The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...
Signature Event
Monday, June 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
American politics, and democracy itself, are seemingly in crisis amid today’s hyper-partisanship, legislative gridlock, and growing public distrust...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The First Amendment facilitated such essential American reforms as ending slavery and extending voting rights to women. Former USA TODAY edit...
Signature Event
Monday, December 11, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Mayor Sly James joins daughter Aja James and her co-author, Audrey Masoner, in a discussion of their new children’s p...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 16, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
A panel of international military officers, currently studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, discusses their...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 10, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Scott Bullock, who heads the libertarian, Virginia-based Institute for Justice, examines the role and impact of public interest law f...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For decades Kansas City has had what city leaders described as a very expensive and dangerous headache – a crumbling sewer and stormwater system, f...
Signature Event
Monday, February 27, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Kunio Watanabe and William R. Farrell –leaders in the fields of international business and U.S.-Japan relations – discuss the economic...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The country continues to struggle with the issue of capital punishment and questions ranging from how fairly sentences are imposed and carried out...