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Books & Authors
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
While perceived as a mostly southern phenomenon, racist violence existed everywhere in the decades following the Civil War – including Kansas and t...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Local author and LEGO enthusiast Jonathan Bender headlines a public event marking the launch of the Library's new KC Kids Cre...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 28, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
August Bondi remains a compelling figure in Kansas history, a Jewish immigrant from Austria who fought alongside anti-slavery crusader John Brown a...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 17, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Library kicks off its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and launches more than six months of special programming surr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
On their first date, a canoe outing in southern Africa, where they both lived, Alexandra Fuller and husband-to-be Charlie Ross wer...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
3:00pm
In Person
Kansas City's Shane W. Evans, who has earned national acclaim as the illustrator of more than 30 children's books, joins actress,...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 10, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Everyone has a reader in their life, even if that reader is you.
In a first-of-its-kind event the Kansas City Public Library’s Director of Re...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
As Jen Mann notes, her nationally popular blog is called "People I Want to Punch in the Throat" and not "Rainbows and Unicorns." So i...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas-reared Robert Day, author of the modern western classic The Last Cattle Drive, sits down with Library Director...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The stories seem more prevalent and disturbing today than ever: kids being pushed in one or more sports to the point of burnout before high school,...