The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Television and Donald Trump grew up together, a synergistic happenstance that carried an attention-hogging, reality TV-imbued, Twitter- and Fox New...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Prosperity in Kansas City is, alas, lagging. Here’s your chance to weigh in on how it should move. Attorney John Murphy of Shook,...
Signature Event
Monday, September 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
When first staged in New York City in 1935, Waiting for Lefty made a sensation of its playwright, Clifford Odets...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 7, 2019
1:30pm
In Person
From the Carter Family to Bill Monroe, from Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash to Garth Brooks, a succession of 20th-century performers—st...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City is awash in red as the Chiefs approach a new season of super-sized possibilities. But have they cut corners on player character? Whither b...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 29, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Irish-born comedian David Nihill looks at how stand-up comedy principles can be applied to public speaking, drawing from his book...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
We’re all writers now through email, texts, Facebook posts, and countless other avenues. Drawing from her new book Writing to Persuade:...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
What do we make – what does their home state of Kansas make – of Charles and David Koch? Business reporter Christopher Leonard exa...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 22, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Michael Kranish, an investigative political reporter for The Washington Post and co-author of the 2016 best-seller Tr...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Writer and director Doug Roland joins in a screening and discussion of his groundbreaking short film Feeling Through...