The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, November 11, 2018
2:00pm
Join us this Veterans Day for a powerful and poignant commemoration of World War I that integrates live music, dance, poetry, and prose....
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
6:30pm
The 2018 Art in the Loop Project: KC Plays!, a curated outdoor exhibition, wraps up with a reception, illustrated re...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 1, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
There remains a haunting stillness over the grounds around Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where 3,650 Union and Confederate soldiers perish...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of The Library Book, her acclaimed account of most devastating library fire in our country’s history, author...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 25, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusad...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 21, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
6:30pm
As the U.S. Supreme Court begins a new session this week, constitutional law scholar Frank Colucci assesses the transition in it...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin separates fiction from sometimes terrifying fact about the seafar...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Mexican American Baseball in Kansas City highlights the standout teams and players in the greater Kansas City area and other...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 27, 2018
6:30pm
Acclaimed choreographer Septime Webre, who created and choreographs the Kansas City Ballet’s upcoming production of The W...