All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Thursday, July 19, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
From Patsy Cline (two days before she perished in a plane crash in 1963) to the Beatles to the Jacksons’ Victory Tour, former Kansas City Star...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Rutgers University historian Rachel Devlin examines an underappreciated aspect of civil rights history – the crucial role of young African-Amer...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Thomas Frank is a liberal by conviction but an equal-opportunity critic of America’s foundering political system. In a discussion of...
Signature Event
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Sheila Brooks, a Kansas City native and former TV personality who now heads the Washington, D.C.-based SRB Communications, discusses...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
It appears to be the find of a lifetime. Shakespeareans worldwide were electrified earlier this year by the announced discovery of a previously unk...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 21, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In the second part of a two-day Songwriter in You program, Victor & Penny discuss their work as professional musicians in...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
11:30am
In Person
For part one of a two-day Songwriter in You activity, popular Kansas City pop-jazz duo Victor & Penny will visit...
Signature Event
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore were so far ahead of their time that they feel modern today. The lifelong lovers and artistic collaborators—born Lucie S...