The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Just before dawn on December 16, 1944, American forces in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxemburg were surprised by the roar of German tanks...
Signature Event
Friday, December 13, 2019
6:00pm
In Person
Start the holiday season with a festival at the Library, overlooking the beautiful Plaza lights. Listen to live music while enjoying cookies and a...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
An heiress who preferred big-game hunting to debutante balls, Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was interesting enough to be an inspiration for a 1928 Broadw...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author and activist Helen LaKelly Hunt recalls the event that launched the women’s rights movement in our country – the first Anti-Sl...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In an industry—local television news—that churns through on-air talent with nearly every ratings dip and shift in management, Al Wallace...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
As Kansas City grew in the 19th century, so did the business of sin. Noting the pervasiveness of vice and debauchery, a visitor in 1888 described i...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Recorded by Dylan Thomas in 1952 and published in book form two years later, A Child’s Christmas in Wales endures as one of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author John A. Farrell examines our nation’s 37th president and the relevance of his career and complex legacy in the era of Trump in...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Thirty years ago, a peaceful demonstration by university students in the Czechoslovakian capital of Prague set off a chain of events that effect...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Adam Arredondo, executive director of the KC Startup Foundation, and Maria Meyers, executive director of the UMKC In...