The Trails West branch closed early at 2 p.m. Monday, June 24 and will remained closed Tuesday, June 25, due to air conditioning issues.
Signature Event
Saturday, July 13, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Before he was known as "Wild Bill,” famed frontiersman and gunfighter James Butler Hickok spent three formative years as a young man in the Kansas Cit...
Activity
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
9:00am
In Person
The bookmobile will be providing library information and giveaways at the Kansas City Zoo for the 3rd Annual Temple Made Fitness Day....
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Leigh Goodmark’s latest book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, explores the American criminal legal sy...
Activity
Friday, July 26, 2024
4:00pm
In Person
The Bookmobile will be making an appearance at a Royals game for the Library's 150th Birthday!...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
National journalist Ebony Reed and resident Beverly Rentie, both of Kansas City, discuss Rentie's family and Black wealth with Mará Rose Williams of T...
Activity
Saturday, August 3, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Bookmobile will be giving away free book giveaways at the Elmwood bike rodeo, where bikes will also be given away!...
Activity
Saturday, August 17, 2024
12:00pm
In Person
The Bookmobile will be signing patrons up for the Summer Reading Program at this Back to School event. Stop by for fre...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
7:00pm
In Person
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...