Central Library will not have the following services available on Saturday, October 12, due to the Heartland Book Fest: tech services, public computers and printing, and microfilm.
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Jeff Broadwater argues that no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth pr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Edwin Marty looks at successful urban farm programs, part of an environmental and social movement that could transform our nat...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 24, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Author Brandon G. Kinney explores the complex series of events that led to the brief but bloody Mormon War of 1838...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 21, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Flamboyant, confident, and controversial, Edith Bolling Wilson was not your traditional First Lady. After her husband, Woodrow Wilson, suffered a debi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Legendary CBS anchorman Dan Rather joins Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III for a public conversa...
Signature Event
Monday, June 18, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Max Holland delves into the enigma that is Mark Felt (1913-2008), the FBI official who as the mysterious Deep Throat shared...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 16, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Whether your goal is to rise to the top of your company, make straight A’s, lose weight, or earn a million dollars, the principles and strategies a...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 14, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author James B. Stewart examines America’s perjury epidemic through the cases of Martha Stewart, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Barry Bond...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Sid Shachnow discusses his new memoir Hope and Honor, which traces his life from a childhood spent in th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
In his new book, Philip E. Auerswald envisions an optimistic future in which forward-thinking entrepreneurs emerge from cultures arou...