Events

« Sunday February 07, 2010 »
Sun
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library

The Missouri Valley Special Collections Department of the Kansas City Public Library presents the new, original exhibit Keys to the City: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Kansas City, Missouri, 1895-1957, opening Friday, September 4, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library

Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography, an exhibit of 60 framed photographs showcasing one of the most stunning landscapes on earth, is on display through Sunday, February 14, at the Central Library.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library

The inaugural exhibit of the Orval Hixon gallery, Shooting Stars: The Celebrity Photography of Orval Hixon, is now on display at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit features images of some of Hixon's most famous celebrity subjects, including Theda Bara, Al Jolson, and Kansas Citian Joan Crawford. 

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library

Nosotras: Portraits of Latinas, a collection of 50 photographs documenting the lives and culture of Latina immigrants in the United States, is on display.

Nosotras, Spanish for the feminine "us" or "we," was organized by Virginia Dodier, a photography historian and a Mexican-American born on the border and raised in the American West. She, like many other Hispanic women and girls, has experienced the feeling of living in two worlds.

Start: 1:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch

Join us for our weekly family movie on Sunday afternoon.

Start: 2:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
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Script in Hand 2009-2010

American Classics, the fourth season of the Script-in-Hand series presented by the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, continues with Picnic, by Kansas native William Inge.