All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Monday, June 19, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
6:30pm
When TIME magazine was searching for the perfect images to accompany a 2012 cover story on the history of the American dream, it turned to...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
6:30pm
While battlefields were quiet, the nearly 21-year interwar period between World Wars I and II was hardly inconsequential. Particularly on the U.S....
Signature Event
Friday, June 9, 2017
8:00pm
In Person
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2017
6:30pm
In the contemporary elegance of the Central Library’s fifth-floor Helzberg Auditorium, saxophonist Vince Gnojek and pianist H...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2017
9:30am
Kansas City knows both the pain of a failing education system and promise of renewal as its public schools system anticipates full state accreditation...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 21, 2017
2:00pm
The Kansas City Baroque Consortium has been one of the city’s cultural jewels since 2009, specializing in the performance of early mu...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 18, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Trade between the U.S. and China began in 1794 and the two future superpowers saw their first military engagement several decades later, when American...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
6:30pm
Condoleezza Rice, now on the faculty at Stanford University, examines pivotal moments have taught us about democracy in her new book Democ...
Signature Event
Friday, May 12, 2017
8:00pm
In Person
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm...