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Signature Event
Sunday, 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...
Activity
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
11:00am
In Person
Join us in the 3North space at the Central Branch every 2nd Tuesday for Let's Talk: Senior Conversations. We will be discussing current...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 13, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...
Activity
Thursday, June 20, 2024
12:00pm
In Person
Take a mid-day mind-body break with this 30-minute guided meditation session facilitated by mindfulness coach Nicoya Helm. All sessions will be hel...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 7, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper shares Boatrig...
Activity
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
11:00am
In Person
Join us in the 3North space at the Central Branch every 2nd Tuesday for Let's Talk: Senior Conversations. We will be discussing current...
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
This road-tripping, hilarious, heart-wrenching, family-style adventure story is almost completely true, says author Pedro Martín. The Mexikid author,...
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
Thursday, July 18, 2024
12:00pm
In Person
Take a mid-day mind-body break with this 30-minute guided meditation session facilitated by mindfulness coach Nicoya Helm. All sessions will be hel...
Activity
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
10:30am
In Person
Coffee & Conversation invites people experiencing life challenges to have a cup of coffee, healthy snacks, direct access to resources, and emergenc...