The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 13, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...
Signature Event
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 9, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
A little more than two weeks before Christmas, members of Kansas City’s Equity Actors' Readers' Theatre (EARTh) delivers two script-i...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 26, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special programming surrounding o...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 24, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special programming surrounding o...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 10, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Library’s ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre concludes...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 13, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, You Can’t Take It With You centers on the Sycamore family, whose members initially seem crazy. A...