All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Sunday, February 22, 2015
2:00pm
Join Bernard Norcott-Mahany and friends in an afternoon of stories and songs about “love gone wrong,” part of the Library’s A...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 10, 2014
2:00pm
Best-selling mystery and horror author J.A. Jance introduced Joanna Brady to readers in Desert Heat in 1993. Her fictional A...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 23, 2014
2:00pm
Join Bernard Norcott-Mahany as he recounts “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (the movie Mitty is not the real Mitty)...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 14, 2013
2:00pm
Meet local Independence author Marilyn Shank. She'll discuss how she got started writing and the books that she's written....
Signature Event
Saturday, May 11, 2013
1:00pm
You'll enjoy this light-hearted romp through deceit, larceny and murder as one of the eight murder suspects in our live "Clue" game. We'll enjoy snac...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas largely...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 7, 2013
2:00pm
Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest hist...
Signature Event
Saturday, December 8, 2012
3:00pm
Are you in the market for a device which takes advantage of e-books? Don't know the difference between a tablet and an e-reader? Want to find out how...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
6:30pm
LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story: The Home of Friendly Merchants, traces the history of the district from the Civil...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1:00pm
Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanic’s sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...