All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
6:30pm
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III launches its second season with a conversation with Mark Twain, as portrayed by...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
6:30pm
The third installment in the series that focuses on local entrepreneurs features Mary Carol Garrity, founder of Nell Hill’s and one o...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Faced with a divided nation, Abraham Lincoln deemed the loyalty of the border slave states crucial to the preservation of the Union. But while most sc...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 18, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Already an established artist of worldwide fame, Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton was a natural choice for the Limited Editions Club’s illustrate...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 27, 2011
1:30pm
In Person
Urban farming pioneer Will Allen of Growing Power Inc. hosts a workshop and presentation on growing your own food in the urban core....
Signature Event
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The Sunshine Safety Lamp Company of Kansas City was a thriving business a century ago when many homes, outbuildings, and businesses w...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 11, 2011
6:30pm
Terry Beckenbaugh of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the first Civil War battle fought west of th...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
No event in American history was more pivotal — or more contested — than the decision by Congress to declare independence in July 1776. Even months af...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 24, 2011
2:00pm
The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on anteb...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
6:30pm
Although relatively small compared to the great clashes to come, the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was a seminal event in American history. Whe...