All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Author Laila Lalami discusses her acclaimed novel The Moor’s Account, a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Priz...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991, ret...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
How do great books get written? Author and noted created writing teacher Margot Livesey delves into the inner workings of fiction,...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 8, 2018
2:00pm
Humor, personified by the blundering but likable Mr. Bean, is the focus of the latest installment of the special, intergenerational movie series for i...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 7, 2018
2:00pm
The Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the acclaimed 2016 documentary spotlighting the famed essayist, novelist, poet, and champion of agr...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 10, 2018
2:00pm
The latest installment of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series spotlights Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Cha...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 4, 2018
1:30pm
The 2017 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series, spotlighting the works of stylish, idiosyncratic director David Lynch, wraps up...
Signature Event
Signature Event
Thursday, February 15, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
George Saunders discusses his best-selling Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize for...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 11, 2018
2:00pm
Just before the 2018 Oscars are presented, the Library screens three uplifting, Academy Award-winning or nominated shorts in the latest installment of...