The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...
Signature Event
Monday, March 4, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf discusses the challenges – and dangers – of reading increasingly on screens. It’s not...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
As a renowned conductor, and as a scholar, teacher, and author, Jane Glover’s command of classical music is unparalleled. Her more th...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Nationally renowned lettering artist and illustrator Jessica Hische discusses her work and her newest dear-to-her-heart project:...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 6, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Crime Magazine publisher J. Patrick O’Connor discusses his book Justice on Fire: The Kansas City Firefighters Case and th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
The 92-year-old Holocaust survivor from Prairie Village, who endured internment in three Nazi concentration camps during World War II, sits down wi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Dodge City, Kansas, native Robert Rebein revisits his hometown and Kansas’ high plains often in a discussion of his third book,...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For all of its diplomatic and military efforts, the U.S. has been unable to end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of...