The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, September 16, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
A panel of international military officers, currently studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, discusses their...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For all of its diplomatic and military efforts, the U.S. has been unable to end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Education reform comes fraught with questions. How do we distinguish between exciting, new ideas and costly, ineffective fads? Where can policymakers...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 23, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The attention to so-called “black rage” during the 2014 rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, clouded what one historian says was the actual root of the unre...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 22, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Literacy KC and The Writers Place have worked for decades to make Kansas City a more literate community. Literacy...
Signature Event
Monday, June 20, 2016
1:30pm
In Person
Mondays in June, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summ...
Signature Event
Friday, November 6, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The 16th Annual Kansas City Storytelling Celebration features a lineup of lively stories, anecdotes, myths, legends, and lessons....
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Literacy KC and The Writers Place have worked for decades to make Kansas City a more literate community. Literacy...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 25, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Community experts and local teens conduct workshops on activism and empowerment. Among the speakers: Dawson Barrett, an assistant his...