On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
Missouri Valley Sundays
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Director Jon Trozzolo and producer Jody Valet discuss their new documentary-in-progress titled The Neighborhood: The North End Becomes Columbus Park....
Signature Event
Sunday, October 26, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
On May 22, 1962, a routine flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Kansas City turned tragic after radar contact was suddenly lost. Eight crew members...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 21, 2025
2:00pm
Online
In Person
For 125 years, the Folly Theater has stood at 12th and Central, a mirror reflecting the city’s changing times. Kate Egan, the theater’s former directo...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 10, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
The Kaw River is an iconic feature of Kansas City's natural landscape. In his new book, botanist Jim Locklear discusses the geology, landforms, woodla...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 27, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper sheds light on...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 22, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
In honor of Juneteenth, local historian Erik Stafford explores how African Americans in Kansas City pursued freedom, from escaping their enslavers thr...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 4, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
From its inception, Kansas City has been intricately tied to provisioning, hospitality, and good food. Culinary historian Andrea Broomfield examines h...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
In his new book Ports to Posts: Latter-day Saint Gathering in the Nineteenth Century, historian Fred E. Woods details the Mormon journey to and throu...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 30, 2025
2:00pm
Online
In Person
The role of women in Kansas City’s development is often overlooked. Kathy Krause, professor emerita of French at the University of Missouri-Kansas Cit...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 23, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Historian Donna Rae Pearson examines the lingering impacts of redlining and urban renewal and how each promoted residential segregation in communities...