snacks included.

Celebrate Cultures: Mexico

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Auditorium at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events

Age Group:

Kids, Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Join us for a celebration of cultures with stories, music, demonstrations and cuisine. The library is partnering with the K-State Department of Modern Languages to promote cul...

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Manhattan Senior Center Tech Drop-In

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:30am

Off Site

Program Type:

Outreach

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

New to technology? Have a question about your phone or device? A librarian will be on site to help older adults with questions about their computers, tablets and phones. Meet at th...

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Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

New to technology? Have a question about your phone or device? A librarian will be on site to help older adults with questions about their computers, tablets and phones. Meet at the Manhattan Senior Center, 301 North 4th Street.

Puppet Show

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Auditorium at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events

Age Group:

PreK, Kids

Event Details:

Get ready for some fun with puppets created by K-State students in Creative Drama, led by Dr. Sally Bailey. College students will perform a few short children's stories, followed b...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: PreK, Kids

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

Get ready for some fun with puppets created by K-State students in Creative Drama, led by Dr. Sally Bailey. College students will perform a few short children's stories, followed by a time for children to meet the puppeteers and their puppets.

Teen Anime Club (6th - 12th Grade)

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Groesbeck Meeting Room at Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Library Events

Age Group:

Teens

Event Details:

Teens who enjoy anime, manga, drawing, and games can hang out, learn about Japanese culture through media and see its influence on other cultures. Snacks included.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Groesbeck Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Teens who enjoy anime, manga, drawing, and games can hang out, learn about Japanese culture through media and see its influence on other cultures. Snacks included.

Pick Up for MPL Book Club: The Yellow Wallpaper

All Day 5/12

Manhattan Public Library

Program Type:

Other

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Register now for the first book discussion in our summer series about abnormal psychology in fiction. Pick up your copy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper at the 2n...

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Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Other

Event Details:

Register now for the first book discussion in our summer series about abnormal psychology in fiction.

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Humanities Kansas, “If these walls could talk,” with Dave Loewenstein

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Teens, Adults, Everyone

Library Events

Registration Required

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Teens, Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Presentation by: Dave Loewenstein

Friday Game Days

9:00am - 6:00pm

Kids, Teens, Adults

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

Relax with a board game of your choosing on Game Day at the library. Every Friday, board games and card games, along with instructions for play, will be available for checkout at our reference desk on the 2nd floor.

Adult Free Forum

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Adults

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Groesbeck Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

Relax and reduce stress by hanging out at your local library. On 3rd Monday nights, we will have a variety of activities available from arts & crafts to games to conversation starters.

Let's Talk Art

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Adults, Everyone

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

"Let's Talk Art" is an engaging bi-monthly series that invites two regional artists to come together for a candid and dynamic conversation about their artistic journeys.

Meadowlark Hills Tech Drop-In

9:00am - 11:00pm

Adults

Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

New to technology? Have a question about your phone or device? Wandean Rivers will be on site to help older adults with questions about their computers, tablets and phones. Start your digital adventure!

MPL Book Club: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Adults

Library Events

Registration Required

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Groesbeck Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

This is our final book club on the topic of abnormal psychology in fiction this summer.

Friday Game Days

9:00am - 6:00pm

Kids, Teens, Adults

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

MPL Board of Trustees Meeting

4:00pm - 5:00pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

MPL Board Meeting

Indivisible MHK General Meeting

7:00pm - 8:15pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

This meeting is a general meeting for a local grassroots organization for the purpose of goal setting, networking, discussing action items, and strategizing.

Donuts and Danger Book Club

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Teens, Adults

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

Enjoy a donut while we discuss books with dangerous storylines. Hang out with other book lovers in this nontraditional book club. We will focus on the genres of true crime, murders and mysteries.

Friday Game Days

9:00am - 6:00pm

Kids, Teens, Adults

Library Events

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Library Events

Event Details:

CLOSED for Labor Day

All Day

Closing

Branches:

Manhattan Public Library

Description:

CLOSED for Labor Day

All Day

Closing

Branches:

Manhattan Public Library

Description:

CLOSED for Labor Day

Speaker Series: Running in Borrowed Shoes: Thane Baker

6:00pm - 8:00pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

Education, presentation, book reading

Douglass Center Tech Drop-In

9:30am - 11:30am

Adults

Classes & Workshops, Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Outreach

Event Details:

Are you new to technology? Come and get help with your tablets, laptops, and phones. Start your digital adventure! Meet at the Douglass Activity Center in the Community Room, 925 Yuma St. Every second Monday of the month, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Manhattan Senior Center Tech Drop-In

9:30am - 11:30am

Adults

Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Meadowlark Hills Tech Drop-In

9:00am - 11:00pm

Adults

Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Humanities Kansas Speaker Series: Kansas Music History by Derrick Doty

2:00pm - 4:00pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

Educational presentation, music and instrument demos, demonstration; sponsored by Humanities Kansas and the Riley County Historical Museum.

Indivisible MHK General Meeting

7:00pm - 8:15pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

This meeting is a general meeting for a local grassroots organization for the purpose of goal setting, networking, discussing action items, and strategizing.

MPL Board of Trustees Meeting

4:00pm - 5:00pm

The library does not endorse the content or ideas represented by groups and individuals using meeting rooms.

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Auditorium

Purpose of Meeting

MPL Board Meeting

Basic Tech Class for Adults

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Adults

Classes & Workshops, Library Events

Registration Required

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Collaboration Space & Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Learn technology basics in this three-part course designed to help folks re-entering the workforce. Start your digital adventure! Meet in the library's Collaboration Space on the first floor.

Manhattan Senior Center Tech Drop-In

9:30am - 11:30am

Adults

Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Outreach

Event Details:

Basic Tech Class for Adults

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Adults

Classes & Workshops, Library Events

Registration Required

Library Branch: Manhattan Public Library

Room: Collaboration Space & Classroom

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Library Events

Registration Required

Event Details:

Learn technology basics in this three-part course designed to help folks re-entering the workforce. Start your digital adventure! Meet in the library's Collaboration Space on the first floor.

Douglass Center Tech Drop-In

9:30am - 11:30am

Adults

Classes & Workshops, Outreach

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Outreach

Event Details:

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