All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Thursday, October 9, 2014
6:00pm
In Person
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a free event. Admission for dinner and the program is $15 for students, $25 for adults, and...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
What happens when German sp...
Signature Event
A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary....
Signature Event
Sunday, September 28, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Kansas City’s Union Station opened 100 years ago next month, a grand, 850,000-square-foot edifice that saw as many as 678,000-plus rail passengers...
Signature Event
Friday, September 26, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
The pig is big in these parts. Both Missouri and Kansas rank among the nation’s top 10 pork-producing states, annually putting more than 2 million pou...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Yes, there’s gridlock in Washington. There’s polarization and self-interest. But beyond those breakdowns, Philip K. Howard points...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 18, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
There are few storytellers like old baseball scouts because, well, nobody collects stories like the guys who spend a lifetime crisscrossing America’s...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 14, 2014
2:00pm
Fifty years ago, in September 1964, The Beatles appeared – some say flopped – at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. Charley Finley, controversial owner...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 13, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society and the Westport Branch Library present Aaron Barnhart & Diane Eickhoff: Price's Raid, Then and N...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 11, 2014
6:30pm
From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...