All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Books & Authors
Sunday, November 10, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
During her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, Deborah Shouse explored ways to connect with her and developed new rituals to anchor h...
Saturday, November 9, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Paul Kirkman will present a talk on his most recent publication, Forgotten Tales of Kansas City, a collection of lesser known stories culled from old...
Friday, November 1, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Abuse of consumers by the funeral industry has only worsened in the decades since Jessica Mitford’s landmark expose The American Way of Death...
Thursday, October 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Is True Grit’s Mattie Ross a genuine feminist hero or a merely a woman who mimics traditional masculinity?
Panelists Brenda...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Like her older brother, Benjamin, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and a shrewd political observer. While he was rich and fa...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
In a 2007 college football season filled with unfathomable twists and turns, Missouri and Kansas—unranked at the start of the season—kept...
Monday, October 21, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
In Gryphon, his career-spanning collection of short stories, author Charles Baxter offers yarns in which our acutely observe...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
The...