The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The University of Kansas’ John Tibbetts draws from 35 years of conversations with some of the world’s finest musicians in discussing...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Efforts to marginalize Native Americans and their culture could not diminish their transformational impact on popular music, from the Delta blues a...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of the new book Wide-Open Town, its editors – historians Diane Mutti Burke, John He...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Former Kansas City Star editorial writer Yael Abouhalkah and his wife Beci Bosley discuss their alternative...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Nationally renowned lettering artist and illustrator Jessica Hische discusses her work and her newest dear-to-her-heart project:...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 9, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia and their friends and families featur...
Signature Event
Friday, December 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Best-selling author and two-time Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo discusses her new juvenile novel Louisiana’s Way Home....
Signature Event
Friday, November 30, 2018
6:00pm
In Person
Start the holiday season with a festival at the Library, overlooking the beautiful Plaza lights. Listen to live music by the trio Tiny Esca...
Signature Event
Monday, November 12, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Commemorating Veterans Day, members of Kansas City’s Equity Actors' Readers' Theatre (EARTh) deliver a script-in-hand performance of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The best political speeches transcend oratory. In such stirring addresses as John F. Kennedy’s “ask not what your country can do for you” and Winst...