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.
Signature Event
Thursday, October 16, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
A.J. Herrmann, director of policy and program innovation at Accelerator for America, discusses the link between housing and economic growth. After the...
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
Saturday, November 1, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Participants in the September 2025 Veterans Write Workshop read their original works on the theme "The Importance of Holding Space." This event, moder...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Jay Sexton, director of the Kinder Institute, talks to students about their efforts to foster civil discourse on college campuses by leading with vuln...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Experience a musical tribute to Paris inspired by the personal essays in A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light. Vocalis...
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
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Historian Lorissa Rinehart discusses her new biography of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin, a Re...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 13, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Development regulations often make housing, particularly starter homes, more expensive, if not impossible to build. Allison Thurmond Quinlan, an archi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Kansas author Laurie Dove discusses her debut book and the high rate of crime against members of Native communities. The novel follows Carrie Starr, w...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military professor Geoff Babb discusses the Qing Dynasty’s rise and fall, its military campaigns amid the “Century of Humiliation,” and the events tha...