The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Friday, May 18, 2018
8:00pm
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm
Dewey (Jack Black) is between Rock & Roll and a hard p...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Retired Canadian Army Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire discusses his attempt to end the coerced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, a...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 8, 2018
2:00pm
Humor, personified by the blundering but likable Mr. Bean, is the focus of the latest installment of the special, intergenerational movie series for i...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 7, 2018
2:00pm
The Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the acclaimed 2016 documentary spotlighting the famed essayist, novelist, poet, and champion of agr...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 10, 2018
2:00pm
The latest installment of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series spotlights Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Cha...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 4, 2018
1:30pm
The 2017 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series, spotlighting the works of stylish, idiosyncratic director David Lynch, wraps up...
Signature Event
Signature Event
Sunday, February 11, 2018
2:00pm
Just before the 2018 Oscars are presented, the Library screens three uplifting, Academy Award-winning or nominated shorts in the latest installment of...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 10, 2018
2:00pm
As part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series, the Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the documentary Tell Them We Are Rising...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 4, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema, the annual screening-and-discussion series, continues this year’s psychological studies of films directed by the...