The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
What does film tell us about our fascination with and perception of the moon? University of Missouri-Kansas City film studies professor Mitch...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
He has been the face of Kansas City for eight years. Now, as Sly James completes his second and mandatory final term as mayor, he loo...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 6, 2019
11:00am
In Person
Kansas City engages in educational, cultural, and commercial exchanges with a dozen sister cities across the globe, in part through the annual Kans...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Less than a week before the June 18 general election, the two candidates to succeed outgoing Kansas City Mayor Sly James face off on the issues and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Slavery isn’t just a sin of the past. Today, the United Nations’ International Labour Organization estimates that more than 40 million victims of h...
Signature Event
Monday, May 13, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The Library concludes its examination of immigration in America with a look at pop culture’s role in the assimilation of newcomers to our country—a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time magazine, among others,...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
“To me,” Molly Peacock says, “a sonnet makes impossible emotions possible.” The revered poet, biographer, essayist, and short fiction...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
10:30am
In Person
Revered poet Molly Peacock conducts a morning poetry workshop in the Plaza Branch’s lower-level Cohen Center. The session, Sc...
Signature Event
Monday, April 22, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The Library continues its examination of immigration in America with a screening of the film My American Girls: A Dominican Story and disc...