All Library locations will be closed Monday, September 2, for Labor Day.
Books & Authors
Signature Event
Saturday, June 13, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history....
Signature Event
Saturday, June 13, 2015
1:00pm
In Person
The HEAR Now Festival—the audio equivalent of a film festival—returns to Kansas City to celebrate storytelling in all its...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 11, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Revolutions historically have come in waves, and the world appears to be riding one now – from the Arab Spring to anti-austerity protests in Greece to...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
One of the grandest experiments of American urban planning, the Country Club District, lies tucked in the heart of Kansas City. Initiated in 1905,...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Having spent a quarter-century in the political arena, Annie Presley has had a full life: enduring a near-plane crash with Missouri Gov. John Ashcr...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
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—...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
Monday, May 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Royals were on their way to a fourth 100-loss season in five years when Dayton Moore took over as general manager...