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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
Friday, June 14, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
When children see characters in books who look like them or come from similar backgrounds, they feel seen and heard. Join the Kid Corner staff and...
Activity
Friday, June 21, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
In the classic tale The Three Little Pigs, three pigs each build a house out of a variety of materials. Our twist? We’ll provide straw, sticks, and br...
Activity
Friday, June 21, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Join us for the library’s first-ever Tween Lock-In at the Plaza Branch.
Smash Brothers and Mario Kart on the big screen, LEGO challenges, a...
Activity
Friday, June 28, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Do you believe in magic? After a 6-year hiatus, Reggie Regg the Magic Man brings his award-winning, action-packed MagiComedy act back to the greater K...
Activity
Monday, July 1, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
The Missouri Conservation Department will present about great places to camp within two hours of the Kansas City Metro area and share tips for plan...
Activity
Friday, July 5, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Drew Daywalt's book, The Day the Crayons Quit, is about a boy who just wants to color. We’ll have crafts inspired by Daywalt’s story about a box of cr...
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
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...
Activity
Friday, July 19, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Curious kids ask questions and are encouraged to pursue the answers in Andrea Beaty's series, The Questioneers. We’ll celebrate perseverance, creativi...