The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, January 5, 2020
2:00pm
In Person
Women who were pregnant and unmarried in the early 1900s faced limited options and societal scorn. Many chose, or were sent, to deliver their babie...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Just before dawn on December 16, 1944, American forces in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxemburg were surprised by the roar of German tanks...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
As Kansas City grew in the 19th century, so did the business of sin. Noting the pervasiveness of vice and debauchery, a visitor in 1888 described it a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
6:30pm
Adam Arredondo, executive director of the KC Startup Foundation, and Maria Meyers, executive director of the UMKC In...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 17, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Censorship was an inescapable aspect of the American effort in World War I, applied not only to soldiers’ mail but also reports from war correspond...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
6:30pm
In conjunction with the opening of the new Library exhibit UpStart, a panel of Kansas City’s foremost entrepreneurs and business e...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The U.S. wins no popularity contests in the Middle East, where it has fought on and off for nearly three decades. A Pew Research survey a little less...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
6:30pm
Fighting across the central Pacific and the dropping of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki now overshadow a key World War II campaign in 194...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 13, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Starting in 1918, at the urging of his son Harry, John Benton Hart began telling stories of a colorful three-year period of his youth. The native Kans...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Amid a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guadalupe Centers, Inc. – a westside anchor since 1919 – CEO Cris M...