The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, May 19, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Mexican immigrants who settled in Kansas City’s westside community in the early 1900s faced discrimination, poverty, and a lack of social services....
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...
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
In Person
Authors Carol Grove and Cydney Millstein sit down with former Kansas City council member Jan Marcason...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 16, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
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, December 9, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia and their friends and families featur...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 18, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
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
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families features...