The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Thursday, October 3, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
A century after his inauguration, President Woodrow Wilson remains among the most influential figures of the 20th century—and o...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
6:30pm
Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Bloomberg blogger Megan McArdle discuss Freeing the Economy i...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 12, 2013
6:30pm
Jeffrey Frank discusses his new book Ike and Dick, which examines the 20-year political and private relatio...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
6:30pm
The August Dateline: Washington event at the Kansas City Public Library was supposed to be about outer space. Just outer space. Host...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
6:30pm
In the new series Dateline: Washington with David Von Drehle, journalists covering the nation’s capital offer an insider’s look at po...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 11, 2013
6:30pm
When it opened 40 years ago, Kansas City International Airport and its three-terminal design was hailed as the most convenient airport in the country....
Signature Event
Thursday, January 17, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Steve Kraske of KCUR’s Up to Date moderates a panel discussion about Kansas City’s financial planning. Feat...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
6:30pm
Author Robert W. Merry wraps up the presidential election – and the Hail to the Chiefs series – with a fresh, playful, and challengin...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 1, 2012
6:30pm
With his thick spectacles, big teeth, and boundless energy, President Theodore Roosevelt was a cartoonist’s dream subject. Rick Marschall...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 25, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
For all his accomplishments and advanced thinking, Thomas Jefferson could not get beyond his own limited perspective in matters of race. Drawing from...