The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Monday, May 9, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Director Ridley Scott takes a sweeping look back to the Crusades and the brutal fighting between Christians and Muslims over the First Kingdom of J...
Signature Event
Monday, January 24, 2022
6:00pm
Online
The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout...
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
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
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
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, 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
A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary....
Signature Event
Thursday, September 11, 2014
6:30pm
From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
6:30pm
Author-educator Herbert Alan Johnson explains how a lawsuit over a steamboat monopoly ultimately led to Congress gaining the power to...