The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 8, 2022
6:00pm
Online
The Library and KCUR 89.3 kick off Securing Democracy, a three-part series inviting the community and its leaders to discuss securing democr...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2022
1:00pm
In Person
Amid the Library’s Big Read 2022, a two-month celebration of reading and poetry, Kansas City poet Glenn North conduc...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
6:30pm
Online
The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout...
Signature Event
Online
The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout...
Signature Event
Online
Richard Nixon lamented that he would be remembered only for Watergate and warming relations with China. He wasn’t wrong – about the wreckage of Wat...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 13, 2021
10:00am
Which Kansas City school is best for your child? At the annual City School Fair, families can learn about more about 50 public, priva...
Signature Event
Online
Have we been too hard on George W. Bush?
Drawing in part from a raft of newly available archival records, noted historian...
Signature Event
Online
Rep. Sharice Davis, in her second precedent-setting term in the U.S. House from Kansas’ 3rd District, discusses her new picture-book...
Signature Event
Online
Cities are made to be walked – or should be, given the economic, environmental, and medical benefits.
How far is Kansas City from...
Signature Event
Online
Higher education has been in the news a lot lately as politicians debate the merits of student loan forgiveness and free community college tuition....