All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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
Monday, April 1, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Fox4 reporter Matt Stewart and former Kansas City Royals second baseman, Frank White, discuss forgotten and lesser-known stories of the Royals from St...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...
Signature Event
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 18, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold War America, Louisiana Tech University historian Andrew C. McKe...
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
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Internationally known photojournalist and writer B.A. Van Sise discusses his exhibition Invited to Life, featuring selected black-and-white portraits...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion of his book The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Da...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Iran once served U.S. interests in the Middle East. Now, it’s seen as one of the largest state sponsors of terrorism in opposition to U.S. objectives...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In a discussion of the newly released Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law, co-authored...