The Bluford Branch will be closing early Monday, June 17 at 7 p.m. due to staff shortages.
Activity
Saturday, June 22, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
Join saxophonist Nick May and pianist Alex Li in celebration of Pride month with a performance and discussion of queer narratives in music as part...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Oscar winner Kevin Willmott (BlacKkKlansman) discusses one of his recent projects, the 2023 documentary sequel to Kansas City journalist C.J. Janovy’s...
Activity
Monday, July 8, 2024
10:30am
In Person
A five day workshop for actors ages 3-7! Drama instructor John Mulvey leads improv games for children on the Truman Forum stage, using comedy and c...
Activity
Monday, July 8, 2024
11:30am
In Person
A five day workshop for actors ages 7-11! Drama instructor John Mulvey leads improv games for children on the Truman Forum stage, using comedy and...
Activity
Monday, July 8, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
A five day workshop for actors ages 11-18! Drama instructor John Mulvey leads improv games for children on the Truman Forum stage, using comedy and...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 11, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Do you Fringe? The KC Fringe Festival has provided a non-curated platform for performance, visual, and film artists for 20 years. The two-week extrava...
Activity
Friday, July 12, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
In the culmination of arts educator John Mulvey’s weeklong Young Actors Workshop at the Library for children ages 3 to 18, preschoolers act out a stor...
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
6:00pm
In Person
Babaloo brings his unique music and comedy all the way from St. Louis, Missouri. His performance is described as a “riotous and raucous affair, with s...
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...