North-East Library opens late at noon on Friday, June 28.
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
Saturday, January 27, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...
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
Thursday, January 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Crosby Kemper III, who served nearly 15 years as executive director of the Kansas City Public Library, returns to discuss his latest project: a PBS-pr...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 17, 2023
2:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion drawing from his new book The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, Lucas Hilderbrand of the U...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
7:00pm
Online
In Person
**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks.
The Kansas City...
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
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Art in the Loop organizers and participants in Kansas City’s 2023 Art in the Loop Project: Celebrate look back on the artistic works and performances...
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...