Signature Events

Hollywood vs. History: The Man Who Would Be King

Brian Steed
The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at youtube.com/kclibrary.

The swashbuckling 1975 film The Man Who Would Be King was both a critical and commercial success, telling the story of two British Army sergeants turned adventurers and con artists in the time of colonial rule in India. Played by Sean Connery and Michael Caine, they work their way to Kafiristan, now a part of Afghanistan but then little known to the West since its conquest by Alexander the Great. There, the two rogues set themselves up as kings. 
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Hollywood vs. History
Monday, January 24, 2022 - 6:00pm
Plaza Branch
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A Reader’s Guide to Survival in Auschwitz with Shelly Cline and Kaite Stover

Literary Lunch Break
Shelly Cline, historian and director of education at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, discusses Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi with the Library’s Kaite Stover. The two talk about how the work, first published in 1947, factors into the exhibition Not Long Ago, Not Far Away at Union Station, in which it’s quoted extensively. 
 
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A Reader’s Guide to Survival in Auschwitz
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 12:00pm
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Friday Night Family Fun Drop In: Star Wars

Drop by the Plaza Branch’s Kid Corner anytime during this Friday Night Family Fun two-hour creative session, which celebrates some of our favorite family movies with crafts, games, and other fun. This week’s activities will be Star Wars-themed!

Recommended for ages 3 and up. Supply kits are provided (while they last). 

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Friday Night Family Fun
Friday, January 28, 2022 - 5:30pm
Plaza Branch