All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Books & Authors
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Few literary works are more quoted, translated, and adapted than Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This year marks the sesqui...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 13, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
Judy Schachner doodled on just about everything while growing up in New England, including her father’s bald head. Now, as The New...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Whitney Terrell’s novel, The King of Kings County, remains a landmark examination of white flight and th...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 3, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
You’re scheduled to give a business presentation, pitch investors, or deliver a wedding toast. And you’re petrified. You’re simply not cut out for...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Beyond fathering a nation, founding a great university, and leaving a legacy as an architect and inventor, Thomas Jefferson was a forefather of mod...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 27, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning chefs Colby and Megan Garrelts discuss some of the 50 handcrafted recipes included in their new boo...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Jessica Neuwirth, founder of the women’s rights organization Equality Now, discusses her new book Equal Means Equal: W...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Author Cynthia Bond is joined by the Library’s Director of Readers’ Services Kaite Stover for a discussion of Bon...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Bestselling author and former Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski discusses his new book about the most remarkable r...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Author Pete Dulin is joined by the Library’s director of programming and marketing Steven Woolfolk, and represent...