The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, May 19, 2019
2:00pm
Mexican immigrants who settled in Kansas City’s westside community in the early 1900s faced discrimination, poverty, and a lack of social services. In...
Signature Event
Friday, May 17, 2019
8:00pm
The fate of the galaxy is at stake in Mel Brooks’ classic Star Wars parody. Reluctant hero Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) teams up with trusty sid...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
In many ways, Kansas City’s early history is that of a stereotypical frontier town. Native Americans, pioneers, and cowboys are indelibly linked to th...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 10, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Commemorating Women’s History Month, University of Missouri-Kansas City social historian Sandra Enríquez identifies...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 10, 2019
2:00pm
Powerful imagery of protests and violence helped bring attention to America's civil rights movement. Black photographers of the era broadened the nati...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 6, 2019
2:00pm
Authors Carol Grove and Cydney Millstein sit down with former Kansas City council member Jan Marcason...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 16, 2018
2:00pm
Retired Kansas City attorney Michael Cronan discusses his book on the colorful life and career of James A. Reed, a Pendergast-backed...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 18, 2018
2:00pm
Historian Eric Anderson discusses the tumultuous, yet formative, beginnings of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas....
Signature Event
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author...
Signature Event
Friday, September 21, 2018
8:00pm
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm
Bust a cappella with the Barden University Bellas...