The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
Signature Event
Sunday, November 17, 2013
2:00pm
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Kansas City native Tommy Campbell won 50 professional fights and became the world’s No. 2 lightweight. B...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 16, 2013
12:00am
The Kansas City Public Library hosts the 2013 Young Adult Literature Festival with Rainbow Rowell,...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 14, 2013
6:30pm
Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who has...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
6:30pm
Several hundred spectators in Dealey Plaza witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Everyone else experienced it thr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
6:30pm
Patrick Rosal’s poetry, writes one critic, “skillfully navigates between despair and love, between violence and music, between loss a...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 10, 2013
2:00pm
During her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s, Deborah Shouse explored ways to connect with her and developed new rituals to anchor h...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 9, 2013
2:00pm
Paul Kirkman will present a talk on his most recent publication, Forgotten Tales of Kansas City, a collection of lesser known stories culled from old...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 7, 2013
6:30pm
This event has been canceled at the author’s request due to an illness.
Franklin Dela...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
6:30pm
In the same way that Walter Cronkite was “the most trusted man in America,” Martin Bell represents journalistic integrity and straigh...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
6:30pm
For nearly 30 years Mark Skousen — financial economist, university professor, and author — has been collecting the wisdom...