The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
This road-tripping, hilarious, heart-wrenching, family-style adventure story is almost completely true, says author Pedro Martín. The Mexikid author,...
Signature Event
In Person
The West Coast celebrates Bigfoot and the East Coast has Champy, the purported lake monster claimed by both New York and Vermont. But Wisconsi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
What does film tell us about our fascination with and perception of the moon? University of Missouri-Kansas City film studies professor Mitch...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The country continues to struggle with the issue of capital punishment and questions ranging from how fairly sentences are imposed and carried out...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Incentives of various types are widely offered to encourage and promote economic development – a point of competition and controversy in a years-lo...
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
In Person
The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the i...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Library, in partnership with American Public Square, launches a series of discussions of polarizing local issues – minus the i...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Lady Bird Johnson was no mere White House photo prop.
The former Claudia Taylor once was described by husband Lyndon Johnson as “the brains a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
2015 commemorates not only the 125th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but also the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that...