The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, April 13, 2013
1:30pm
In Person
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II and his wife, Dianne Cleaver, honor the area’s young artists in A Voyage of...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Photojournalist Gil Cohen-Magen has spent a decade in Israel covering not only political and military conflict but also the coming to...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 31, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg discusses her new book Needle in the Bone about the incredib...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Eli Paul, manager of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections, examines the stories behind some of the 200 locally made p...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Ethan S. Rafuse examines a tumultuous year in the history of the Army of the Potomac, when Gen. “Fighting” Joe Hooker took...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Narrowing the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us demands a major investment in “human capital,” according to Kauffman Foundation se...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 20, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Biographer Robert Farnsworth discusses his new eBook about the life, death, and legacy of Leon Jordan, a one-time po...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 17, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Steve Kraske of KCUR’s Up to Date moderates a panel discussion about Kansas City’s financial planning. Feat...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Screenwriter Mitch Brian employs original texts and film clips to illustrate how classic (Chandler, Hammett, Thompson) and modern noi...