The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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
Friday, March 15, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s North-E...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 10, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Following a two-week celebration of the Chinese New Year, lyric soprano Eva Peng and pianist Anthony Olson offer a unique lecture-recital highlighting...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 9, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Central Library. The show is an exploration of how the icon...
Signature Event
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 8, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Julie Vick, the author of Babies Don’t Make Small Talk (So Why Should I?), moderates a discussion by a panel of accomplished writers who push back aga...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Poet Elise Paschen (Osage) moderates a panel discussion and reading of Indigenous Nations Poets Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe), Jake Skeets (Diné), and Kimb...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 27, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...