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
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Barry Strauss delves into the personalities and methodologies of Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, three generals of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Willa Cather, portrayed by Jan Chapman...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Zachary Karabell examines Chester Alan Arthur, who was propelled into the presidency by the assassination of James Garfield an...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Curator of decorative arts Catherine Futter and her colleagues from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art provide an illustrated behind-the...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 20, 2012
2:30pm
In Person
Former Kansas City Star columnist Bill Tammeus discusses his anger over the loss of his nephew in the terrorist attacks o...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 20, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Historian Brooks Blevins examines a brutal 1929 murder and rape in the Arkansas Ozarks and demonstrates how press coverage of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
KU’s Steve Goddard and Perry Alexander explore the world of early computer scientist Alan Turing, the subject of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 13, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
The sixth season of Script-in-Hand performances by the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre continues on Mother’s Day with...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 12, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Ina P. Montgomery tells the stories of unknown “sheroes,” African American women who toiled in obscurity and rarely made headlines...