Plaza branch will open late at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4.
Activity
Saturday May 4, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Signature Event
May 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
French Emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate, even centuries after his death. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of...
Activity
Saturday May 18, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Activity
Saturday May 18, 2024
11:00am
In Person
Have you recently purchased a home and are curious about its history? Are you interested in uncovering the story behind the house you've called hom...
Signature Event
May 19, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Pat O’Neill, author of From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City, spotlights many of the colorful characters who once called the West...
Signature Event
May 21, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
The Kansas Historical Society’s Donna Rae Pearson talks about the 12 Black women who were plaintiffs in the landmark – and now 70-year-old – Brown vs....
Signature Event
May 25, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
U.S. Senator, Kansas City native Tim Kaine, discusses his new memoir, 'Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside' with writer Candice Millard. The two talk a...
Activity
Saturday June 1, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Signature Event
June 9, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Local attorney Gary Jenkins, a filmmaker, author and former Kansas City police detective, investigated mafia bombings and murders in the 1970s in the...
Signature Event
June 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...