The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Thursday, March 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Pennsylvania State University’s Nina Safran kicks off a series exploring connections between contemporary issues and medieval concept...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Keith Culbertson, the chairman and CEO of Design Workshop and a George Kessler historian, launches a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive sys...
Signature Event
Monday, March 4, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf discusses the challenges – and dangers – of reading increasingly on screens. It’s not...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As a renowned conductor, and as a scholar, teacher, and author, Jane Glover’s command of classical music is unparalleled. Her more...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
One of the nation’s top military historians, John McManus of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, examines the influenc...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 21, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Columbus Junction, Iowa, doesn’t fit the Midwest small-town stereotype. As large agricultural operations and meat processing plants have become pro...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Two distinctive writers and educators join local novelist Whitney Terrell in a discussion of their craft and our nation’s fraught...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Reihan Salam sees the United States’ immigration crisis as solvable. It requires … ahem, compromise.
The son of Bangladeshi im...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Bruce Katz, director of Drexel University’s Nowak Metro Finance Lab, discusses his book The New Localism: How Cities Can...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
One of the architects of America’s current monetary policy started small. Esther George, then a teenager, stuffed canceled checks...