The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, June 3, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh vie...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 7, 2017
2:00pm
Coterie Theatre artists read from Stephanie Barroux’s tale of an ordinary guy who finds extraordinary adventure – through books. Youn...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy was three years into his incendiary search for Communists when Dwight Eisenhower assumed the presidency in 1953. Ike...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 2, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Greg Pizzoli’s hilarious book about a watermelon-loving crocodile who worries about swallowing the...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 5, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Mac Barnett’s and Jon Klassen’s witty, award-winning story of two young boys looking – and digging...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Glenn North, the inaugural poet laureate of Kansas City’s 18th & Vine Jazz District, discusses his work as an accompli...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
6:30pm
Nearly 4½ decades after arriving at the Kansas City Art Institute from his native South Wales, Warren Rosser stands as one of the city’s creative mast...
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
Coterie Theatre artists read from comedian Michael Ian Black’s Naked!, the hilarious book about a boy who r...
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 – in...