All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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, November 9, 2013
2:00pm
Paul Kirkman will present a talk on his most recent publication, Forgotten Tales of Kansas City, a collection of lesser known stories culled from old...
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
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...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 11, 2012
2:00pm
Musician/historian James Christopher Edwards brings the Civil War in Kansas and Missouri to life in this musical program about the no...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
6:30pm
Former Kansas City School District teacher James P. Wilcox discusses Sex, Lies, and the Classroom – a novel...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 5, 2011
2:00pm
On Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 2 pm, Gary Jenkins will be showing a short version of his video "Negroes to Hire" which explores the history of slav...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 10, 2009
4:00pm
Experience the world of William Bent, fur trapper and trader with Kansas City connections as portrayed by John Atkinson...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 25, 2009
3:00pm
Your house just might be a tangible piece of Kansas City history. Gain the tools to coax your home into telling its tale on Saturday...