Central Library will close early Thursday, November 6 at 1:00 p.m. & all other locations will close at 2:30 p.m. for an all staff event.
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Jay Sexton, director of the Kinder Institute, talks to students about their efforts to foster civil discourse on college campuses by leading with vuln...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Experience a musical tribute to Paris inspired by the personal essays in A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light. Vocalis...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
Online
In Person
Director Jon Trozzolo and producer Jody Valet discuss their new documentary-in-progress titled The Neighborhood: The North End Becomes Columbus Park....
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Historian Lorissa Rinehart discusses her new biography of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin, a Re...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 13, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Development regulations often make housing, particularly starter homes, more expensive, if not impossible to build. Allison Thurmond Quinlan, an archi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Kansas author Laurie Dove discusses her debut book and the high rate of crime against members of Native communities. The novel follows Carrie Starr, w...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Military professor Geoff Babb discusses the Qing Dynasty’s rise and fall, its military campaigns amid the “Century of Humiliation,” and the events tha...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 20, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
The 10th annual Writers for Readers fundraiser dinner features celebrated bestselling author Candice Millard and the announcement of this year's Maya...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 4, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Lamonte McIntyre, Darryl Burton, and Patty Prewitt each spent decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. Judith Sabbert, retired president of th...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 7, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
UMKC professor Bradley Poos discusses his new book about Kansas City’s Central High School, founded in 1867. He shares the stories of students, educat...
