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Signature Event
Sunday, June 9, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Local attorney Gary Jenkins, a filmmaker, author and former Kansas City police detective, investigated mafia bombings and murders in the 1970s in the...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 13, 2024
7:00pm
Online
In Person
In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...
Activity
Friday, June 14, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
When children see characters in books who look like them or come from similar backgrounds, they feel seen and heard. Join the Kid Corner staff and...
Activity
Friday, June 21, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
In the classic tale The Three Little Pigs, three pigs each build a house out of a variety of materials. Our twist? We’ll provide straw, sticks, and br...
Activity
Friday, June 21, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Join us for the library’s first-ever Tween Lock-In at the Plaza Branch.
Smash Brothers and Mario Kart on the big screen, LEGO challenges, a...
Activity
Saturday, June 22, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
Join saxophonist Nick May and pianist Alex Li in celebration of Pride month with a performance and discussion of queer narratives in music as part...
Activity
Friday, June 28, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Do you believe in magic? After a 6-year hiatus, Reggie Regg the Magic Man brings his award-winning, action-packed MagiComedy act back to the greater K...
Activity
Friday, July 5, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Drew Daywalt's book, The Day the Crayons Quit, is about a boy who just wants to color. We’ll have crafts inspired by Daywalt’s story about a box of cr...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 7, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper shares Boatrig...
Activity
Friday, July 12, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
In the culmination of arts educator John Mulvey’s weeklong Young Actors Workshop at the Library for children ages 3 to 18, preschoolers act out a stor...