All Library locations will be closed Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day.
Signature Event
Thursday, October 5, 2023
6:00pm
Writers for Readers, one of Kansas City's premier literary events, returns with an exciting lineup featuring celebrated author Lan Samantha Chang in c...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Writers for Readers returns with a special lineup featuring celebrated author Alexander Chee and the announcement of...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 1, 2022
1:00pm
In Person
Amid the Library’s Big Read 2022, a two-month celebration of reading and poetry, Kansas City poet Glenn North conduc...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
Join the Library at its recently renovated Southeast Branch for a day of community celebration. Visit our space and check out refreshed collect...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 17, 2016
2:00pm
This time nearly a century ago, Kansas City was approaching what local historian Joelouis Mattox calls the "Gloomy Years" – a nearly...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 9, 2015
10:30am
As a six-year-old child, local artist and gardener Dean Bracy observed what seemed like hundreds of monarch butterflies feeding on a butterfly bush an...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In the 1950s and ‘60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:30pm
You’re never too old to begin a literary career. At the age of 75 retired pastor Cy Robinson began writing his first novel. Not just...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 28, 2012
11:00am
Free Savvy Couponing Tips:With the Coupon Lady! Tamara Baker
at the Southeast Branch. Call 816-701-3584 to register....