All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
6:30pm
Best-selling author and screenwriter Chris Enss—born and raised in Norborne, Missouri—specializes in stories of the men a...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 11, 2015
2:00pm
Car repairs are no fun for anyone. Learn maintenance tips that will help you to keep those hard earned dollars in your pocket.
Andy Mitchell, Lead...
Signature Event
Friday, August 15, 2014
6:00pm
The Kansas City Public Library and The KC Kingpen Coalition present drug-kingpin - turned philanthropist and author - Freeway Rick Ross. He will disc...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 10, 2014
2:00pm
Several Kansas Citians including neighborhood residents Alvin Brooks, Karen Slaughter, Telester Powell, Joe Louis Mattox recently created digital stor...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 29, 2014
2:00pm
In partnership with the Westport Center for the Arts we will present a reading of The 3 Ms. This new play features the widows of Martin Luther King,...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 14, 2014
2:00pm
During decades of official segregation in public schools, all-black Lincoln High was a source of community inspiration, pride, and hope matched only b...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 14, 2013
2:00pm
Meet local Independence author Marilyn Shank. She'll discuss how she got started writing and the books that she's written....
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
4:00pm
Join us as we commemorate one of the landmark events in the civil rights movement.
Library staff will lead a march around the block carrying signs re...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 11, 2013
1:00pm
You'll enjoy this light-hearted romp through deceit, larceny and murder as one of the eight murder suspects in our live "Clue" game. We'll enjoy snac...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...