The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Sunday, May 1, 2022
1:00pm
In Person
Amid the Library’s Big Read 2022, a two-month celebration of reading and poetry, Kansas City poet Glenn North conduc...
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
In Person
Join the Library at its recently renovated Southeast Branch for a day of community celebration. Visit our space and check out refreshed collect...
Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
This time nearly a century ago, Kansas City was approaching what local historian Joelouis Mattox calls the "Gloomy Years" – a nearly...
Sunday, September 27, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
Revamped, revised, reworked, and reimagined fairy tale characters and stories have seen an explosion in contemporary media from graphic novels to t...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Best-selling author and screenwriter Chris Enss—born and raised in Norborne, Missouri—specializes in stories of the me...
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...
Saturday, May 11, 2013
1:00pm
In Person
You'll enjoy this light-hearted romp through deceit, larceny and murder as one of the eight murder suspects in our live "Clue" game. We'll enjoy s...
Sunday, April 7, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest h...