The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
New York-area pianist/vocalist John Bauers portrays legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer (“One More for My Baby,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses”),...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
His comedies, histories, and tragedies have been performed worldwide for more than 400 years, but William Shakespeare’s personal life remains somethin...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas Citians go to the polls in April and June to elect a mayor and 12 city council members who will direct the city for the next four years. Wha...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
6:30pm
The latest installment of the Library’s Emmy Award-winning series, Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III, spotlights one of t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas Citians go to the polls in April and June to elect a mayor and 12 city council members who will direct the city for the next four years. Wha...
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
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Veteran re-enactor Charles Everett Pace brings his one man show to Kansas City to portray prominent abolitionist and social reform...
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...