All Library locations will open late Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. due to staff training.
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in such a fashion that his first novel simultaneously addressed two divergent audiences: the yo...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2:00pm
Frank B. Converse is considered by many to be the first great virtuoso of “America’s instrument” the five-string banjo.
Join Conve...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 24, 2011
2:00pm
The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on anteb...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 10, 2011
2:00pm
The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennial o...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
6:30pm
Chamber music ensemble Summerfest explores Lester Trimble’s setting of the great English masterwork “Four Fragm...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
6:30pm
Emory University historian Deborah E. Lipstadt examines the May 1960 capture of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann by Israeli agent...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library celebrates the 40th birthday of Ziggy with an appearance by Tom Wilson, who...
Signature Event
Monday, June 27, 2011
1:30pm
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Signature Event
Thursday, June 23, 2011
6:30pm
Author Larry Bennett tackles some of our commonly held ideas about the “Windy City” with the goal of better understanding modern-day...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Drawing on extensive research in the Rodgers and Hammerstein papers, Jim Lovensheimer explores...