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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

Thursday, June 27, 2013
Artist Glen Hansen discusses the more than three dozen drawings and paintings of Kansas City buildings featured in his new exhibit opening June 27 at the Central Library.
Friday, June 28, 2013
This two-piece, nationally known kids’ band puts on a fun, family concert full of funky tunes so interactive that everyone gets to be part of the act! Appropriate for all ages.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
In honor of the Library’s new series on landmark Supreme Court cases, here’s a lineup of movies about classic courtroom confrontations.
Monday, July 1, 2013
July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day, honoring the woman aviator who set records in the 1930s and disappeared attempting an around-the-globe flight. In honor of that famous native of Atchison, Kansas, the Library is offering a film series about other real-life aviators. The Aviator (2004; PG-13)
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Join us on the first Saturday of every month (June-October) as the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library host the sixth annual City Market Summer Book Sale. This month’s special: Paperback Fiction for fifty cents!
Saturday, July 6, 2013
On July 28 the Library debuts the new documentary Nawang Gombu: Heart of a Tiger, about one of the world’s great mountaineers. That documentary, produced by Kansas City filmmaker Bev Chapman, inspired this film series about life and death at high altitudes. K2 (1991; R)
Monday, July 8, 2013
July 24 is Amelia Earhart Day, honoring the woman aviator who set records in the 1930s and disappeared attempting an around-the-globe flight. In honor of that famous native of Atchison, Kansas, the Library is offering a film series about other real-life aviators. The Dam Busters (1955; NR)
Thursday, July 11, 2013
KCPT’s Nick Haines moderates a panel of experts discussing proposals to replace the city’s three-terminal airport with a single-terminal design, as well as the movement for a citywide vote on the issue.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Paul Mesner Puppets celebrates 25 years of outstanding puppet shows with a presentation of The Comical Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard. Appropriate for all ages.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Get an early look at some of the acts and artists – including radio sketch comics Right Between the Ears – performing during the ninth annual Kansas City Fringe Festival.

Exhibits at the Library

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The long and colorful history of the Kansas City Police Department is examined in this exhibit featuring images from the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
New Compositions: The Dance Portraiture of Orval Hixon highlights the local legend’s rich selection of photographic portraits, including images of some of the best-known dancers of his time.

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