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, February 1, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
West Texas A&M University’s Amy Von Lintel, co-creator of the Library exhibit Cattle, Cowboys, and Culture, looks at the seedier side of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Fifty years to the day after the launch of the Tet Offensive of 1968, Bud Meador of the U.S. Army General Command and Staff College examines...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofit Strong Towns, launches the Making a Great City series with a critical look at how we build our cities and towns...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 28, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book For All Children Everywhere, a comprehensive history of Kansas City’s renowned Children’s Mercy...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 25, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Before opening Auschwitz and other notorious death camps, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi German adherents carried out a grim and deadly prelude. In an e...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Social activist Tara Raghuveer presents troubling findings about the frequency of eviction in the Kansas City area – an average of 42 cases per busine...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book, former Kansas City Star columnist and editorial board member Lewis Diuguid pays tribute to...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 21, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema, the annual and incisive screening-and-discussion series, returns with psychological studies of films directed by...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 20, 2018
10:30am
In Person
Today’s gardeners can choose from an ever-widening array of plants in beautiful new colors and forms. Bill Malouche, owner and manager of the Kansa...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 18, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Gates Brown of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College discusses the eventful 10-day meeting during World War II in which Franklin Roosevelt a...