The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Two distinctive writers and educators join local novelist Whitney Terrell in a discussion of their craft and our nation’s fraught...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Stewart O’Nan's work spans from Snow Angels and Last Night at the Lobster to a nonfiction collaboration with Stephe...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 11, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
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
Monday, October 21, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
In Gryphon, his career-spanning collection of short stories, author Charles Baxter offers yarns in which our acutely observe...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series...
Signature Event
Monday, February 27, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Angela Elam, host of the New Letters on the Air radio program, conducts a public conversation with novelist...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...
Signature Event
Monday, June 28, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with President Woodrow Wilson, as portrayed by...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 1, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowne...