The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City is awash in red as the Chiefs approach a new season of super-sized possibilities. But have they cut corners on player character? Whither b...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
We’re all writers now through email, texts, Facebook posts, and countless other avenues. Drawing from her new book Writing to Persuade:...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Less than one week after taking office, new Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas joins veteran KMBC television news reporter Mi...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
He has been the face of Kansas City for eight years. Now, as Sly James completes his second and mandatory final term as mayor, he loo...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Less than a week before the June 18 general election, the two candidates to succeed outgoing Kansas City Mayor Sly James face off on the issues and co...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Susan Rademacher, a leader in the nationwide parks conservancy movement for three decades, examines the challenge of keeping Kansas City’s signature s...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, named one of the best books of 2018 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time magazine, among others,...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In its day, there may have been no more stimulating place than London’s Turk’s Head Tavern on a Friday night. There in the mid- to late 18th century,...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Drawing from his new book, Harvard University’s Robert Mnookin takes stock of the situation of American Jews today. While they’ve ach...