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.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Fashion changed forever on November 28, 1973, when a team of top U.S. designers—including Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, and Anne Klein—faced off on t...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Dwight Eisenhower was a man of simple tastes but decisive action. Behind the dry smile was a brilliant, intellectual tactician, an attribute—...
Sunday, May 17, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
By the time of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, the land and people of western Missouri had suffered as much as any during the Civil War. T...
Thursday, May 14, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Call and its longtime editor and publisher, Lucile Bluford, epitomized the role of the African American press in the civil...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The relationship is clear: The more books a family owns, the greater the educational gains are for children.
Mariah Evans, a...
Monday, May 11, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The world is blowing up, seemingly confronted by a violent new crisis every day: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria, the East-West standoff in...
Sunday, May 10, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Library’s ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre concludes...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Tired of an unfulfilling life in Kansas City, Patrick Dobson left his job and set off on foot across the Great Plains. He arrived...