The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Thursday, March 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush's...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
6:30pm
Kansas City’s Barkley advertising agency hatched the enormously successful “Two Guys” campaign for Sonic Drive-In a little more than 12 years ago, let...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
6:30pm
Bill Zahner made a tough call shortly after taking charge of the family business in the late 1970s, shifting the focus of the A. Zahn...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 10, 2015
8:00pm
In Person
The KC Keepers Chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance and Plaza Branch Teen Services Cordially Invite You to the Yule Ball, a Harry Pot...
Signature Event
Friday, October 3, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning author Ann Bausum tells a true story of a terrier that wandered onto an Army training field, befriending Pvt. James Robert Conroy and ac...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 28, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Forests produce lumber, shelter a dazzling variety of plant and animal life, and serve as our planet’s lungs, cleansing the atmosphere of carbon dioxi...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 29, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Marine biologist Nancy Knowlton knows the wonders of our oceans and the weird and wondrous creatures that call it home. She also reco...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book, business management and leadership expert Joel Kurtzman makes the argument that America remains by fa...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 14, 2013
6:30pm
Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who has...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 8, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Marketing studies have shown that, like other consumers, beer drinkers often make purchases based not just on taste, but often on the packaging an...