The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Friday, March 15, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s North-E...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 1, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...
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
Friday, April 8, 2022
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre...
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
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:30am
The Library kicks off a new series with The Kansas City Star to discuss the news and issues that matter to Kansas Citians. I...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
6:30pm
The most eventful year of Danny Clinkscale’s life took the veteran Kansas City sportscaster along on an exhilarating ride, highlighte...
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 14, 2016
2:00pm
Learn to duel – safely, of course. The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival offers an interactive presentation of stage combat techn...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 16, 2016
2:00pm
What better way to celebrate Shakespeare than by getting into character?
SHAKESperience, a hands-on workshop conducted by the...