All Library locations will open late Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. due to staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
6:30pm
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the 20th century – and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom n...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
6:30pm
Even for those of us unfamiliar with history, the very name “Gettysburg” suggests a monumental clash of armies. But beyond the chaos of the battle its...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 17, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Kansas City native Tommy Campbell won 50 professional fights and became the world’s No. 2 lightweight. B...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 14, 2013
6:30pm
Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who has...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
6:30pm
Several hundred spectators in Dealey Plaza witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Everyone else experienced it thr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
6:30pm
Patrick Rosal’s poetry, writes one critic, “skillfully navigates between despair and love, between violence and music, between loss a...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 9, 2013
2:00pm
Paul Kirkman will present a talk on his most recent publication, Forgotten Tales of Kansas City, a collection of lesser known stories culled from old...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
6:30pm
For nearly 30 years Mark Skousen — financial economist, university professor, and author — has been collecting the wisdom...
Signature Event
Monday, November 4, 2013
6:30pm
The creative challenges of writing a book are at least matched by the difficulty of shepherding it to publication.
Author Mira Bartok...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
T...