The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Thursday, June 13, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
Individuals with an RSVP for overflow seating will watch the event via livestream from the Library’s Helzberg Auditorium on the fifth floor of the Cen...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 13, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...
Activity
Saturday, June 15, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Activity
Monday, July 1, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
The Missouri Conservation Department will present about great places to camp within two hours of the Kansas City Metro area and share tips for plan...
Activity
Saturday, July 6, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 7, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper shares Boatrig...
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
This road-tripping, hilarious, heart-wrenching, family-style adventure story is almost completely true, says author Pedro Martín. The Mexikid author,...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 13, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Before he was known as "Wild Bill,” famed frontiersman and gunfighter James Butler Hickok spent three formative years as a young man in the Kansas Cit...
Activity
Saturday, July 20, 2024
11:00am
In Person
The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...