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In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...

Coterie Theatre artists resume their monthly interactive story times for children and their parents, reading from Michael Rosen’s award-winning classi...

Coterie Theatre artists read from Greg Pizzoli’s hilarious book about a watermelon-loving crocodile who worries about swallowing the...

Coterie Theatre artists read from Mac Barnett’s and Jon Klassen’s witty, award-winning story of two young boys looking – and digging...

Coterie Theatre artists read from Samantha Berger’s story of an ordinary boy who transforms into a grumbling Crankenstein on what he...

Coterie Theatre artists read from the book by award-winning author and illustrator John Rocco about the wonder of a winter storm – in...