The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, August 10, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Several Kansas Citians including neighborhood residents Alvin Brooks, Karen Slaughter, Telester Powell, Joe Louis Mattox recently created digital stor...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 29, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
In partnership with the Westport Center for the Arts we will present a reading of The 3 Ms. This new play features the widows of Martin Luther King,...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 14, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
During decades of official segregation in public schools, all-black Lincoln High was a source of community inspiration, pride, and hope matched onl...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
4:00pm
In Person
Join us as we commemorate one of the landmark events in the civil rights movement.
Library staff will lead a march around the block carrying signs...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 20, 2012
6:00pm
In Person
Want to be prepared for the presidential election? Learn about voter deadlines, provisional ballots, new voter ID cards, ID’s required at the polls...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses the history of Prospect Avenue and the life of one of the surrounding community’s leadin...
Signature Event
Monday, July 9, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Gov. Jay Nixon today signed House Bill 1659 which allows Kansas City to create a land bank for the purpose of acquir...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 16, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Whether your goal is to rise to the top of your company, make straight A’s, lose weight, or earn a million dollars, the principles and strategies a...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 22, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre continues its sixth season of Script-in-Hand performances with Ntozake Shange’s...