All Library locations will be closing early Wednesday, November 26 at 5 p.m. and will reopen Saturday, November 29.
Signature Event
Thursday, December 4, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Lamonte McIntyre, Darryl Burton, and Patty Prewitt each spent decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. Judith Sabbert, retired president of th...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 7, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
UMKC professor Bradley Poos discusses his new book about Kansas City’s Central High School, founded in 1867. He shares the stories of students, educat...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 11, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
How did a bizarre online conspiracy movement become a global political force? Chris Conner, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Miss...
Signature Event
Saturday, December 13, 2025
11:30am
Online
In Person
What are the most surprising, engaging, and thought-provoking books of 2025? Kansas City metro area librarians share their favorite fiction and nonfic...
Signature Event
Monday, December 15, 2025
4:00pm
In Person
The exhibition Resilient KC highlights end-of-semester work by students in the Kansas City Design Center’s Fall 2025 Studio. Their projects focused on...