All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Books & Authors
Signature Event
Sunday, September 29, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
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Signature Event
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
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Signature Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
For nearly 50 years Josephine Marcus Earp was the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, the legendary hero of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As an indep...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
An estimated 225,000 adults in Kansas City are denied some of the simplest and most important moments in life because they cannot read.To ce...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The need to understand China has never been more pressing, yet the complexity of this ever-transforming giant doesn’t make that easy.
China expert...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 5, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Writer Norma Cantú, internationally known scholar of Latino and Chicano literature and studies, reads from her book Canicula:...
Signature Event
Friday, August 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Former Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn joins U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver II for a discussi...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 4, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Author Robert Rebein explores what it means to grow up in, leave, and ultimately return to the iconic Western town of Dodge City i...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 20, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library hosts Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper and captain Jimmy Nielsen for the launch of his new memoir...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Bestowed on statesmen, preachers, artists, and activists, the Nobel Peace Prize is among the world’s most prestigious honors. And also among the mo...