The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Thursday, February 21, 2019
6:30pm
Columbus Junction, Iowa, doesn’t fit the Midwest small-town stereotype. As large agricultural operations and meat processing plants have become promin...
Signature Event
Monday, February 11, 2019
6:30pm
The Library continues its examination of immigration, exploring the tension between America’s historical acceptance of newcomers and periodic backlash...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 10, 2019
2:00pm
Powerful imagery of protests and violence helped bring attention to America's civil rights movement. Black photographers of the era broadened the nati...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
6:30pm
Pulitzer Prize recipient Tyehimba Jess “is inventive, prophetic, wondrous,” says fellow award-winning poet Nikky Finney. Jess highlig...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 31, 2019
6:30pm
Kansas City artist Ben Wills details his outreach to prisoners and how it has affected his approach to his work. The presentation coi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
University of Virginia historian William I. Hitchcock takes stock of Dwight Eisenhower’s far-reaching legacy as president in a discus...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
6:30pm
Thomas E. Ward of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College traces the history and impact of a weapon that occupies a special p...
Signature Event
Monday, January 14, 2019
6:30pm
Immigration is a central component of the American narrative. The Library launches a six-week series of film screenings and discussions exploring i...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 6, 2019
2:00pm
Authors Carol Grove and Cydney Millstein sit down with former Kansas City council member Jan Marcason...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
6:30pm
Jenny Mendez, director of cultural arts of the Mattie Rhodes Center, joins Kansas City-based artist and facilitator Olivia Cl...