All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 10, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Historians have long pointed to the devastation of smallpox and other European-introduced diseases in tracing the demise of North America’s indigenous...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
6:30pm
Whitney Terrell’s novel, The King of Kings County, remains a landmark examination of white flight and the m...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
6:30pm
Jessica Neuwirth, founder of the women’s rights organization Equality Now, discusses her new book Equal Means Equal: Why...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
6:30pm
Author Cynthia Bond is joined by the Library’s Director of Readers’ Services Kaite Stover for a discussion of Bond’s...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 16, 2015
2:00pm
Journalist and local historian Cindy Higgins presents an illustrated talk about the brewers and breweries of early Kansas, their role in fostering a s...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 13, 2015
6:30pm
Former Library of Congress Chief Executive Officer Donald Scott discusses his new memoir Recipient of Grace...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
6:30pm
Travel the world without leaving Kansas City.
Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Bobbi Baker discusses ef...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
6:30pm
Author Pete Dulin is joined by the Library’s director of programming and marketing Steven Woolfolk, and representati...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 8, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history....
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
History books cast William Clark as a wilderness-braving, 1800s action hero, a partner with Meriwether Lewis in the nearly two-and-a-half-year expl...