All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
4:00pm
Join us as we commemorate one of the landmark events in the civil rights movement.
Library staff will lead a march around the block carrying signs re...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 20, 2012
6:00pm
Want to be prepared for the presidential election? Learn about voter deadlines, provisional ballots, new voter ID cards, ID’s required at the polls an...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2:00pm
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses the history of Prospect Avenue and the life of one of the surrounding community’s leading c...
Signature Event
Monday, July 9, 2012
2:00pm
Gov. Jay Nixon today signed House Bill 1659 which allows Kansas City to create a land bank for the purpose of acquir...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 16, 2012
2:00pm
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 are...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 22, 2012
2:00pm
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre continues its sixth season of Script-in-Hand performances with Ntozake Shange’s...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 5, 2012
3:00pm
In Person
Elections are the single most important element of the American political system, the process that determines who will lead us. But elections don’t...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 17, 2012
1:00pm
A Triumph of the Spirit on Saturday, March 17th, at 1:00p.m. at the L.H. Bluford Branch, 3050 Prospect Ave.
Award-winning playwrig...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 27, 2011
1:30pm
Urban farming pioneer Will Allen of Growing Power Inc. hosts a workshop and presentation on growing your own food in the urban core....