All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
6:30pm
From racist cartoons and spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols to protest chants and signs condemning gays, hate speech has a long and perplexing history...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 21, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Faith healer? Fraud? Or both?
The enigma that was Francis Schlatter emerged in the American West in the late 1800s. In looks, he resemble...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 20, 2016
10:30am
Start your MidAmeriCon II day at the Kansas City Public Library with a presentation by science fiction/fantasy authors Beth Cato and...
Signature Event
Friday, August 19, 2016
8:00pm
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm. In 10 Things I Hate About You (PG-13, 97 min., 1999), a retake of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Fifty-plus years after the creation of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, much progress has been made for women in the workplace. Bu...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
6:30pm
Two of the world’s leading writers of epic fantasy – Tamora Pierce (Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small) and...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 31, 2016
2:00pm
From its early days as a cowtown – a jumping-off point to the West and shipping center for meat and wheat – Kansas City not only grew into a Midwest m...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Many Americans see life in Cuba in black and white terms, as either a David-vs.-Goliath story of survival over nearly 50 years or constant oppressi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
6:30pm
The 2016 Art in the Loop Project: Connect, a curated outdoor exhibition staged in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Missouri,...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City was historic – the last major U.S. political convention in which the presidential nomination wa...