The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Friday, June 12, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Program: 6:30 p.m. • Reception FollowsOn the eve of the annual West 18th Street Fashion Show, Kansas City’s fashion industr...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 10, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Library’s ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre concludes...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 8, 2015
2:00pm
Richard L. Berkley once said, “I like meeting people.” Before, during, and after his record three-term tenure as Kansas City’s mayor...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 19, 2014
2:00pm
Not only is Kansas City home to world-class art museums, outstanding performing arts venues, and some of the planet’s best barbecue, it also boasts su...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 14, 2014
2:00pm
Fifty years ago, in September 1964, The Beatles appeared – some say flopped – at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. Charley Finley, controversial owner...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 13, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, You Can’t Take It With You centers on the Sycamore family, whose members initially seem crazy. A...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Angela Elam of New Letters on the Air, aired locally on KCUR 89.3 FM, holds a public conversation with author and Indepen...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 2, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Among the most-performed comedies of the 20th century, Neil Simon’s 1965 Broadway hit is about two recently divorced men – the slob sportswriter Os...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 5, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan discuss When Fashion...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 24, 2013
2:00pm
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre premieres its eighth season of Script-in-Hand performances – a series of classic c...