Central Library will not have the following services available on Saturday, October 12, due to the Heartland Book Fest: tech services, public computers and printing, and microfilm.
Signature Event
Monday, May 16, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning author Mariko Nagai shares the sources of inspiration for her new book, Georgic: Stories...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 15, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
In association with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, re-enactors and historians will participate in an 1860s-themed fashion show. The will...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 15, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
On June 8, 1966, a massive EF-5 tornado cut a 22-mile swath across eastern Kansas before smashing through Topeka.
Author Bonar Me...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 12, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
John Curatola of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the milita...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Area artist Lynus Young discusses his show, Vapor DEVA, on display in the Guldner Gallery at the Central Library...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning author Leo Damrosch discusses his new biography, Tocqueville’s Discovery of America....
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
2:30pm
In Person
Urban forestry advocate David Nowak discusses planning efforts to advance an urban and community forest plan in Kansas City.
Nowak...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 5, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project M...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in1862. Now one of the most popula...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas native and renowned baseball statistician Bill James discusses his new book Popular Crime, an examin...