Southeast branch is opening late at noon on Saturday, September 28, due to staffing issues.
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
7:00pm
In Person
Note the 7 p.m. start time
Award-winning author, historian, podcast host, and New Yorker staffer Jill Lepore juxtaposes the political and personal...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Is it better for elderly loved ones to age in place or be cared for in a nursing home? A panel of experts examines the emotionally fraught issue in a...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 31, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Amid the United States’ protracted involvement in Vietnam, its military confronted racial justice demands more directly than perhaps any other institu...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 24, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Drawing from her book Ordinary Equality: The Fearless Women and Queer People Who Shaped the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Rights Amendme...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 27, 2023
5:00pm
In Person
Starlight Theatre President and CEO Lindsey Rood-Clifford moderates a discussion about the importance of broadening...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 18, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
The Library and Kansas City PBS offer a screening and discussion of the 30-minute film AIDS in KC: Facing the Challenge 1...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 8, 2023
6:00pm
Online
Valerie Lemmie, director of exploratory research for the Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio, discusses today’s national and local t...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian and Civil War authority Angela M. Riotto looks back on the pivotal Union victory at Vicksburg in 1863 – finally ac...