The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The 2013 Kansas City Architecture Series examines how historic buildings in Kansas City’s downtown area have been repurposed and g...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Arguments may ensue on the merits of individual barbecue joints, but no one disputes the extent that the “culture” of B-B-Q has helped define every...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 18, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Military historian Terry Beckenbaugh examines the failed 1863 attack on the Confederacy’s Fort Wagner on Charleston Harbor – an in...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
In the new series Dateline: Washington with David Von Drehle, journalists covering the nation’s capital offer an insider’s look at...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Established in 2005, the Kansas City Fringe Festival has grown into a 10-day celebration of theater, visual arts, film, dance, and music. This year’s...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 11, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
When it opened 40 years ago, Kansas City International Airport and its three-terminal design was hailed as the most convenient airport in the count...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 27, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Artist Glen Hansen presents and discusses the more than three dozen drawings and paintings that make up...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 23, 2013
2:30pm
In Person
Music from India. American gospel. The traditional Chinese Lion Dance. These are some of the ways in which different faiths and cultures manifest t...