The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
This road-tripping, hilarious, heart-wrenching, family-style adventure story is almost completely true, says author Pedro Martín. The Mexikid author,...
Activity
Friday, July 12, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
In the culmination of arts educator John Mulvey’s weeklong Young Actors Workshop at the Library for children ages 3 to 18, preschoolers act out a stor...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 13, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Before he was known as "Wild Bill,” famed frontiersman and gunfighter James Butler Hickok spent three formative years as a young man in the Kansas Cit...
Activity
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Do you like puzzles? Spend an hour solving crosswords, word searches, and other logic puzzles while soothing jazz plays in the background. This pro...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Activity
Thursday, July 25, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Discover a new skill every month and create unique pieces of art!
¡Descubre una nueva habilidad artística cada mes y crea obras de arte úni...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Leigh Goodmark’s latest book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, explores the American criminal legal sy...
Activity
Friday, July 26, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Babaloo brings his unique music and comedy all the way from St. Louis, Missouri. His performance is described as a “riotous and raucous affair, with s...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
National journalist Ebony Reed and resident Beverly Rentie, both of Kansas City, discuss Rentie's family and Black wealth with Mará Rose Williams of T...
Activity
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Do you like puzzles? Spend an hour solving crosswords, word searches, and other logic puzzles while soothing jazz plays in the background. This pro...