All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Saturday, January 27, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Crosby Kemper III, who served nearly 15 years as executive director of the Kansas City Public Library, returns to discuss his latest project: a PBS-pr...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 17, 2023
2:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion drawing from his new book The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, Lucas Hilderbrand of the U...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
7:00pm
Online
In Person
**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks.
The Kansas City...
Signature Event
Monday, November 13, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Reporters with ABC television affiliate KMBC 9 have spent a year studying the consequences of both the unchecked pile-up of trash in some parts of Kan...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Art in the Loop organizers and participants in Kansas City’s 2023 Art in the Loop Project: Celebrate look back on the artistic works and performances...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Understanding the centuries-old Arab-Israeli conflict and the crisis that now grips the Gaza Strip is not easy. In a special and timely event, militar...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
We want our cities to be more affordable, more equitable, more vibrant and sustainable. Among the necessary fixes, former New York City planner Nolan...
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
Saturday, October 7, 2023
4:00pm
In a discussion in conjunction with his Library exhibition A Survey of Elemental Gratitude, an arresting collection of photographs of Kansas’ Flint Hi...