The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Saturday, July 6, 2019
11:00am
In Person
Kansas City engages in educational, cultural, and commercial exchanges with a dozen sister cities across the globe, in part through the annual Kans...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Less than a week before the June 18 general election, the two candidates to succeed outgoing Kansas City Mayor Sly James face off on the issues and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Slavery isn’t just a sin of the past. Today, the United Nations’ International Labour Organization estimates that more than 40 million victims of h...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time magazine, among others,...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
“To me,” Molly Peacock says, “a sonnet makes impossible emotions possible.” The revered poet, biographer, essayist, and short fiction...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
10:30am
In Person
Revered poet Molly Peacock conducts a morning poetry workshop in the Plaza Branch’s lower-level Cohen Center. The session, Sc...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Displaced from their home in Belarus during World War II, a then-teenage Gitla Doppelt and her family joined bands of fo...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...
Signature Event
Monday, March 4, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf discusses the challenges – and dangers – of reading increasingly on screens. It’s not...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As a renowned conductor, and as a scholar, teacher, and author, Jane Glover’s command of classical music is unparalleled. Her more...