The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Monday, June 6, 2016
1:30pm
In Person
Mondays in June, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summ...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 26, 2016
6:30pm
Take Shakespeare’s mistaken-identity farce, The Comedy of Errors. Give it a modern, hip-hop flavor. And you get The Bomb-itty of...
Signature Event
Friday, May 6, 2016
6:30pm
Students from Community School #1 perform poems and songs from the album Free to Be…You and Me, compiled by Marlo Th...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2016
2:00pm
Coterie Theatre artists read from Peter Brown’s story of individuality and self-expression, revolving around an all-too-dignified tig...
Signature Event
Monday, April 11, 2016
6:30pm
Libraries were an essential part of life for Jane Austen – and for the characters in her novels. She made ample use of her father’s collection of more...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 3, 2016
6:30pm
Coterie Theatre artists read from favorite children's books while young audience members can “jump into the story,” adding their own...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
6:30pm
This event was originally scheduled for January but was rescheduled due to inclement weather in the Washington D.C. area...
Signature Event
Friday, March 11, 2016
6:30pm
Kansas City-area performer Rockin’ Rob educates and entertains with an original style of children’s music incorporating folk, a cappe...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
6:30pm
Biographer Arnold Rampersad discusses Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes and his relationship with a number of photographers...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 6, 2016
2:00pm
The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special...