The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
6:00pm
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In Person
Kansas City writer Chelan David discusses his new book, Beautiful States of Mind: A Father and Daughters’ Pilgrimage to All 50 States. He talks about...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
6:00pm
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In Person
As Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter' album makes headlines for the superstar’s fresh take on the country music genre, bestselling novelist, award-winning song...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
6:00pm
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In Person
The Kansas Historical Society’s Donna Rae Pearson talks about the 12 Black women who were plaintiffs in the landmark – and now 70-year-old – Brown vs....
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
French Emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate, even centuries after his death. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00pm
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In Person
What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 11, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Maya Angelou Book Award winner Taylor Byas’ latest poetry collection, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, discovers parallels between her journey and...
Signature Event
Monday, April 1, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Fox4 reporter Matt Stewart and former Kansas City Royals second baseman, Frank White, discuss forgotten and lesser-known stories of the Royals from St...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
6:00pm
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In Person
Timothy Westcott, Damon Grosvenor, and Martin Roberson of Park University’s George S. Robb Centre for the Study of the Great War discuss their researc...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...