All Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 & Wednesday, December 25, for the Christmas holiday.
Cradle of Entrepreneurs
Signature Event
Thursday, February 9, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The vitality of Kansas City’s arts community today traces back, in part, to David Hughes’ founding of the Charlotte Street Foundat...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 14, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
One of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurial success stories traces back to a picnic table in Loose Park in the late 1970s, when Cliff Illig...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
From modest attendance of 120 at its first service held in 1990 in the chapel of a local funeral home – the Rev. Adam Hamilton has...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 3, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Bill Zahner made a tough call shortly after taking charge of the family business in the late 1970s, shifting the focus of the A. Z...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Roshann Parris, president and CEO of the award-winning publ...
Signature Event
Friday, November 18, 2011
12:00pm
In Person
Global Entrepreneurship Week closes as Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
For more than 60 years, the name Ollie Gates has been synonymous with Kansas City-style barbeque, sauces, and their trademark greetin...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
8:00am
In Person
Kansas City’s self-described “bean baron” Danny O’Neill discusses the founding and continued success of The Roasterie...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
As a precursor to Global Entrepreneurship Week, Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation wi...