The Ruiz Branch is closed Saturday, September 28, due to a malfunctioning fire alarm.
Signature Event
Thursday, August 16, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Tulsa, Oklahoma, artist Tyler Thrasher, whose drawings, photos, and unique crystalized pieces are featured in the Library exhibit Noble Synt...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Approaching the 150th anniversary of the original release of Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women, author Anne Boyd Rioux...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 12, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
The Library examines the history of the Kansas City chapter of the polarizing Black Panther Party and its founder, Pete O’Neal, starting with a screen...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
C.J. Janovy, former editor of The Pitch and now the digital content editor for public radio affiliate KCUR, examines the evo...
Signature Event
Friday, August 3, 2018
5:30pm
In Person
The Library again provides a perfect family-friendly starting point for your First Friday outing. Offerings include: Sunyoung Cheong’s Art in t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Denis Kitchen, the founder of Kitchen Sink Press, discusses the life and career of the great Will Eisner, a comics pioneer who created the iconic crim...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Every guitarist has a six-string story. They tell tales of their first guitar, guitars lost or stolen, and guitars that chose the musician. Profession...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 29, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
When restaurateur Fred Harvey established his popular Harvey House restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in the late 1800s,...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 22, 2018
3:00pm
In Person
From four different prisons over 27 years of confinement, Nelson Mandela penned a multitude of letters to prison authorities, government officials, co...
Signature Event
Friday, July 20, 2018
8:00pm
In Person
Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm
Nick (Michael Cera) is brooding over a recent breakup with...