All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Sunday, December 7, 2014
2:00pm
George Creel, the onetime head of President Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information, recalled in his memoir “how we advertised America.” But...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 4, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Seventy-five years ago this week, shortly after the start of World War II, tiny Finland began a valiant, 105-day stand against a massive Soviet inv...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
6:30pm
Sonny Gibson began his 25-year effort to unearth Kansas City’s African American past with serious doubts. So much was unrecorded and...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 22, 2014
7:30pm
This event is at capacity. RSVPs are now closed at the presenters' request.
Christoph Wolff...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
6:30pm
One of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurs, Henry W. Bloch co-founded H&R Block Inc. in 1955 and helped build it into the world’s la...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 16, 2014
2:00pm
Although Kansas joined the Union as a free state, African Americans entering this new land looking for homes and livelihoods encountered a rigid color...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 13, 2014
6:30pm
Sandra Moran’s first novel, Letters Never Sent, resonated deeply in the LGBT community when it was released...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
6:30pm
The United States remains the world’s pacesetter in science. The origins of many of its breakthroughs may surprise you, however. A sizable number of p...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 8, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Bruce Mathews, professional photographer and local historian, will present his collection of color photographs of stained glass windows found in both...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 6, 2014
6:30pm
Kansas City author and Writers at Work series organizer Whitney Terrell sits down with one of the country’s most acc...