The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
When The Kansas City Star profiled the 10 greatest departed heroes in the city’s history earlier this year, it started – naturally – with Ewi...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 14, 2016
6:30pm
One of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurial success stories traces back to a picnic table in Loose Park in the late 1970s, when Cliff Illig...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
From modest attendance of 120 at its first service held in 1990 in the chapel of a local funeral home – the Rev. Adam Hamilton has nu...
Signature Event
Monday, April 25, 2016
6:30pm
Everyone is susceptible to implicit bias – unconscious attitudes or stereotypes that affect judgments about others based on their race, ethnicity, app...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Opening a five-day series of Urban Grown events—culminating in the...
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
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Yes, there’s gridlock in Washington. There’s polarization and self-interest. But beyond those breakdowns, Philip K. Howard points to...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Thirty years ago, there were no private military and security companies. Now PMSCs, as they’re known, are a vital part of American foreign and militar...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
The Midwest’s small towns have produced the entrepreneurial likes of Henry Ford, George Washington Carver, and Walt Disney; artists and entertainers s...