All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
6:30pm
Surveys show that the percentage of Americans with libertarian leanings—preferring to maximize individual rights and minimize the role of govern...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
6:30pm
This year’s Art in the Loop project infuses downtown with a variety of performances and installations by 20 Kansas City artists.
As the four-month...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
6:30pm
Nazi Germany’s defeat of France in May and June 1940 stunned the world. How could the French, the dominant military power of the First World War, coll...
Signature Event
Friday, June 26, 2015
10:30am
Join a top secret mission to find the perfect pet; not all animals make good pets.
With a large variety of exciting and interactive programs, the...
Signature Event
Friday, June 26, 2015
10:30am
The Paul Mesner Puppets presents a veggie wonderful love story about two avid gardeners, Okra and Romaine, who meet, marry and have a beautiful daught...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 25, 2015
6:30pm
Economics needn’t be shrouded in byzantine theory and mathematical formulas. In a discussion of his new book Popular Economics: What the R...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Opening a five-day series of Urban Grown events—culminating in the...
Signature Event
Friday, June 19, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David McCullough explores the lives, trials, and ultimate triumph of aviation pioneers...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 18, 2015
6:30pm
Two hundred years ago today, on a sodden Belgian field, one of the greatest conquerors of all time went down to agonizing and ultimate defeat. All tha...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
6:30pm
The Library launches a new series, Real/Modern: KC, that takes a humorous, opinionated, intimate, and informative look at the modern...