All Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
History & Genealogy
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Author Courtney E. Martin discusses the history of Barbie and the influence the iconic doll has had on the self...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned Scottish architect Alan Dunlop discusses the development of Glasgow as a city and its relationship to American cities on...
Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Walker Howe explains how President Abraham Lincoln’s youthful obsession with self-improvemen...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Art Institute’s Milton Katz presents Making Creativity Dance: A History of the Kansas City Art Institute...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Author Marc Wortman discusses his new book The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta on Wed...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Joseph R. Fischer presents The First Indian War: The Continental Army’s Campaign Against the Iroquois...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Kansas City native-son Colonel Charles McGee (Ret.), one of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, shares his experience as a member of the pion...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III hosts a conversation about humanities studies and the future of America's...
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Twyla Dell discusses the rapid rise of Kansas City in its first 100 years and the role that energy played in its development on Sunday, January 17, at...
Sunday, December 6, 2009
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library and the Kansas City Museum present the history and autobiography of the Fairy Princess, a local ho...