The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, October 15, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Kansas City soprano Victoria Botero leads an international ensemble of musicians, storytellers, and culture bearers in celebrating the transcendent wr...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 27, 2023
5:00pm
In Person
Starlight Theatre President and CEO Lindsey Rood-Clifford moderates a discussion about the importance of broadening...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 8, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Valerie Lemmie, director of exploratory research for the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio, discusses today’s national and local t...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 27, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
University of Virginia transit historian Peter Norton examines the need to revise our concept of city streets. They’re now so car- and speed-centric t...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 26, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Four former Kansas City mayors gather for the first time in an extraordinary forum co-presented by the Citizens Association of Kansas City...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 22, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Four acclaimed Kansas City-area performers join a special musical celebration of Venice, Italy, and all who’ve fallen into its incurable thrall ove...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 12, 2022
7:00pm
In Person
In a special Library event, Kansas City’s Bach Aria Soloists and performers with the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Memphis, a sprawling, river-flanked, music- and barbecue-imbued city some 7½ hours to the south, offers some important lessons in development for Kans...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 8, 2022
6:00pm
Online
The Library and KCUR 89.3 kick off Securing Democracy, a three-part series inviting the community and its leaders to discuss securing democr...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Tiffany Elder, co-chair of a Durham, North Carolina-based consortium called The Collective, talks about its work to facilitate equitable city building...