Events & activities

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.

Special Events

  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009
    Astronomer, astrophysicist and five-time astronaut Dr. Steven Hawley gives a presentation to complement the exhibit Visions of the Universe: Four Centuries of Discovery
  • Thursday, July 9, 2009
    Kansas City’s summer chamber music ensemble performs excerpts from classic and contemporary composers Handel and Alexandra du Bois
  • Friday, July 10, 2009
    After a well-received holiday performance in December, the local duo of Jill Simpson and Whitney Coulson are back for the dog days of summer with a highly anticipated encore
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2009
    Be a part of the KCPT filming of a conversation with the Missouri-born artist famous for his paintings showing ordinary people doing common things
  • Wednesday, July 15, 2009
    True-crime blogger Laura James tells the story of the tumultuous relationship in Kansas City between a gold digger and Jesse James, Jr. in a book described as “a ruthless mixture of sex and greed ending inevitably in bloody violence.”
  • Thursday, July 16, 2009
    The local civil rights activist explains how using the library helped his fight to persuade Congress to enact the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act into law
  • Friday, July 17, 2009
    The New Cult Canon theme features cult films with mass appeal, inspired by The A.V. Club
  • Saturday, July 18, 2009
    Susay Bray of the Lakeside Nature Center brings turtles and snakes to the Library and discusses each animal’s characteristics and adaptation for survival
  • Sunday, July 19, 2009
    Food critic Charles Ferruzza discusses memorable Kansas City dining establishments from the 1930s through today
  • Thursday, July 23, 2009
    Kansas City’s summer chamber music ensemble performs excerpts from classic and contemporary composers Puccini and Endre Szervánszky
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Exhibits at the Library

Red Desert, Green Prairie, Blue Sky: Photographing the West

Visions of the Universe

The Winds and Words of War

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