All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Monday, April 18, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Beset by sex crimes and cover-ups, financial scandal, declining membership, and the stunning resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Guido Ruggiero underscored his position as one of the world’s leading authorities on the Italian Renaissance with his most recent...
Signature Event
Monday, April 11, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech – delivered 70 years ago at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri – still resounds today. Most contemporar...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 24, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Democrats have occupied the White House for 15 of the past 23 years, and Thomas Frank pointedly asks: What do they have to show for i...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 12, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history. Join us...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 12, 2016
11:00am
In Person
Craig Cobb was already notorious before trying to take over Leith, North Dakota, and turn it into an Aryan enclave some three years ago. The struggle...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush's...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 14, 2016
1:00pm
In Person
Islamism – or political Islam, the movement to infuse Islam in all areas of life – is hardly a 21st century phenomenon. Winston S. Churchill was a...