All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
6:30pm
On July 18, 2017, the heads of four KC-area library systems joined KCPT’s Nick Haines...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 13, 2017
6:30pm
Kansas Citian June Davis – wife, mother of two, and grandmother of four – epitomizes the character and quiet, often overlooked accomp...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
6:30pm
Part of preserving our city’s rich jazz history is caring for the musicians whose inimitable sounds were its essence. Former Kansas City Star columnis...
Signature Event
Monday, June 26, 2017
1:30pm
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the...
Signature Event
Friday, June 23, 2017
8:00pm
The Library’s Script-in-Hand series hits the dusty trail as members of the Western Writers of America perform...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
6:00pm
The Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza location, 4801 Main St., hosts its first Summer Reading Festival, featuring bestselling author Candice...
Signature Event
Monday, June 12, 2017
1:30pm
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 11, 2017
2:00pm
The Library continues its special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families with a lively, baseball-t...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 10, 2017
2:00pm
The documentary Real Boy tells the story of transgender teen Bennett Wallace, the struggle by his mother to accept his tr...