Plaza branch will open late at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4.
Signature Event
July 27, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
No event in American history was more pivotal — or more contested — than the decision by Congress to declare independence in July 1776. Even months af...
Signature Event
July 24, 2011
2:00pm
The Plaza Branch concludes its annual Kansas City Architectures series, which in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War focused on anteb...
Signature Event
July 21, 2011
6:30pm
Often referred to as eight years of peace and prosperity, the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61) was in fact an era of great s...
Signature Event
July 20, 2011
6:30pm
Born to a circus-clown father, Timothy Noel Tegge began performing in the ring by age 5. Today, while still working as a clown, he also acts as a circ...
Signature Event
July 17, 2011
2:00pm
July 17, 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse that killed 114 people and injured 216.
Kansas City...
Signature Event
July 13, 2011
6:30pm
Although relatively small compared to the great clashes to come, the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) was a seminal event in American history. Whe...
Signature Event
July 10, 2011
2:00pm
The Plaza Branch continues its annual Kansas City Architecture series, focusing this year on antebellum homes in recognition of the sesquicentennial o...
Signature Event
July 6, 2011
6:30pm
Chamber music ensemble Summerfest explores Lester Trimble’s setting of the great English masterwork “Four Fragm...
Signature Event
June 29, 2011
6:30pm
Emory University historian Deborah E. Lipstadt examines the May 1960 capture of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann by Israeli agent...
Signature Event
June 28, 2011
6:30pm
The Kansas City Public Library celebrates the 40th birthday of Ziggy with an appearance by Tom Wilson, who...