The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Monday, June 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
American politics, and democracy itself, are seemingly in crisis amid today’s hyper-partisanship, legislative gridlock, and growing public distrust...
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
Monday, February 27, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Kunio Watanabe and William R. Farrell –leaders in the fields of international business and U.S.-Japan relations – discuss the economic...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Less than 100 days before Americans go to the polls, the latest installment of Dateline: Washington examines what has been one of the...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Presidential races are the stuff of myth, sometimes literally. Like the 1952 contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, both purportedly r...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 10, 2015
8:00pm
In Person
The KC Keepers Chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance and Plaza Branch Teen Services Cordially Invite You to the Yule Ball, a Harry Pot...
Signature Event
Friday, October 3, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
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...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
11:00am
In Person
In the waning days of the 2012 political campaign, KCUR-FM and the Library join forces to present a live surrogate Presidential de...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:45pm
In Person
Join us for a public viewing of the 2012 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates.
A panel discussion follows each debate....
Signature Event
Thursday, August 30, 2012
6:00pm
In Person
Learn about all the requirements for becoming a poll worker. Participants will learn about the various poll worker categories: judges, voter assist...