All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Saturday, May 25, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
U.S. Senator, Kansas City native Tim Kaine, discusses his new memoir, 'Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside' with writer Candice Millard. The two talk a...
Activity
Friday, May 31, 2024
5:00pm
In Person
Join us as we kick off summer reading at the Plaza Branch! We will have live music from Dino O'Dell and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, games, raffle...
Activity
Saturday, June 1, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Activity
Friday, June 7, 2024
5:00pm
In Person
Summer reading isn’t just for kids.
Grab your friends and join us at Vine Street Brewing in...
Activity
Saturday, June 8, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
With a St. Paradise Steel Drum Band
What better way to celebrate the Summer (reading) kick off that with a steel drum band...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 9, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Local attorney Gary Jenkins, a filmmaker, author and former Kansas City police detective, investigated mafia bombings and murders in the 1970s in the...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
The 2024 Art in the Loop Project, inspired by a Library talk by urbanist Tommi Laitio, invited artists to share how they practice or observe convivenc...
Activity
Saturday, June 15, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Activity
Saturday, June 22, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
Join saxophonist Nick May and pianist Alex Li in celebration of Pride month with a performance and discussion of queer narratives in music as part...