Events

Published in 1611, the King James Bible’s blend of poetry and piety has nurtured generation after generation.

Open through the 2012 World Series

Celebrate Kansas City’s All-Star summer with this new exhibit exploring our local baseball heritage.

Kids Cafe at Central Youth Services

Free Lunch served everyday, Monday thru Friday, Noon– 12:45 pm
Beginning June 4, 2012

All youth ages 0-18 welcome

*Meals served ONLY to those 18 years of age and younger.
*ALL food must be consumed during the program on the premises

The newest exhibition of the Orval Hixon Gallery, New Compositions: The Dance Portraiture of Orval Hixon, is on display from June 11, 2011 through 2013 at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit features a rich selection of Hixon’s portraits, including images of some of the best-known dancers of his time.

To most local landscape architects, Hare & Hare is a household name. The firm has left an indelible mark on some of the most iconic and often-visited areas of Kansas City—the Country Club Plaza, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Loose Park, Ward Parkway, and Mission Hills among them.

Join us for our weekly family movie on Sunday afternoon.

Local historian Joelouis Mattox discusses the history of Prospect Avenue and the life of one of the surrounding community’s leading citizens, Lucile H. Bluford.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s Prospect Avenue was one of Kansas City’s main commercial thoroughfares. It also functioned as an entertainment district, serving as “Westport,” “River Quay,” and the “Power & Light District” for the African-American community.