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**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...

Margaret Atwood is one of the few writers so prolific that her work can be ordered into a 101-item best-of listicle, starting with her 1985 dystopian...