The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Young Feminist Party Deputy Executive Director Claudia Nachega discusses the state of feminism in America and in the world, and her organization’s eff...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
National journalist Ebony Reed and resident Beverly Rentie, both of Kansas City, discuss Rentie's family and Black wealth with Mará Rose Williams of T...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Kansas City writer Chelan David discusses his new book, Beautiful States of Mind: A Father and Daughters’ Pilgrimage to All 50 States. He talks about...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
The Kansas Historical Society’s Donna Rae Pearson talks about the 12 Black women who were plaintiffs in the landmark – and now 70-year-old – Brown vs....
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
French Emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate, even centuries after his death. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Maya Angelou Book Award winner Taylor Byas’ latest poetry collection, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, discovers parallels between her journey and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Timothy Westcott, Damon Grosvenor, and Martin Roberson of Park University’s George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War discuss their researc...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Crosby Kemper III, who served nearly 15 years as executive director of the Kansas City Public Library, returns to discuss his latest project: a PBS-pr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
7:00pm
Online
In Person
**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks.
The Kansas City...