North-East Library opens late at Noon on Friday, June 28.
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Marist College journalism professor Kevin Lerner discusses his new book, Provoking the Press: (MORE) Magazine and the Cri...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 5, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Writers for Readers, one of Kansas City's premier literary events, returns with an exciting lineup featuring celebrated author Lan Samantha Chang in c...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
7:00pm
In Person
Note the 7 p.m. start time
Award-winning author, historian, podcast host, and New Yorker staffer Jill Lepore juxtaposes the political and personal...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 31, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Amid the United States’ protracted involvement in Vietnam, its military confronted racial justice demands more directly than perhaps any other institu...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 6, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book The Girl with the Agate Eyes: The Untold Story of Mattie Howard, Kansas City’s Queen of the Underworld...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Barbara Brackman – quilter, quilting historian, and author – examines quilt making in Missouri with a Kentucky connection and 19th-ce...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Andrew McCarthy may be best known for his membership in Hollywood’s Brat Pack and roles in classic films including St. Elmo's Fir...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Jay Nordlinger has gained a reputation for open-mindedness in writing about politics, foreign affairs, and the arts, among other subj...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 23, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
UMKC professor and author Clancy Martin joins Angela Elam, formerly of public radio’s New Letters on the Air...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 12, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Former Sumner High School band and orchestra teacher Leon Alexander Brady recounts an impactful career and its 1972 pinnacle: the...