All Library locations will be closed Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Signature Event
Sunday, July 7, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper shares Boatrig...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 11, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Do you Fringe? The KC Fringe Festival has provided a non-curated platform for performance, visual, and film artists for 20 years. The two-week extrava...
Signature Event
Friday, July 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
This road-tripping, hilarious, heart-wrenching, family-style adventure story is almost completely true, says author Pedro Martín. The Mexikid author,...
Signature Event
Saturday, July 13, 2024
2:00pm
In Person
Before he was known as "Wild Bill,” famed frontiersman and gunfighter James Butler Hickok spent three formative years as a young man in the Kansas Cit...
Signature Event
Friday, July 19, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
The 2024 Off the Wall film series, Party Central, keeps the summer vibes going. “Alright, alright, alright,” as Wooderson (played by Matthew McConau...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...
Signature Event
Thursday, July 25, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Leigh Goodmark’s latest book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, explores the American criminal legal sy...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
6:00pm
Online
In Person
National journalist Ebony Reed and resident Beverly Rentie, both of Kansas City, discuss Rentie's family and Black wealth with Mará Rose Williams of T...
Signature Event
Friday, August 16, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
The party never stops at the Library, particularly during the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, which continues with Crazy Rich As...
Signature Event
Friday, September 13, 2024
8:45pm
In Person
It’s last call. The Library wraps up the 2024 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Party Central, with Happy Death Day (PG-13, 96 min.). When a college s...