The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
4:00pm
Join us as we commemorate one of the landmark events in the civil rights movement.
Library staff will lead a march around the block carrying signs re...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
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...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas largely...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 20, 2012
6:00pm
In Person
Want to be prepared for the presidential election? Learn about voter deadlines, provisional ballots, new voter ID cards, ID’s required at the polls...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2:00pm
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses the history of Prospect Avenue and the life of one of the surrounding community’s leading c...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
6:30pm
LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story: The Home of Friendly Merchants, traces the history of the district from the Civil...
Signature Event
Monday, July 9, 2012
2:00pm
Gov. Jay Nixon today signed House Bill 1659 which allows Kansas City to create a land bank for the purpose of acquir...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 16, 2012
2:00pm
Whether your goal is to rise to the top of your company, make straight A’s, lose weight, or earn a million dollars, the principles and strategies are...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2012
11:00am
Free Savvy Couponing Tips:With the Coupon Lady! Tamara Baker
at the Southeast Branch. Call 816-701-3584 to register....