The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Online
It was inevitable that the bawdy, alcohol-infused culture of 19th-century Kansas City would draw the ire of social reformers and prohibi...
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Online
Even among the iconic frontiersmen of the American West, Jim Bridger stands out as larger than life.
Born in 1804 and orphaned at 1...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 9, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Founded as a port at the confluence of two great rivers, Kansas City has the waters of the Missouri running through its bloodstream—threading expre...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 6, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice, local historian and blog...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 28, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book For All Children Everywhere, a comprehensive history of Kansas City’s renowned Children’s Mercy...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 25, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Infamous characters and sensational incidents abounded in the Ozarks immediately after the Civil War and well into the 20th century. The mining dis...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Veteran British director and master acting teacher Ian Wooldridge has helmed more than 100 stage productions, including The Tempes...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 20, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
While some cities owe their existence to lumber, oil, or steel, Kansas City is arguably – or perhaps not so arguably – built on food.
From its...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
America’s longest war began with an Apache raid and kidnapping of an Arizona rancher’s 12-year-old stepson in 1861. It would last more than a quart...