The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Commemorating Women’s History Month, University of Missouri-Kansas City social historian Sandra Enríquez identifies...
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author...
Sunday, May 6, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice, local historian and blog...
Sunday, March 4, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
Micah W. Kubic, who heads the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, discusses his book about Freedom, Inc., and its more than half-cen...
Sunday, September 10, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Folklorist and historian Adam Miller recalls the frontier-life origins of the folk music of Kansas and Missouri. A singer and autohar...
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
To the delight of local beer aficionados, Kansas City has seen a recent proliferation of new breweries, building on a history that dates to the 185...
Sunday, March 5, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
In 1894, when women’s lives and choices were restricted and their influence was limited, a group of Kansas Citians answered a call to “stand shoulder...
Sunday, December 4, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
As it did throughout America, World War II affected every facet of life in Franklin County, Kansas, from 1941-45. The experience there was captured by...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...
Sunday, December 6, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
No other resident of Kansas City, past or present, has achieved the worldwide fame of Walt Disney. He created the animated Mickey Mouse and establi...