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What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...

To celebrate two decades at 14 W. 10th Street, the public is invited to an all-ages drop-in happy hour on April 19, 2024, that includes refreshments,...

Bobbleheads of baseball players are a popular giveaway at ballparks across the nation. But why? Phil Sklar, co-founder and CEO of the National Bobbleh...

Artist Benjamin Wills has come to understand what a few lines in a letter – or just the arrival of mail – can mean to someone behind...

University of Kansas paleontologist David Burnham discusses his work unearthing several young T. rex fossils in the Hell Creek rocks...

The 16th Annual Kansas City Storytelling Celebration features a lineup of lively stories, anecdotes, myths, legends, and lessons....

The KC Keepers Chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance and Plaza Branch Teen Services Cordially Invite You to the Yule Ball, a Harry Pot...

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...

Urban farming pioneer Will Allen of Growing Power Inc. hosts a workshop and presentation on growing your own food in the urban core....