All Library locations will open late Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. due to staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, June 9, 2013
2:00pm
As the Kansas City Board of Trade prepares to move to Chicago, its CEO Michael Braude traces the history, development, and economic i...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
6:30pm
As America’s biggest private corporation, ExxonMobil has economic power and political clout exceeding that of many countries. Yet its corporate cultur...
Signature Event
Monday, June 3, 2013
6:30pm
The first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, Sandra Day O’Connor has learned firsthand the inner workings, hi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:30pm
Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Roshann Parris, president and CEO of the award-winning public...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas largely...
Signature Event
Monday, February 25, 2013
6:30pm
Author Laura Lippman’s appearance at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. – initially scheduled...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
6:30pm
Eli Paul, manager of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections, examines the stories behind some of the 200 locally made post...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
6:30pm
For decades summertime in America has meant picnics, camp for the kids, and a family vacation. But with the new economic realities, many children are...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Ethan S. Rafuse examines a tumultuous year in the history of the Army of the Potomac, when Gen. “Fighting” Joe Hooker took...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
6:30pm
Narrowing the growing gap between the wealthy and the rest of us demands a major investment in “human capital,” according to Kauffman Foundation senio...