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Arts & Culture
Signature Event
Sunday, March 5, 2017
4:15pm
In Person
The odds of a new opera lasting beyond a single production are long. Jake Heggie defied them with his first full composition, an a...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 5, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Mac Barnett’s and Jon Klassen’s witty, award-winning story of two young boys looking – and digging...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Glenn North, the inaugural poet laureate of Kansas City’s 18th & Vine Jazz District, discusses his work as an accompli...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 19, 2017
2:30pm
In Person
Area high school students bring Shakespeare to life, lending their own interpretations of his monologues and sonnets as they compete for a berth in...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Nearly 4½ decades after arriving at the Kansas City Art Institute from his native South Wales, Warren Rosser stands as one of the city’s creative m...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 5, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from Samantha Berger’s story of an ordinary boy who transforms into a grumbling Crankenstein on what he...
Signature Event
Friday, February 3, 2017
5:30pm
In Person
Gallery exhibits. Kids’ activities. Music. Munchies. The Library again makes a place on First Friday for the entire family....
Signature Event
Sunday, January 8, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from comedian Michael Ian Black’s Naked!, the hilarious book about a boy wh...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 4, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists read from the book by award-winning author and illustrator John Rocco about the wonder of a winter storm –...
Signature Event
Friday, December 2, 2016
5:30pm
In Person
Begin your First Friday outing with a holiday-themed stop at the Central Library.
Take in Cuba Bound: Photographs by Jesse A. Fernandez...