All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
6:30pm
Film critic Shawn Edwards is joined by radio personality Jabulani Leffall for a discussion of the global impact of b...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
6:30pm
Simeon Wright discusses the 1955 kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and explains what life was like before, during, and after the trial....
Signature Event
Sunday, February 6, 2011
2:00pm
Physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg — teacher and student, respectively — helped define the theoretical limits of the modern age. In Copenhage...
Signature Event
Saturday, February 5, 2011
10:30am
As part of the second annual Kansas City Design Week, a multi-disciplinary panel of design professionals will showcase the breadth and potential of th...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 3, 2011
6:30pm
To commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth, historian Michael Schaller chronicles the life of one of America’s most notable and successful...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
6:30pm
Due to adverse weather, Dr. Kenneth Armitage will not be able to travel to Kansas City for his speaking engagement at th...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
6:30pm
Harvard historian Jill Lepore discusses her new book The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Ba...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
6:30pm
A Tony Award winner for his Titanic and Nine musical compositions, Maury Yeston performs at the piano and discusses...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 23, 2011
2:00pm
This annual film series takes a look at Marriage & Family – Under the Surface, starting with Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning directori...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6:30pm
Best known for his artistic achievements, Michelangelo not only filled hundreds of sheets with drawings, sketches, and doodles, but he also composed h...