The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, November 13, 2021
10:00am
Which Kansas City school is best for your child? At the annual City School Fair, families can learn about more about 50 public, priva...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 12, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Perhaps no one took more meaning from the advent of the automobile—and its promise of freedom and adventure, power and self-expression—than African...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 20, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of her new book, Towson University’s Jeannie Vanasco walks through her lingering trauma, feelings of betrayal, and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In an industry—local television news—that churns through on-air talent with nearly every ratings dip and shift in management, Al Wallace...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
There may be no more ardent disciple of literature today than John Freeman, founder of Freeman’s anthology of new writing and the...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Megan Phelps-Roper took part in her first Westboro Baptist Church protest at age 5. Granddaughter of the late Fred Phelps, patriarch...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of her new memoir Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares, Aarti Shahani walks th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author Mallory O’Meara spotlights the history-making but too-long-overlooked creator of one of movies’ most iconic monsters in a d...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As chief of staff to former President George H.W. Bush for 25 years, Jean Becker oversaw everything from the opening of his president...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 9, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Founded as a port at the confluence of two great rivers, Kansas City has the waters of the Missouri running through its bloodstream—threading expressw...