The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, July 15, 2012
2:00pm
Since his first celluloid depiction in 1908, Jesse James has been the subject of more than 40 films and has been portrayed by the likes of Tyrone Powe...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 24, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Author Brandon G. Kinney explores the complex series of events that led to the brief but bloody Mormon War of 1838,...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2:00pm
On the eve of the 136th anniversary of the famous “Last Stand,” retired National Park Service Superintendent Paul L. Hedren asks: Was...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 26, 2012
6:30pm
Short story writer and novelist Adam Johnson discusses his work in a public conversation with local author Whitney Terrell...
Signature Event
Monday, February 27, 2012
6:30pm
Angela Elam, host of the New Letters on the Air radio program, conducts a public conversation with novelist...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 17, 2011
6:30pm
Author Daniel Woodrell discusses his new collection of short stories, The Outlaw Album, in a discussion led...
Signature Event
Monday, November 8, 2010
6:30pm
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Writers at Work series with an appearance by National Book Award winner an...
Signature Event
Monday, February 22, 2010
6:30pm
Novelist and critic Edmund White discusses his new memoir City Boy on Monday, February 22...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Twyla Dell discusses the rapid rise of Kansas City in its first 100 years and the role that energy played in its development o...