The Bluford branch will open late at 10 a.m. Friday, August 30 for a staff meeting.
Signature Event
Friday, September 26, 2014
6:30pm
The pig is big in these parts. Both Missouri and Kansas rank among the nation’s top 10 pork-producing states, annually putting more than 2 million...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
6:30pm
Yes, there’s gridlock in Washington. There’s polarization and self-interest. But beyond those breakdowns, Philip K. Howard points...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 18, 2014
6:30pm
There are few storytellers like old baseball scouts because, well, nobody collects stories like the guys who spend a lifetime crisscrossing America...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
6:30pm
The November general election will seat a Congress facing critical economic challenges. But analysts disagree on the role of government in the econ...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 14, 2014
2:00pm
Fifty years ago, in September 1964, The Beatles appeared – some say flopped – at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. Charley Finley, controversial owner...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 13, 2014
2:00pm
The Westport Historical Society and the Westport Branch Library present Aaron Barnhart & Diane Eickhoff: Price's Raid, Then and N...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 11, 2014
6:30pm
From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
6:30pm
Thirty years ago, there were no private military and security companies. Now PMSCs, as they’re known, are a vital part of American foreign and mili...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
6:30pm
An estimated 225,000 adults in Kansas City function at the lowest literacy level, denied some of the simplest and most important moments in life be...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
6:30pm
Jen Mann is, first, a suburban Johnson County, Kansas, wife and mother of two and, second, a witty, biting writer whose blog,...