The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Bill Stancil presents Rockhurst University: The First 100 Years, a lecture supplemented with numerous historical...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Don Lambert discusses the efforts of 40 men and women whose so-called Topeka Constitution marked a milestone on the road Kansas w...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 16, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Kenneth H. Winn tells the seldom-heard story of Indian agent George Sibley and Ellen Lorr, whose failure to marry touche...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Master storyteller Gladys Coggswell shares inspirational tales and “down-home” stories about all walks of African-American life...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Twyla Dell discusses the rapid rise of Kansas City in its first 100 years and the role that energy played in its development on Sunday, January 17, at...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:00pm
In Person
Before Kansas City developed a jazz scene, ragtime was the music of choice. Many important ragtime composers hailed from Kansas City, which wa...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 18, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
Investigative journalist Richard Serrano tells the story of his grandfather’s murder and its cover-up—with links to politic...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 20, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
The Lewis & Clark Expedition paused at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers for three days on its way west in 1804 – longer than...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 16, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
Comprised largely of free-state sympathizers, the German community of Concordia was located in Lafayette County, which contained more slaves tha...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 21, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
In 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I, Isaac Katz turned a challenge into an opportunity. A wartime decree prohibited stores from staying ope...