The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
This time nearly a century ago, Kansas City was approaching what local historian Joelouis Mattox calls the "Gloomy Years" – a nearly...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 28, 2011
1:00pm
In Person
Location: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
100 W. 26th Street
James H. Willbanks, directo...
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...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses ways in which white men such as John Brown, Thomas Hart Benton, and Kansas City radio legend Walt Bodine wor...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 11, 2010
1:00pm
In Person
Location: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
100 W. 26th Street
Historian Shawn Faulkner di...
Signature Event
Monday, June 28, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with President Woodrow Wilson, as portrayed by...