The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Saturday, May 13, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Alex Sutton, a veteran of three combat tours in Iraq, has been done with war for nearly a decade. But his fight is far from over. Dealing with ...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 8, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
This is where technology has taken us: U.S. service members plotting and executing drone strikes half a world away, killing not only a faceless ene...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 11, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
The tragedy of December 14, 2012 – 20 schoolchildren and six adult staff members dying at the hands of a 20-year-old gunman in Newtown, Connecticut...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 14, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
The all-female Ovarian Psycos bicycle brigade has been riding through Eastside Los Angeles since 2011, cruising barrios and boulevards where women...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 14, 2016
11:00am
In Person
As a county sheriff and creator of Utah’s first SWAT team, William “Dub” Lawrence was once an unlikely critic of law enforcement. That SWAT team, howe...
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...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 7, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest h...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Eli Paul, manager of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections, examines the stories behind some of the 200 locally made p...