The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...
Signature Event
Monday, March 4, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf discusses the challenges – and dangers – of reading increasingly on screens. It’s not...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As a renowned conductor, and as a scholar, teacher, and author, Jane Glover’s command of classical music is unparalleled. Her more th...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Nationally renowned lettering artist and illustrator Jessica Hische discusses her work and her newest dear-to-her-heart project:...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 6, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Crime Magazine publisher J. Patrick O’Connor discusses his book Justice on Fire: The Kansas City Firefighters Case and th...
Signature Event
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from Prairie Village, who endured internment in three Nazi concentration camps during World War II, sits down wi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Retired Canadian Army Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire discusses his attempt to end the coerced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, a...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Dodge City, Kansas, native Robert Rebein revisits his hometown and Kansas’ high plains often in a discussion of his third book,...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 21, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema, the annual and incisive screening-and-discussion series, returns with psychological studies of films directed by...