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Due to snow / road conditions, Overbrook Public Library will be closed Monday 11/26/2018. We will resume normal library hours on Tuesday. Stay safe!

Due to weather / road conditions, the library will be closed today, Veteran’s Day – Monday 11/12/18. Stay safe!

Overbrook Library will be hosting our annual Halloween Party for kids on October 25th from 5:30-7:00pm. It will feature a variety of fun activities, treats, and a visit from our friends at the Topeka Zoo. Drop in for a scary good time!

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Overbrook Public Library Board will not be meeting in October at the scheduled time (Oct. 15th @ 6pm). Instead both October and November business will be discussed at the regularly scheduled November Library Board meeting Nov. 19th @ 6pm.

Join us at the Overbrook Public Library for a fun pub-style trivia night! Teams of up to 8 people welcome, feel free to bring your own snacks!

Are you interested in baseball? Want to hear about the history of the Kansas City Monarchs as well as their trip to Overbrook in 1954? Join us at the library, where author and co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Phil S. Dixon will present: “The Kansas City Monarchs in Your Hometown” on Saturday, September …

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Please join our book club for a visit from Kansas author Nancy Sprowell Geise to discuss her book: Auschwitz #34207: The Joe Rubinstein Story Tuesday August 21 @ 7pm in the Library Community Room Copies of the book are available at the Overbrook Public Library information desk for checkout if you’d like to read Joe’s …

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Congratulations to our wonderful volunteer, Lynn Drake, who has received the 2018 Super Volunteer award from the Northeast Kansas Library System! She received this award after being nominated by our library staff. We appreciate all of the hard work she puts in to make our library great. All of us are very happy to see …

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Hope everyone can join us next Tuesday 7/31 for our End of Summer Reading Ice Cream Party @ 10am! It’s been a great summer of events and reading and we hope you’ve all had fun!

Please join us Tuesday July 24th @ 10am in the Overbrook Library Community Room where our friends from the Topeka Zoo will be entertaining us with a selection of animals.   It’s sure to be great fun for all ages!   Our summer reading program will be ending with an Ice Cream Party on Tuesday, …

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