All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Thursday, June 25, 2015
6:30pm
Economics needn’t be shrouded in byzantine theory and mathematical formulas. In a discussion of his new book Popular Economics: What the R...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Opening a five-day series of Urban Grown events—culminating in the...
Signature Event
Friday, June 19, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David McCullough explores the lives, trials, and ultimate triumph of aviation pioneers...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 18, 2015
6:30pm
Two hundred years ago today, on a sodden Belgian field, one of the greatest conquerors of all time went down to agonizing and ultimate defeat. All tha...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
6:30pm
The Library launches a new series, Real/Modern: KC, that takes a humorous, opinionated, intimate, and informative look at the modern...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 13, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history....
Signature Event
Friday, June 12, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Program: 6:30 p.m. • Reception FollowsOn the eve of the annual West 18th Street Fashion Show, Kansas City’s fashion industr...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 11, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Revolutions historically have come in waves, and the world appears to be riding one now – from the Arab Spring to anti-austerity protests in Greece to...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 7, 2015
2:00pm
The federal government has been keeping tabs on foreign visitors to these shores for decades. In 1940 the Immigration and Naturalization Service began...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
6:30pm
Japan is in the middle of a historic experiment. Nearly a quarter-century after the end of its post-World War II economic miracle, Prime Minister Shin...