All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
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Signature Event
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from Prairie Village, who endured internment in three Nazi concentration camps during World War II, sits down wi...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 24, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Representatives of the Kansas City area’s journalism community examine a local media landscape buffeted by dwindling revenues, cost-saving cuts in sta...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Retired Canadian Army Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire discusses his attempt to end the coerced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, a...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
In Person
The Library kicks off a new series with The Kansas City Star to discuss the news and issues that matter to Kansas Citians. I...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
In Person
Join the Library at its recently renovated Southeast Branch for a day of community celebration. Visit our space and check out refreshed collect...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Former Defense Department cyber security chief Katherine Charlet, now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, assesses the rising...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Social activist Tara Raghuveer presents troubling findings about the frequency of eviction in the Kansas City area – an average of 42 cases per busine...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 21, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema, the annual and incisive screening-and-discussion series, returns with psychological studies of films directed by...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Author David Collins discusses his book Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas...