The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 11, 2023
10:00am
In Person
Parents seeking a good school fit for their children can visit with representatives of more than 50 of Kansas City’s public, private, charter, and fai...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Fifty-plus years after the creation of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, much progress has been made for women in the workplace. Bu...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 7, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
College graduates last May held an unenviable distinction: They left school deeper in debt than any class before them. Those who’d taken out studen...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
One of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurs, Henry W. Bloch co-founded H&R Block Inc. in 1955 and helped build it into the world’s...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
For nearly 30 years Mark Skousen — financial economist, university professor, and author — has been collecting the wisdom...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Narrowing the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us demands a major investment in “human capital,” according to Kauffman Foundation se...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
CKE Restaurants Chief Executive Officer Andrew Puzder shares his views on job creation and explains why he believes attempts by th...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Bill Stancil presents Rockhurst University: The First 100 Years, a lecture supplemented with numerous historical...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 1, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Kansas City-based independent writer and producer Jack Cashill marks the one-year anniversary of the $787 billion American Recov...