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, February 6, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg — teacher and student, respectively — helped define the theoretical limits of the modern age. In Copenh...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 5, 2011
10:30am
In Person
As part of the second annual Kansas City Design Week, a multi-disciplinary panel of design professionals will showcase the breadth and potential of...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 3, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
To commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth, historian Michael Schaller chronicles the life of one of America’s most notable and successful...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Harvard historian Jill Lepore discusses her new book The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Ba...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
A Tony Award winner for his Titanic and Nine musical compositions, Maury Yeston performs at the piano and discus...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 23, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
This annual film series takes a look at Marriage & Family – Under the Surface, starting with Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning direct...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Best known for his artistic achievements, Michelangelo not only filled hundreds of sheets with drawings, sketches, and doodles, but he also composed h...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 16, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Diane Mutti Burke, an assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, discusses he...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 13, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Edward Bowie explains why the military accomplishments of Alexander the Great remain a benchmark agai...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Robert Bixby and Sara Imhof discuss the state of the American economy, and offer bipartisan solutions to reduce t...