The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
An estimated 225,000 adults in Kansas City are denied some of the simplest and most important moments in life because they cannot read.To ce...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Jim Denny examines the Battle of Island Mound, the first Civil War battle in which African-American soldiers engaged in...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Why doesn’t practice make perfect? Why are the same mistakes replayed in every presidential election? Political scientist Samuel Popkin...
Signature Event
Monday, September 10, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Former Kansas City Star film critic Robert Butler, now a member of the Library’s public affairs department, offers openin...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 9, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
The 1940 U.S. Census revealed that Missouri had 3.8 million residents, there were 1.8 million Kansans, and Kansas City, Missouri, was home to 400,0...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 6, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Cornell University historian Fredrik Logevall discusses the origins of America’s least popular war, beginning with the 1919 Versai...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Officials at the University of Missouri-Kansas City recently announced their intention to relocate many of their fine arts efforts to downtown. Planne...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Seemingly austere and reportedly passive in the face of a national economic calamity, Herbert Hoover is somewhat of a political orphan. But biograp...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:00pm
In Person
Learn about all the requirements for becoming a poll worker. Participants will learn about the various poll worker categories: judges, voter assist...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Classic American labor posters were created with the dual purpose of entertaining and informing.
Now, just in time for Labor Day, Lin...