The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
6:00pm
Online
Six days before the pivotal midterm elections of 2022, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman examines one of the most complicated and controversia...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Memphis, a sprawling, river-flanked, music- and barbecue-imbued city some 7½ hours to the south, offers some important lessons in development for Kans...
Signature Event
Monday, October 3, 2022
6:00pm
Online
Chris Raschka has illustrated more than 40 books, winning Caldecott Medals for The Hello, Go...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 1, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...
Signature Event
Monday, September 19, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
In conjunction with the nationally touring exhibition Young at Art: A...
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
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
6:00pm
Online
Tiffany Elder, co-chair of a Durham, North Carolina-based consortium called The Collective, talks about its work to facilitate equitable city building...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Portraitist and muralist Desiree Kelly, who painted the bold, personality-infused images of 11 Black baseball players in the Library exhibition...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Sociologist, criminologist, and social worker Reuben Jonathan Miller assesses the causes and ramifications of mass incarcerat...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
In a preview of Kansas City’s 2022 Art in the Loop Project, meet the artists involved in the creation of a series of visual outdoo...