Signature Events Archive | Kansas City Public Library

E-reader vs Tablet Which device is right for you?

December 8, 2012 3:00pm

Trails West Branch

Are you in the market for a device which takes advantage of e-books? Don't know the difference between a tablet and an e-reader? Want to find out how...

Health Fair

December 8, 2012 12:00pm

North-East Branch

Please join us at North-East in conjuction with Truman Medical Center for our mini Health Fair. There will be various booths to visit providing infor...

The Twelve Days of Christmas, Revisited - Eric Brende

December 6, 2012 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Ever get the feeling that Christmas has morphed into something it was never supposed to be? How did a celebration of joy, togetherness, l...

An Introduction to WikiKC

December 6, 2012 4:00pm

Central Library

Organizers for WikiKC – a collaborative, community-driven effort to share local knowledge about Kansas City – will be on hand at the...

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy - David Nasaw

December 4, 2012 6:30pm

Central Library

Was he an anti-Semite and a Nazi sympathizer? An appeaser and isolationist? For all his public activities – financier, film producer, kingmaker, fa...

Louis Curtiss: Kansas City Architect - Keith Eggener

December 2, 2012 2:00pm

Central Library

Architectural historian Keith Eggener looks at the heritage of architect Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), often described...

Jonathan Steinberg - Bismarck: A Life

November 29, 2012 6:30pm

Central Library

In the late 19th century statesman Otto von Bismarck unified Germany while embodying everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. Biographer...