The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, December 5, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Branch of the English-Speaking Union and the International Relations Council are co-sponsoring a lecture by the Fulbright-Robertson Vi...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 5, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Noted historian Paul Nagel joins Douglas Adams, the great-great-great-great grandson of John Adams, for an examinati...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 2, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
LaDene Morton, author of the newly released book, The Brookside Story: Shops of Every Necessary Character...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Garry Kasparov, considered by many to be the greatest chess player in history, discusses his efforts to promote democracy and li...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses ways in which white men such as John Brown, Thomas Hart Benton, and Kansas City radio legend Walt Bodine wor...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library and the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kick off the fifth season of the Script-in-Hand...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Kansas native John B. McLendon is remembered as an innovative basketball tactician and the last living protégé of James Naismith,...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 20, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Enjoy two nights of storytelling at the Plaza Branch.
Friday night, Gary Kuntz, Melva Hargett, and Priscilla Howe will present stories...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 18, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Donald Worster discusses John Wesley Powell’s 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado rivers and his trip through the...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, examines the foundations of the world’s greatest cities, fr...