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.

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.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

Join us for a lively and engaging time with other grownups.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

Learn more about getting around on your computer in this class, which offers insights into hardware and software components.

Bring toddlers ages 18-36 months for a 20 minute storytime, followed by a fun craft in the Art Spot.

Join us for an After Lunch Book Club as we read and discuss great books. We will meet every other week, each month at the Sugar Creek Branch Library. Call Christy at 816-701-3489 for more information.

Representatives of the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners delve into the history of the Republican and Democratic parties, how they were formed, and how their policies and stances have evolved over more than a century of American political life.

This is the last in a series of public forums on elections presented in 2012 by the KCEB and the Library.

Play Play Station 2, Dance Dance Revolution, computer games, board games, chess, checkers,
Bingo, and Wii games, etc. Light snacks & refreshments are served.

Each week we will have a new surprise activity! You never know, will this week be games, movies, or arts and crafts?!?!? Youth ages 10-16 are welcome to attend.

Are you wanting some place to exercise. Our meeting rooms are open upon request. Come join us on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5:30 -7p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00-11:00 a.m. We have DVD's available for your use in both high and low impact. So no matter what your mobility level there is something here for you.

Join us every Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30pm for dinner and a movie! This free event is open to children ages 3-18. For more information, contact Christy at 816-701-3489.

Dr. Wes Crenshaw Lawrence family psychologist and author of Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens and Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens offers insight for parents on teen sexuality, mental health, cutting, divorce, bullying, and suicide. He'll be taking audience questions and suggesting ways to better relate to teens and tweens, especially those transitioning to middle and high school.

Many historians have written about the Watergate conspiracy. But can a novelist throw new light on this traumatic moment in American political history?

Thomas Mallon does just that in Watergate, using drama and comedy to take readers behind the scenes of a national scandal, creating “a universal tragicomedy of ludicrous errors and malignant crimes, epic hubris and sorrow.”

Mallon is the author of Henry and Clara, Two Moons, Dewey Defeats Truman, and Aurora 7.