Central Library will close early Thursday, November 6 at 1:00 p.m. & all other locations will close at 2:30 p.m. for an all staff event.
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
More than 20 million motorists a year travel Bruce R. Watkins Drive. But this vital corridor, completed in 2001, came at a high cost to East Side resi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
1:00pm
In Person
With a perfect blend of humor and pathos, Broke-ology celebrates the strength of familial ties and the enduring power of hope in a touching exploratio...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
The Civil War killed more servicemembers than both world wars and the Vietnam War combined – about 620,000 people. Though numbers that large tend to s...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Author and historian Dr. Frances Levine discusses the trailblazing women who traversed the Santa Fe Trail between 1760 and the late 1870s. While many...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 2, 2025
1:30pm
In Person
In Big Night, two Italian immigrant brothers struggle to keep their restaurant open in 1950s New Jersey. Psychiatrist Manuel Morales and filmmaker and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Computer code bootcamps provide students with accelerated training in computer programming and job skills with the dual end goals of upward social...
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...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 16, 2025
1:30pm
In Person
Babette’s Feast features an eye-opening French banquet in a remote 19th-century Danish village. Psychiatrist John Whipple and film critic Abby Olcese...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 9, 2025
3:00pm
Online
In Person
In Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery, editor and historian Sydney Norton presents a series...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 2, 2025
1:30pm
In Person
In Julie & Julia, a food blogger's ambition to prepare all the recipes in Julia Child’s landmark cookbook is intertwined with Child’s own passion for...
