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Arts & Culture
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The 2018 Art in the Loop Project: KC Plays!, a curated outdoor exhibition, wraps up with a reception, illustrated re...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 27, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Acclaimed choreographer Septime Webre, who created and choreographs the Kansas City Ballet’s upcoming production of The W...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 13, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Jamie Bernstein, the eldest daughter of revered composer Leonard Bernstein, and David Charles Abell, who is conducti...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Nationally renowned urban thinker Chuck Marohn, who kicked off the Library’s Making a Great City series in January 2018, returns to assess the crucial...
Signature Event
Monday, September 10, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
In a script-in-hand performance commemorating Labor Day, members of Kansas City’s Equity Actors' Readers' Theatre (EARTh) read select...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 26, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
Sample some of the world’s faraway places in the latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with deme...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 16, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Tulsa, Oklahoma, artist Tyler Thrasher, whose drawings, photos, and unique crystalized pieces are featured in the Library exhibit Noble Synt...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Dan Cameron, artistic director of the upcoming Open Spaces 2018, sits down with Library Director Crosby Kemper III to discuss the ambiti...
Signature Event
Friday, August 3, 2018
5:30pm
In Person
The Library again provides a perfect family-friendly starting point for your First Friday outing. Offerings include: Sunyoung Cheong’s Art in t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Denis Kitchen, the founder of Kitchen Sink Press, discusses the life and career of the great Will Eisner, a comics pioneer who created the iconic crim...