The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Friday, July 19, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
The 2024 Off the Wall film series, Party Central, keeps the summer vibes going. “Alright, alright, alright,” as Wooderson (played by Matthew McConau...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Leigh Goodmark’s latest book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, explores the American criminal legal sy...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
National journalist Ebony Reed and resident Beverly Rentie, both of Kansas City, discuss Rentie's family and Black wealth with Mará Rose Williams of T...
Signature Event
Saturday, August 3, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
In her Fictions series, Brooklyn-based artist Andrea Burgay creates sculptural collages out of deconstructed paperbacks – and these reimagined objects...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Missouri poet laureate David Harrison and Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall talk about their work and their respective roles as leading poets in the...
Signature Event
Friday, August 16, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
The party never stops at the Library, particularly during the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, which continues with Crazy Rich As...
Signature Event
Friday, September 13, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
It’s last call. The Library wraps up the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, with Happy Death Day (PG-13, 96 min.). When a college s...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
7:00pm
In Person
Margaret Atwood is one of the few writers so prolific that her work can be ordered into a 101-item best-of listicle, starting with her 1985 dystopian...