All Library locations will open late Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. due to staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, December 4, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The images of the military destruction suffered on December 7, 1941, and the words that followed by President Franklin Roosevelt have been seared i...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 5, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
On Saturday, November 5, 2011, at 2 pm, Gary Jenkins will be showing a short version of his video "Negroes to Hire" which explores the history of slav...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, and a military veteran whose experiences flying missions over France during Wo...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 6, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Faced with a divided nation, Abraham Lincoln deemed the loyalty of the border slave states crucial to the preservation of the Union. But while most sc...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 22, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
The third annual Power of Reading celebration features Kansas City authors and new adult readers sharing inspired stories about th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in such a fashion that his first novel simultaneously addressed two divergent audiences: the yo...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 18, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Already an established artist of worldwide fame, Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton was a natural choice for the Limited Editions Club’s illustrate...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 27, 2011
1:30pm
In Person
Urban farming pioneer Will Allen of Growing Power Inc. hosts a workshop and presentation on growing your own food in the urban core....
Signature Event
Sunday, August 21, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The Sunshine Safety Lamp Company of Kansas City was a thriving business a century ago when many homes, outbuildings, and businesses w...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
No event in American history was more pivotal — or more contested — than the decision by Congress to declare independence in July 1776. Even months af...