All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Sunday, May 7, 2017
2:00pm
The latter half of the 20th century saw a boom in the construction of arenas as cities recognized the value of multipurpose venues. That included Kans...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 4, 2017
6:30pm
After eight nonfiction books including the 1982 best-seller Blue Highways, William Least Heat-Moon has turned at age 77 to f...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
6:30pm
The 2017 Art in the Loop Project: Cue!, a curated outdoor exhibition stage...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
6:30pm
Cities tend to look alike to us – from the steel, glass, and concrete towers at their core to civic centers, shopping malls, and freeways feeding into...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
To the delight of local beer aficionados, Kansas City has seen a recent proliferation of new breweries, building on a history that dates to the 185...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
6:30pm
The Kansas City Public Library has revived a colorful slice of downtown history, recently unveiling a reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s sprawling m...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 13, 2017
6:30pm
Buildings have a life of their own, reflecting permanence, transformation, vulnerability, and the touches of their inhabitants.
S...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 6, 2017
6:30pm
Online
In Person
A year after admonishing Democrats in his book Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? – an insightful prelude...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:30pm
The Blizzard of 1949¬actually a series of storms that began late in ’48¬remains the stuff of legend. From Kansas to the Canadian border, an area nearl...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 16, 2017
6:30pm
Louise Nevelson is considered one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century, known for her pioneering assemblages and monumental pu...