The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 17, 2023
2:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion drawing from his new book The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, Lucas Hilderbrand of the U...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 2, 2023
2:00pm
Online
Tapping new resources and research tools, local historian Michael Sweeney has produced the first new historical assessment in 20 year...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 21, 2023
2:00pm
Online
West Bottoms Whiskey Co. founder Alex Lindsey examines...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 22, 2022
2:00pm
Online
In Person
Sitting at the nation’s crossroads, Kansas City has satisfied the appetites of hungry travelers since the days when it was a western outpost on the...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2022
2:00pm
Online
In Person
There was no greater boon to Kansas City’s early development than the opening of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869. Designed by civil engineer Octave Cha...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 24, 2022
2:00pm
Online
In Person
The infamous Missouri Executive Order 44 – known as the Extermination Order – was issued by Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs on October 27, 1838, forcing thou...