On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Anita O’Brien, an original co-curator of the Library’s special traveling exhibit, Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective, d...
Thursday, July 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Drive through the Mississippi Delta today, and you’ll find it dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Most c...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Nearing the start of the 15th annual KC Fringe Festival—a two-week performing and visual arts extravaganza spread across multiple...
Monday, July 8, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Writer Claire L. Evans, a contributor to Vice, The Guardian, and Wired and former editor of the multiplatf...
Saturday, July 6, 2019
11:00am
In Person
Kansas City engages in educational, cultural, and commercial exchanges with a dozen sister cities across the globe, in part through the annual Kans...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As chief of staff to former President George H.W. Bush for 25 years, Jean Becker oversaw everything from the opening of his presid...
Friday, June 21, 2019
8:00pm
In Person
One of Saturday Night Live’s signature comedy sketches gets the big-screen treatment, following Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin as stranded cone-...
Thursday, June 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Barry Strauss stands as one of today’s foremost classicists, his exhaustively researched and accessibly written books opening window...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival settles into its summer production of Shakespeare in Love, let us reappreciate the genius of...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Less than a week before the June 18 general election, the two candidates to succeed outgoing Kansas City Mayor Sly James face off on the issues and...