The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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, October 15, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
It’s easy to think of World War I as a European war, but fierce fighting all over the Middle East brought about great changes on socio-economic, cultu...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 12, 2014
2:00pm
Before the birth of Kansas...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
What happens when German sp...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Former State Department and CIA intelligence analyst Mark Stout discusses the birth of modern American espionage during World War I, from aerial recon...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
At 7 in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next 10 hours, some 1,200 German guns showered shel...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
The Library launches a series of programs commemorating the centennial of the start of World War I with military historian D.M. Giangreco’s look at 34...
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...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Walter Schroeder leads an examination of The WPA Guide to Missouri on Wednesday, September 16,...