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Arts & Culture
Signature Event
Thursday, June 24, 2021
6:30pm
Online
Nearly half a century’s work in photography and art has brought Patty Carroll to the Central Library’s first-floor Genevieve Guldner Gallery....
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
6:30pm
Online
Before emerging as a critically acclaimed writer and poet and earning appointments to criminal justice panels by President Obama and the governor o...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
6:30pm
Online
The Library celebrates the life and work of Missouri-born poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes in a multifaceted event coin...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
6:30pm
Online
What is Kansas City’s master plan for the next 20 years? The city’s three principal planning officers, Jeffrey Williams, Diane Binckley, and Kyle Elli...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Symphony continues its series of free outdoor chamber concerts at the Library, with a string quintet – violins, viola, cello, and b...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Symphony continues its series of free outdoor chamber concerts at the Library, with a woodwind quintet – flute, oboe, clarinet, bas...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Symphony brings its series of free outdoor chamber concerts to the Library.Various ensembles perform for 45 minutes to an ho...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
In their current solo exhibitions Sanctuaries and kaleidoscope, Kansas City artists Amy and Misha Klig...
Signature Event
Monday, February 10, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Premiering in 1971, winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle and off-Broadway Obie awards for best American play, The House of Blue Le...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 2, 2020
2:00pm
In Person
Barbara Strozzi defied the constraints of the times in which she lived. Born just over 400 years ago, gifted as a singer and composer, she was o...