The North-East Branch will be closed Sunday, June 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas largely...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
6:30pm
LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story: The Home of Friendly Merchants, traces the history of the district from the Civil...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:30pm
You’re never too old to begin a literary career. At the age of 75 retired pastor Cy Robinson began writing his first novel. Not just...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1:00pm
Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanic’s sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
6:30pm
Former Kansas City School District teacher James P. Wilcox discusses Sex, Lies, and the Classroom – a novel...
Signature Event
Friday, September 30, 2011
6:00pm
One of the staples of Kansas City’s Westside community, the Irene H. Ruiz Branch of the Kansas City Public Library c...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...
Signature Event
Monday, December 13, 2010
6:30pm
The Kansas City Public Library continues its centennial commemoration of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with a special presentatio...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 25, 2009
3:00pm
Your house just might be a tangible piece of Kansas City history. Gain the tools to coax your home into telling its tale on Saturday...