All Library locations will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.
History & Genealogy
Signature Event
Saturday, November 8, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Bruce Mathews, professional photographer and local historian, will present his collection of color photographs of stained glass windows found in both...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
His approval rating low and his own party disenchanted, Harry Truman had the look of a one-term president — unlikely to win a return to office &...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 30, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Americans unfamiliar or perhaps unconcerned with the Islamic State — ISIS — snapped to attention with the group’s beheading of two jour...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 23, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
In 1864, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price mounted a last-gasp raid into Missouri in hopes of capturing St. Louis and ultimately the state. The end o...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 19, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Not only is Kansas City home to world-class art museums, outstanding performing arts venues, and some of the planet’s best barbecue, it also boasts...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
It’s easy to think of World War I as a European war, but fierce fighting all over the Middle East brought about great changes on socio-economic, cu...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 11, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society and the Westport Branch Library present Daniel Smith: Climax on the Border, Battle of Westport 18...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
What happens when German spies collaborate to unleash a campaign of terror upon America at the start of World War I?
In Dark Inva...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 2, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
The image of fierce, all-female Amazons — barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom — has end...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary....