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250 & Counting
Signature Event
Thursday, March 19, 2026
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Historian Adam Arenson discusses the culture clash over moral systems during the Civil War and competing visions for the nation’s future....
Exhibition
February 7, 2026
- May 3, 2026
In a new exhibition, Kansas City, Kansas-based visual artist, poet, and educator José Faus debuts 10 new blackout poems featuring large prints of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, January 15, 2026
6:00pm
Online
In Person
In his new book, Edward J. Larson explains what happened in 1776 that caused people in the American colonies to change their views on British rule. He...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 25, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Award-winning author Jill Lepore challenges both the Supreme Court’s monopoly on constitutional interpretation and what she identifies as the flawed t...
Signature Event
Monday, September 22, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Most Americans agree that the U.S. Constitution is essential to protecting liberty, but there’s a long-running debate over how it should be interprete...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
From detention centers to work permits to access to education, immigration continues to shape American life — and stir national debate. Panelists repr...
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Civil Dialogues series co-founders Jean Becker and Linda Lorelle lead a safe and judgment-free discussion about what’s happening in the Trump administ...