The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, November 3, 2018
2:00pm
The marginalization of Native Americans wasn’t simply a crime of our country’s distant, unenlightened past. The documentary Dawnland c...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 7, 2018
2:00pm
The Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the acclaimed 2016 documentary spotlighting the famed essayist, novelist, poet, and champion of agr...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
New York-area pianist/vocalist John Bauers portrays legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer (“One More for My Baby,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses”),...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 10, 2018
2:00pm
The latest installment of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series spotlights Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Cha...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 10, 2018
2:00pm
As part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up film series, the Library and KCPT–Kansas City PBS screen the documentary Tell Them We Are Rising...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 16, 2017
6:30pm
Former ambassador David F. Lambertson, who served in Saigon in the mid-1960s as a member of the American embassy’s political secti...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 2, 2017
6:30pm
As the Vietnam War escalated in the 1960s, Hollywood was struggling financially and the longtime studio system was collapsing. Into the vacuum step...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The war experience in Vietnam varied greatly, depending on when and where you served. A panel of military veterans, convened by the U.S. Army Command...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
6:30pm
During the Vietnam conflict, battles on the homefront went beyond anti-war protests. Activists gathered in support of many cultural movements: civi...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 19, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For many U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, music was the connection between battlefront and homefront and helped them cope with the complexities of the war...