All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Saturday, May 25, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
U.S. Senator, Kansas City native Tim Kaine, discusses his new memoir, 'Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside' with writer Candice Millard. The two talk a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
6:00pm
Online
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
Sunday, May 19, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Pat O’Neill, author of From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City, spotlights many of the colorful characters who once called the West...
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
Thursday, May 9, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Four contemporary artists who incorporate miniature art in narrative videos, paintings, and photographs discuss their work on view in Transformations:...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
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
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Russia launched an invasion in Ukraine two years ago, and the delay in weapons delivery from Western allies to Ukraine has opened a door for Russian a...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 21, 2024
3:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Baroque Consortium, one of the city’s cultural jewels since 2009, specializes in the performance of early music on period instruments....
Signature Event
Friday, April 19, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
To celebrate two decades at 14 W. 10th Street, the public is invited to an all-ages drop-in happy hour on April 19, 2024, that includes refreshments,...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 14, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Janssen Place, the first private street built in Kansas City in the 1890s, is still considered one of the city’s most beautiful developments. Kansas C...