Signature Event Lift Every Voice: The Enduring Power of Langston Hughes Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:30pm Online The Library celebrates the life and work of Missouri-born poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes in a multifaceted event coin... Read More
Signature Event Coded Bias Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:00pm While conducting research on facial recognition technology at the MIT Media Lab, Ghanaian-born Joy Buolamwini was startled to disc... Read More
Signature Event Mr. SOUL! Friday, February 19, 2021 5:00pm Online For five years in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Ellis Haizlip presided over one of the most culturally significant television shows in U.S. histor... Read More
Signature Event 9to5: The Story of a Movement Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:00pm There’s a story – important and real-life – behind 9 to 5, both the iconic workplace-revenge movie and the catchy Dolly Parton song.&... Read More
Signature Event Making a Great City: The KC Spirit Playbook Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:30pm Online What is Kansas City’s master plan for the next 20 years? The city’s three principal planning officers, Jeffrey Williams, Diane Binckley, and Kyle Elli... Read More
Signature Event Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip Tuesday, November 10, 2020 6:00pm When Jonathan Scott, the eco-conscious co-star of HGTV’s popular Property Brothers, added solar panels to his Las Vegas h... Read More
Signature Event Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:30pm Online For well more than 30 years, starting with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979 and ending with the Sandy Hook school massacre late in 2012, Marion S... Read More
Signature Event Indie Lens Pop-Up film: Eating Up Easter Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:00pm Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is more than just a picture postcard of iconic stone statues. It’s a microcosm of a planet in flux. Native R... Read More
Signature Event Indie Lens Pop-Up film: Bedlam Tuesday, April 14, 2020 6:30pm This Indie Lens Pop-Up event goes online with a screening and discussion of the 2019 documentary Bedlam, which takes an inti... Read More
Signature Event Amy and Misha Kligman: In Conversation Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:30pm Central Library In Person In their current solo exhibitions Sanctuaries and kaleidoscope, Kansas City artists Amy and Misha Klig... Read More