All Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
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Signature Event
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Established in 2005, the Kansas City Fringe Festival has grown into a 10-day celebration of theater, visual arts, film, dance, and music. This year’s...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 11, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
When it opened 40 years ago, Kansas City International Airport and its three-terminal design was hailed as the most convenient airport in the count...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 27, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Artist Glen Hansen presents and discusses the more than three dozen drawings and paintings that make up...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 23, 2013
2:30pm
In Person
Music from India. American gospel. The traditional Chinese Lion Dance. These are some of the ways in which different faiths and cultures manifest t...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 20, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library hosts Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper and captain Jimmy Nielsen for the launch of his new memoir...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 20, 2013
4:00pm
In Person
Residents are invited to participate in a public information session about current and future environmental testing related to the former Hardesty...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Betty Ford is known for her battles with breast cancer and substance abuse. But perhaps even more than these struggles, says biograph...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and politica...