Arts & Culture

Black Swan

Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The acclaimed 2010 film Black Swan offers a strange and terrifying interpretation of the dance world, revolving around a bal...

A Lens on Langston Hughes' World

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Biographer Arnold Rampersad discusses Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes and his relationship with a number of photograph...

One-Acts by Charles George - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre

Sunday, March 6, 2016 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special programming surrounding o...

Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...

2016 Shakespeare Competition

Sunday, February 28, 2016 1:00pm

Plaza Branch

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...

Eternity's Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

William Blake gets his due today as not only a great poet but also an extraordinary, 18th-century English engraver, artist, and visionary. A boldly...

What Shakespeare's Sonnets Say About Love

Saturday, February 13, 2016 2:00pm

Westport Branch

In Person

In conjunction with this year's Adult Winter Reading Program theme of Shakespeare (a Winter's Tale Spin), the Westport Branch Library presents an afte...

“Two Guys,” One Marketing Win - Pat Piper

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Kansas City’s Barkley advertising agency hatched the enormously successful “Two Guys” campaign for Sonic Drive-In a little more than 12 years ago, let...