On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
Missouri Valley Sundays
Signature Event
Sunday, June 19, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
The first-ever meeting of a national coalition of lesbian and gay leaders took place in Kansas City in 1966.
What preceded such activism? How...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 17, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Organized crime formed part of the political, economic, and social fabric of Kansas City for much of the 20th century; and the mob’s power was never g...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 16, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Diane Mutti Burke, an assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, discusses he...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Bill Stancil presents Rockhurst University: The First 100 Years, a lecture supplemented with numerous historical...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Don Lambert discusses the efforts of 40 men and women whose so-called Topeka Constitution marked a milestone on the road Kansas w...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 16, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Kenneth H. Winn tells the seldom-heard story of Indian agent George Sibley and Ellen Lorr, whose failure to marry touche...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Master storyteller Gladys Coggswell shares inspirational tales and “down-home” stories about all walks of African-American life...
Signature Event
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...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:00pm
In Person
Before Kansas City developed a jazz scene, ragtime was the music of choice. Many important ragtime composers hailed from Kansas City, which wa...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 18, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
Investigative journalist Richard Serrano tells the story of his grandfather’s murder and its cover-up—with links to politic...