Signature Event Indie Lens Pop-Up film: Eating Up Easter Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:00pm Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is more than just a picture postcard of iconic stone statues. It’s a microcosm of a planet in flux. Native R... Read More
Signature Event Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:30pm For well more than 30 years, starting with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979 and ending with the Sandy Hook school massacre late in 2012, Marion S... Read More
Signature Event Decade of Fire Saturday, November 9, 2019 2:00pm Plaza Branch For 10 years in the 1970s, the South Bronx area of New York City literally smoldered. An arson epidemic, compounded by government negligence, ra... Read More
Signature Event The First Rainbow Coalition Saturday, January 25, 2020 2:00pm Plaza Branch Fifty years ago, Chicago’s Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance in one of the most segregated cities in America. Intent on addressing po... Read More
Signature Event Always in Season Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch A 17-year-old African American is found hanging from a swing set in the middle of an all-white trailer park in North Carolina. Police quickly de... Read More
Activity Movie: 'Book of Clarence' Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:00pm Southeast Branch In Person Struggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine e... Read More
Activity Movie: 'Bob Marley One Love' Thursday, August 8, 2024 1:00pm Southeast Branch In Person Celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, disc... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Mary Carol Garrity Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:30pm Central Library The third installment in the series that focuses on local entrepreneurs features Mary Carol Garrity, founder of Nell Hill’s and one o... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Carl Schramm Wednesday, November 2, 2011 6:30pm Central Library As a precursor to Global Entrepreneurship Week, Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation wi... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Danny O'Neill Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:00am Plaza Branch Kansas City’s self-described “bean baron” Danny O’Neill discusses the founding and continued success of The Roasterie... Read More