The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Thursday, August 23, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Jessica Lenahan’s three daughters were killed by their father in 1999, and her fight to bring meaning to their deaths led to one of the most significa...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America, Georgetown University’s Peter Edelma...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Dan Cameron, artistic director of the upcoming Open Spaces 2018, sits down with Library Director Crosby Kemper III to discuss the ambiti...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 26, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Joel Rhodes, who led research for the Library exhibit It Finally Happened Here: The Kansas City Riot, April 9-12, 1968...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 19, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
From Patsy Cline (two days before she perished in a plane crash in 1963) to the Beatles to the Jacksons’ Victory Tour, former Kansas City Star...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Rutgers University historian Rachel Devlin examines an underappreciated aspect of civil rights history – the crucial role of young African-Amer...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Thomas Frank is a liberal by conviction but an equal-opportunity critic of America’s foundering political system. In a discussion of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The Library and KCPT-Kansas City PBS begin a search for solutions in the second installment of a series examining eviction in the...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
It appears to be the find of a lifetime. Shakespeareans worldwide were electrified earlier this year by the announced discovery of a previously unk...
Signature Event
Monday, June 25, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of...