The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
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
Thursday, March 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush...
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
Thursday, September 11, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
8:00am
In Person
Kansas City’s self-described “bean baron” Danny O’Neill discusses the founding and continued success of The Roasterie...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 1, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowne...