On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
Signature Event
Saturday, October 11, 2025
12:00pm
Online
In Person
Award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor is best known for what she calls Africanfuturism — a blend of science fiction and fantasy influenced by her Nige...
Signature Event
Saturday, October 11, 2025
2:30pm
In Person
Novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid explores different eras and locations through complex characters with fascinating careers in film, music, and the arts. S...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 16, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
A.J. Herrmann, director of policy and program innovation at Accelerator for America, discusses the link between housing and economic growth. After the...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 26, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
On May 22, 1962, a routine flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Kansas City turned tragic after radar contact was suddenly lost. Eight crew members...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 1, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Participants in the September 2025 Veterans Write Workshop read their original works on the theme "The Importance of Holding Space." This event, moder...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Jay Sexton, director of the Kinder Institute, talks to students about their efforts to foster civil discourse on college campuses by leading with vuln...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Experience a musical tribute to Paris inspired by the personal essays in A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light. Vocalis...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
In Person
Director Jon Trozzolo and producer Jody Valet discuss their new documentary-in-progress titled The Neighborhood: The North End Becomes Columbus Park....
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Historian Lorissa Rinehart discusses her new biography of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin, a Re...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 13, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Development regulations often make housing, particularly starter homes, more expensive, if not impossible to build. Allison Thurmond Quinlan, an archi...