The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Friday, March 15, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s North-E...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 5, 2023
6:00pm
In Person
Writers for Readers, one of Kansas City's premier literary events, returns with an exciting lineup featuring celebrated author Lan Samantha Chang in c...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Writers for Readers returns with a special lineup featuring celebrated author Alexander Chee and the announcement of...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 1, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2022
1:00pm
In Person
Amid the Library’s Big Read 2022, a two-month celebration of reading and poetry, Kansas City poet Glenn North conduc...
Signature Event
Friday, April 8, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
Join the Library at its recently renovated Southeast Branch for a day of community celebration. Visit our space and check out refreshed collect...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm
This time nearly a century ago, Kansas City was approaching what local historian Joelouis Mattox calls the "Gloomy Years" – a nearly...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 26, 2016
4:00pm
Learn and then apply the art of wooden-sword dueling in two interactive sessions offered by the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Participants fi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
5:00pm
Learn and then apply the art of wooden-sword dueling in two interactive sessions offered by the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Participants fi...