The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, January 21, 2024
1:30pm
In Person
The annual Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series returns, spotlighting a selection of sci-fi films as it looks to illuminate our understanding of...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 23, 2020
1:30pm
In Person
The Library wraps up this year’s Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series with a final screening and discussion of a film adapted f...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 9, 2020
1:30pm
In Person
The Library continues this year’s Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series – featuring films adapted from books – with the 2017 dra...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 26, 2020
1:30pm
In Person
The month’s second Searching the Psyche Through Cinema installment features Francis Ford Coppola’s classic look at life on the...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 12, 2020
1:30pm
In Person
Sigmund Freud, the celebrated father of psychoanalysis, often referenced literature and theater in his analytic theory. The annual Searc...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
New York-area pianist/vocalist John Bauers portrays legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer (“One More for My Baby,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses”),...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 26, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
This annual series returns in January and February with psychological studies of films directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose visi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
His comedies, histories, and tragedies have been performed worldwide for more than 400 years, but William Shakespeare’s personal life remains somethin...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...