The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
In a special and timely town hall session, the Library, Kansas City PBS, and American Public Square examine an issue that has generated considerable l...
Signature Event
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 8, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Julie Vick, the author of Babies Don’t Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?), moderates a discussion by a panel of accomplished writers who push back aga...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Poet Elise Paschen (Osage) moderates a panel discussion and reading of Indigenous Nations Poets Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe), Jake Skeets (Diné), and Kimb...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 18, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold War America, Louisiana Tech University historian Andrew C. McKe...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book Designing Camelot: The Kennedy Restoration of the White House, historian James Archer...
Signature Event
Monday, November 13, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Reporters with ABC television affiliate KMBC 9 have spent a year studying the consequences of both the unchecked pile-up of trash in some parts of Kan...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Richard Kurin, the distinguished scholar and ambassador-at-large of the Smithsonian Institution and founder of the Smithsonian Cultur...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Understanding the centuries-old Arab-Israeli conflict and the crisis that now grips the Gaza Strip is not easy. In a special and timely event, militar...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
We want our cities to be more affordable, more equitable, more vibrant and sustainable. Among the necessary fixes, former New York City planner Nolan...