All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
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
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
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
The Library kicks off a new series with The Kansas City Star to discuss the news and issues that matter to Kansas Citians. I...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
6:30pm
The most eventful year of Danny Clinkscale’s life took the veteran Kansas City sportscaster along on an exhilarating ride, highlighte...
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
Saturday, March 12, 2016
2:00pm
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history. Join us...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 13, 2016
2:00pm
In conjunction with this year's Adult Winter Reading Program theme of Shakespeare (a Winter's Tale Spin), the Westport Branch Library presents an afte...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 9, 2015
10:30am
As a six-year-old child, local artist and gardener Dean Bracy observed what seemed like hundreds of monarch butterflies feeding on a butterfly bush an...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 9, 2013
2:00pm
Paul Kirkman will present a talk on his most recent publication, Forgotten Tales of Kansas City, a collection of lesser known stories culled from old...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...