Central Library will not have the following services available on Saturday, October 12, due to the Heartland Book Fest: tech services, public computers and printing, and microfilm.
Signature Event
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Frank B. Converse is considered by many to be the first great virtuoso of “America’s instrument” the five-string banjo.
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Signature Event
Thursday, August 11, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Terry Beckenbaugh of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the first Civil War battle fought west of...
Signature Event
Friday, July 29, 2011
8:00am
In Person
Celebrate what would have been the 99th birthday of Milton Friedman when John Fund, political columnist for The Wall Street Journal, assesses the lega...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
No event in American history was more pivotal — or more contested — than the decision by Congress to declare independence in July 1776. Even months af...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 24, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on an...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 21, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Often referred to as eight years of peace and prosperity, the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61) was in fact an era of great s...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Born to a circus-clown father, Timothy Noel Tegge began performing in the ring by age 5. Today, while still working as a clown, he also acts as a circ...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 17, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
July 17, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse that killed 114 people and injured 216.
Kansa...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Although relatively small compared to the great clashes to come, the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was a seminal event in American history....
Signature Event
Sunday, July 10, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennia...