Bluford Branch will open at 1 p.m.
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Our country’s deep (and fitful) involvement in the Middle East traces to World War II, when the U.S. came to Britain’s assistance in North Africa,...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time magazine, among others,...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 4, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
For 15 weeks, from the start of their season through the 2016 Alabama state tournament, the wrestlers at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School endured...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
A young American flautist, Edwin Rist, broke into the British Museum of Natural History in Tring in 2009 and made off with nearly 300 bird skins. Biza...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
In many ways, Kansas City’s early history is that of a stereotypical frontier town. Native Americans, pioneers, and cowboys are indelibly linked to...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 27, 2019
12:00pm
In Person
Celebrate your favorite books, movies, comics, and all things geeky at the afternoon-long Plaza PopCon.Come dressed as your...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
“To me,” Molly Peacock says, “a sonnet makes impossible emotions possible.” The revered poet, biographer, essayist, and short fiction...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 25, 2019
10:30am
In Person
Revered poet Molly Peacock conducts a morning poetry workshop in the Plaza Branch’s lower-level Cohen Center. The session, Sc...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Louis Galambos, a Johns Hopkins University historian who edited the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, discusses his new book on Ike, ex...