All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 24, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Drawing from her book Ordinary Equality: The Fearless Women and Queer People Who Shaped the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Rights Amendme...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Iran once served U.S. interests in the Middle East. Now, it’s seen as one of the largest state sponsors of terrorism in opposition to U.S. objectives...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 2, 2023
2:00pm
Online
Tapping new resources and research tools, local historian Michael Sweeney has produced the first new historical assessment in 20 year...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 22, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Not far from 18th and Vine streets, some of the most notable chapters in Kansas City’s Black history sprang from a single city block on Montgall Avenu...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Military historian and Civil War authority Angela M. Riotto looks back on the pivotal Union victory at Vicksburg in 1863 – finally ac...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 21, 2023
2:00pm
Online
West Bottoms Whiskey Co. founder Alex Lindsey examines...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In the latest installment of the Library’s Conflict and Crisis series, a panel of military historians and experts from the U....
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts a critical juncture in the Civil War: the...