The North-East branch will be closed Monday, August 26 for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, June 25, 2017
2:00pm
Infamous characters and sensational incidents abounded in the Ozarks immediately after the Civil War and well into the 20th century. The mining dis...
Signature Event
Friday, June 23, 2017
8:00pm
The Library’s Script-in-Hand series hits the dusty trail as members of the Western Writers of America perform...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
6:30pm
Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
6:30pm
In Kansas City and across the country, anticipation is building for the total solar eclipse of August 21. It parallels the nation’s fervor in 1878, wh...
Signature Event
Monday, June 19, 2017
6:30pm
As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
6:30pm
When TIME magazine was searching for the perfect images to accompany a 2012 cover story on the history of the American dream, it turned to...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
6:30pm
While battlefields were quiet, the nearly 21-year interwar period between World Wars I and II was hardly inconsequential. Particularly on the U.S....
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
6:00pm
The Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza location, 4801 Main St., hosts its first Summer Reading Festival, featuring bestselling author Candi...
Signature Event
Monday, June 12, 2017
1:30pm
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 11, 2017
2:00pm
The Library continues its special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families with a lively, basebal...