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
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
In April 1862 a Union force under Ulysses S. Grant and a Confederate army led by Albert Sidney Johnston clashed in southwestern Tennessee in the Ba...
Signature Event
Monday, April 16, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Irish writer Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz is the followup to her international bestseller The Gathering, winn...
Signature Event
Monday, April 16, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
The British Museum’s Roger Bland looks at the successes of the U.K.’s Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme, legislation aimed...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 15, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Kristen Iversen, author of Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, examines the colorful life of the famed “unsinkable” Molly Brow...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1:00pm
In Person
Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanic’s sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...
Signature Event
Friday, April 13, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
A Titanic weekend kicks off with an outdoor*, Rooftop Terrace concert by veteran folk-rockers Howard Iceberg & the Titanics. Mainstay...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Biographer Justin Wolff examines the life and art of Missouri’s Thomas Hart Benton, whose murals bejewel many a public building. F...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
The first vice president to occupy the White House after the death of the incumbent, John Tyler was derided by critics as “His Accidency.” Yet histori...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 5, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Art, Language & Play features original artwork by Stephen T. Johnson, an author and illustrator of children’s books...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 5, 2012
3:00pm
In Person
Elections are the single most important element of the American political system, the process that determines who will lead us. But elections don’t...