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Duck Club

Friday, May 17, 2024 9:30am

Lucile H. Bluford Branch

In Person

A safe and cozy space for young LGBTQIA+ adults to hang out, have fun, build life skills and make friends! Held weekly, every Friday morning for te...

Guided Tour of the Central Library

Saturday, May 18, 2024 11:00am

Central Library

In Person

The Central Library is located in the repurposed 1906 First National Bank. This tour combines a little banking history, architectural design, Kansa...

House History Boot Camp

Saturday, May 18, 2024 11:00am

Plaza Branch

In Person

Have you recently purchased a home and are curious about its history? Are you interested in uncovering the story behind the house you've called hom...

Trailblazers Book Group

Saturday, May 18, 2024 2:00pm

Trails West Branch

In Person

Join a community of like-minded readers for engaging discussions of great fiction as part of Trailblazers....

Floods, Fires, and Buried Trains: Immigrant Stories of the Historic West Bottoms

Sunday, May 19, 2024 2:00pm

Central Library

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...

Senior Conversations

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 11:00am

Southeast Branch

In Person

Join us at the Southeast Branch every 3rd Tuesday for Senior Conversations. We will discus current events, legacy, favorite things, what...

Canceled: Silver and Gold Readers Book Group

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Join us as this book group will share a variety of inspirational, informational, mystery, and fiction books that will entertain and spark conversat...

KC Tween Book Club

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 5:00pm

Central Library

In Person

4th-6th graders are invited to join us for snacks, games, and a great book talk about the graphic novel Ghost Book by...

Queer Voices Book Group

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 6:00pm

Online

The Queer Voices book group aims to highlight a different book by a queer author or about queer themes each month....

The Women of Brown: 70th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

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....

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