All Library locations will be closing early at 5 p.m. Tuesday, December 31 and remain closed Wednesday, January 1, for New Year's.
Books & Authors
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In a discussion of his definitive biography, bestselling author Jeff Pearlman discusses the life and exploits of one of the greatest athlete...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In the launch of a new series, Turning Points, in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military historia...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 8, 2023
2:00pm
In Person
Drawing from her KC 1900 blog series, local author and historian LaDene Morton details how Kansas City rallied from a devastating set...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Think barbecue is all Kansas City has to offer? Matt Stewart says that’s far, far from true. The Fox4 News reporter discusses his new book...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 1, 2022
6:00pm
Online
John Musgrave has been candid about his Vietnam War experiences and related struggles, notably as a featured voice in Ken Burns’ d...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Writers for Readers returns with a special lineup featuring celebrated author Alexander Chee and the announcement of...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 6, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
Drawing from some two decades of interviews and conversations, chronicled in his recently released book John “Buck” O’Neil: The Rookie,...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Six days before the pivotal midterm elections of 2022, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman examines one of the most complicated and controversia...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College explores Ulysses S. Grant’s early struggles a...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 27, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In a discussion drawing from her book White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality...