The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
6:30pm
The country continues to struggle with the issue of capital punishment and questions ranging from how fairly sentences are imposed and carried out to...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
6:30pm
Nearly 4½ decades after arriving at the Kansas City Art Institute from his native South Wales, Warren Rosser stands as one of the city’s creative mast...
Signature Event
Friday, June 17, 2016
8:00pm
In Person
Doors open: 8 p.m. • Program: 8:45 p.m. Romeo & Juliet’s timeless tale of star-cross’d lovers adds an undead element in...
Signature Event
Friday, May 20, 2016
8:00pm
Doors open: 8 p.m. • Program: 8:45 p.m. The Library’s 2016 Off-the-Wall fil...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
6:30pm
Incentives of various types are widely offered to encourage and promote economic development – a point of competition and controversy in a years-long...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
6:30pm
The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the inci...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
6:30pm
The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the inci...
Signature Event
Friday, August 20, 2010
10:45pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert curates the annual Off-the-Wall Film Series, presenting a cross...