The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, May 7, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
The latter half of the 20th century saw a boom in the construction of arenas as cities recognized the value of multipurpose venues. That included K...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 18, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
President Truman’s American Housing Act of 1949 empowered cities to replace blighted structures with safe public housing, and soon was altered to a...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 31, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
From its early days as a cowtown – a jumping-off point to the West and shipping center for meat and wheat – Kansas City not only grew into a Midwes...
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
Sunday, March 20, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Efforts to combat blight and “renew” Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, took off after the end of World War II, but the results were m...
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, December 6, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
No other resident of Kansas City, past or present, has achieved the worldwide fame of Walt Disney. He created the animated Mickey Mouse and establi...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 8, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
Thomas Hart Benton’s national notoriety – as one of the most visible and controversial American painters of the 1930s – has overshadowed his time a...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 19, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
In July 1974, an estimated 100,000 members—and probably more—of the Woodstock generation descended on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 8, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
Richard L. Berkley once said, “I like meeting people.” Before, during, and after his record three-term tenure as Kansas City’s mayor...