The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, February 5, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Samantha Berger’s story of an ordinary boy who transforms into a grumbling Crankenstein on what he...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 8, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from comedian Michael Ian Black’s Naked!, the hilarious book about a boy wh...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 4, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from the book by award-winning author and illustrator John Rocco about the wonder of a winter storm –...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Peter Brown’s story of individuality and self-expression, revolving around an all-too-dignified...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from favorite children's books while young audience members can “jump into the story,” adding their o...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Angela Elam of New Letters on the Air, aired locally on KCUR 89.3 FM, holds a public conversation with author and Indepen...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Patrick Rosal’s poetry, writes one critic, “skillfully navigates between despair and love, between violence and music, between los...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Martin Espada, widely recognized as “the Latino poet of his generation,” joins Angela Elam from New Letters on t...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 5, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
This postcard tour of a bygone era offers views of Independence Boulevard (Kansas City’s first boulevard) and the rugged beauty of the city’s only...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas large...