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To find Events and Activities at the Kansas City Public Library:

  • Use the main menu under Events & Activities (above)
  • Select a date on the calendar (left)
  • Select your preferences in the "Check out Library events" dropdown menus (left).
  • Scroll down to see Special Events below.

If you require ADA accomodation to utilize Library services or attend events, please notify the Library office at least 48 hours in advance at 816.701.3400 [TDD: 816.701.3403].

Special Events

Friday, February 3, 2012
Friday Night Family Fun celebrates Black History Month with The Coterie Theatre’s presentation of Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting, Singing Home tour. Recommended for children 5th through 12th grade.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
This film series curated by Fox 4 News film critic Shawn Edwards offers films for black audiences that the Academy Awards could not deny.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
A free semi monthly series of films followed by discussions (featuring cinema and psychoanalysis experts) examining Woody Allen, the most deliberately neurotic American filmmaker.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Charles Dickens wrote a whole lot more than A Christmas Carol. Enjoy screen adaptations of some of his greatest novels as envisoned by cinematic masters such as David Lean and David O. Selznick.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Kansas City Public Library celebrates Black History Month with Brother John Anderson as he tells the story of The Buffalo Soldiers: Black Knights of the West.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Kansas City Public Library celebrates Black History Month with Brother John Anderson as he tells the story of The Buffalo Soldiers: Black Knights of the West.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Lee Ward, owner of the Museum of Funeral History in Independence, discusses 150 years of African American funeral homes and the black community’s historic emphasis on end-of-life rituals.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Historian Adam Arenson examines the efforts of St. Louis’ intellectuals and mercantile elite to make their city the capital of a vast Western empire in the wake of the Civil War.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Just in time for Valentine’s Day: UMKC’s Jennifer Phegley provides insights into Victorian “dating” and wedding practices that continue to be embraced by modern brides and grooms…and asks if the Victorians’ ideas about romantic have left us with unhealthy expectations.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Friday Night Family Fun features a grand reception celebrating the participants in the 19th Annual Young Writers Contest. Winners will be announced during this event and refreshments will be served.

Exhibits at the Library

From Wichita to the Wailing Wall: The Art of David Israel Litan

Kansas City Architecture A to Z

The Legacy of Kansas City’s Hare & Hare

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