The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Was Abraham Lincoln the transcendent champion of African-American freedom that history books depict? Author Fred Kaplan tempers that...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 21, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
When The Washington Post asked 162 political science scholars earlier this year which American president should be added to Mount Rushmore...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Is True Grit’s Mattie Ross a genuine feminist hero or a merely a woman who mimics traditional masculinity?
Panelists Brenda...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 6, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
For nearly 50 years Josephine Marcus Earp was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, the legendary hero of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As an indep...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned stage and screen actor Hal Holbrook visits the Kansas City Public Library on Wednesday, November 9, 2011...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
The Big Read brings author Marilynne Robinson to Kansas City on Wednesday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirda introduces Kansas City’s 2010 Big Read selection—Marilynne Robinson...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library hosts A Conversation with Tobias Wolff, author of the Kansas City Big Read select...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 30, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The earliest deceit in Old School centers on a high school student who conceals his Jewish heritage from his classmates. To understand h...