The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Thursday, August 29, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
When police in Ohio raided Dollree Mapp’s home looking for evidence in a bombing, all they found were some “lascivious books.” Mapp appealed her porno...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Homer Plessy—a man of seven-eighths Caucasian descent and one-eighth African descent who was nevertheless considered black under Louisiana law—boar...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Roshann Parris, president and CEO of the award-winning publ...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 5, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
This postcard tour of a bygone era offers views of Independence Boulevard (Kansas City’s first boulevard) and the rugged beauty of the city’s only...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas large...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 7, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest h...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Eli Paul, manager of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections, examines the stories behind some of the 200 locally made p...
Signature Event
Friday, November 18, 2011
12:00pm
In Person
Global Entrepreneurship Week closes as Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with...