The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 2, 2023
6:00pm
Online
The full truth of the deadly collapse of two 120-foot skywalks in Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency hotel in 1981 rested for decades in a manuscript writ...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 26, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Lawrence, Kansas, photographer Ann Dean discusses the impact and inspiration found in three seminal books – The Learning Tree...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 19, 2023
3:00pm
Online
Drawing from his book Hip-Hop Revolution: The Culture and Politics of Rap, University of Connecticut history professor...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 16, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Robert Alter, the foremost modern translator of the Hebrew Bible into English, discusses that work, the significant implications from even t...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In a discussion of his definitive biography, bestselling author Jeff Pearlman discusses the life and exploits of one of the greatest athlete...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In the launch of a new series, Turning Points, in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military historia...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 8, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Drawing from her KC 1900 blog series, local author and historian LaDene Morton details how Kansas City rallied from a devastating set...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Think barbecue is all Kansas City has to offer? Matt Stewart says that’s far, far from true. The Fox4 News reporter discusses his new book...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 1, 2022
6:00pm
Online
John Musgrave has been candid about his Vietnam War experiences and related struggles, notably as a featured voice in Ken Burns’ d...