The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, February 26, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Lawrence, Kansas, photographer Ann Dean discusses the impact and inspiration found in three seminal books – The Learning Tree...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 9, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
In conjunction with the Library exhibition Peripheral Visions, filmmaker Lindsey Dool...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 3, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Organizers and participants in Kansas City’s 2022 Art in the Loop Project: Sustainable look back on the artistic works and perform...
Signature Event
Monday, October 3, 2022
6:00pm
Online
Chris Raschka has illustrated more than 40 books, winning Caldecott Medals for The Hello, Go...
Signature Event
Monday, September 19, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
In conjunction with the nationally touring exhibition Young at Art: A...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Portraitist and muralist Desiree Kelly, who painted the bold, personality-infused images of 11 Black baseball players in the Library exhibition...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Sociologist, criminologist, and social worker Reuben Jonathan Miller assesses the causes and ramifications of mass incarcerat...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
In a preview of Kansas City’s 2022 Art in the Loop Project, meet the artists involved in the creation of a series of visual outdoo...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Indigenous artists featured in the Library exhibition The Heart Is a Fist talk about their inspirations and techniques in a panel discussion modera...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 22, 2022
2:00pm
Online
In Person
Sitting at the nation’s crossroads, Kansas City has satisfied the appetites of hungry travelers since the days when it was a western outpost on the...