The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Christie Hodgen discusses her latest novel, Elegies for the Brokenhearted, on Wednesday...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 28, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Henry Adams, the great-great-great-great-grandson of founding father John Adams, presents a sweeping saga about America’s first...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the first president of the United States in W...
Signature Event
Monday, October 25, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Trudeau makes a special public appearance to celebrate the release of 40: A Doonesbury Re...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 21, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
From June - September 1692, 19 people were hanged for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Just in time for Halloween, historian...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Edgar Snow, as portrayed by local actor...
Signature Event
Monday, October 18, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Bill Stancil presents Rockhurst University: The First 100 Years, a lecture supplemented with numerous historical...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 14, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
From bandits to gangsters, from kidnappers to gunslinging evangelists, Kansas City has proved to be a hotbed for criminals. In Kansas...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
The classic children’s novel Robinson Crusoe bears little resemblance to the novel authored by Daniel DeFoe in 1719. Dec...