The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Monday, March 29, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Pulitzer Prize winner John McPhee discusses his career and the writing life as part of the Writers at Work seri...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 28, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
On Sunday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., DEBATE-Kansas City (DKC) allo...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 25, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Leigh Rubin discusses his new book The Wild and Twisted World of Rubes, a collection of the best cartoo...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Fiction writer and UMKC Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence Margot Livesey will discuss her work in a conversation with Angel...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
 Author Roy Morris explains how Samuel Clemens’ six-year journey from Missouri to Hawaii – with lengthy stopovers in Virginia Cit...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 21, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
In 1891, Siegmund Harzfeld and the Parisian Cloak Company introduced a new era of commerce and fashion to the residents of Kansas City. The ready-t...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 18, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Tasha Alexander is the author of four Victorian-era historical mysteries following the career of Lady Emily Ashton, whose exploits...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Artists Garry Noland and Cory Imig discuss the inspirations and ideas that informed the exhibit Pitty Patt(rn)...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Libertarian economist Jeff Miron discusses the economic impact of the federal government’s 2009 stimulus package on Tuesd...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Author Courtney E. Martin discusses the history of Barbie and the influence the iconic doll has had on the self...