All Library locations will open late Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. due to staff training.
Signature Event
Saturday, September 15, 2012
2:00pm
Actor and author John Lithgow offers an entertaining afternoon of insight, anecdotes, and readings.
Lithgow, a Tony and Emmy award...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
An estimated 225,000 adults in Kansas City are denied some of the simplest and most important moments in life because they cannot read.To ce...
Signature Event
Monday, September 10, 2012
6:30pm
Former Kansas City Star film critic Robert Butler, now a member of the Library’s public affairs department, offers opening r...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Seemingly austere and reportedly passive in the face of a national economic calamity, Herbert Hoover is somewhat of a political orphan. But biographer...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:00pm
In Person
Learn about all the requirements for becoming a poll worker. Participants will learn about the various poll worker categories: judges, voter assist...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
6:30pm
Classic American labor posters were created with the dual purpose of entertaining and informing.
Now, just in time for Labor Day, Lincoln C...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 23, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Margot McMillen, author of The Golden Lane, explores how a protest by thousands of women at the 1916 Democratic National Con...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 19, 2012
2:00pm
This event has been cancelled at the author’s request due to a serious family illness.
During...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 9, 2012
6:30pm
Dr. Wes Crenshaw Lawrence family psychologist and author of Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens and Real Life Adv...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 9, 2012
3:00pm
Representatives of the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners delve into the history of the Republican and Democratic parties,...