The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Saturday, April 13, 2019
2:00pm
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II and his wife Dianne Cleaver honor local high school artists at the annual Missouri 5th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In its day, there may have been no more stimulating place than London’s Turk’s Head Tavern on a Friday night. There in the mid- to late 18th century,...
Signature Event
Monday, April 8, 2019
6:30pm
The Library continues its examination of immigration in America with a screening and discussion of “The Golden Door,” the opening episode of the docum...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 30, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Artist Benjamin Wills has come to understand what a few lines in a letter – or just the arrival of mail – can mean to someone behind...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Drawing from his new book, Harvard University’s Robert Mnookin takes stock of the situation of American Jews today. While they’ve ach...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
6:30pm
Tom Tudor, once a sentinel and commander of the relief at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns, traces the story of the...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
6:30pm
Brian Steed, a military historian at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and Middle East foreign area officer, discusses...
Signature Event
Monday, March 11, 2019
6:30pm
The Library continues its examination of immigration in America, exploring the challenges of living in a new country and culture and balancing the tra...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 10, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Commemorating Women’s History Month, University of Missouri-Kansas City social historian Sandra Enríquez identifies...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
6:30pm
One of the nation’s top military historians, John McManus of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, examines the influenc...