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The Great Debates Revisited: Sander Vanocur

Monday, September 27, 2010 8:30pm
Plaza Branch
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American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
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The Great Debates Revisited: James Roth

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 8:30pm
Plaza Branch
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American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
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The Great Debates Revisited: Timothy Naftali

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 8:30pm
Plaza Branch
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American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
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The Great Debates Revisited: Rick Perlstein

Monday, October 18, 2010 8:30pm
Plaza Branch
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American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
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How Facts Help Us Feel Less Afraid: Lessons from "The Small and the Mighty"

Thursday, October 24, 2024 6:30pm
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Sharon McMahon, a former teacher whose fact-checking social media posts went viral during the 2020 election, discusses her new book The Small and the...
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The Power of Our Supreme Court: How Supreme Court Cases Shape Democracy

Thursday, November 14, 2024 6:00pm
Plaza Branch
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Lawrence-based teacher Matt Beat has over 1 million subscribers to his Mr. Beat and The Beat Goes On YouTube channels, through which he aims to bolste...
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Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

Thursday, March 20, 2025 6:00pm
Plaza Branch
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Clay Risen’s new book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, speaks to the divisiveness of our contemporary moment. A...
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'Free for All: Inside the Public Library'

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 6:00pm
Plaza Branch
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A public library’s mission is simple but powerful: to be a place anyone can enter, free of charge, and encounter a universe of ideas and resources. Th...
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'Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)'

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 6:00pm
Central Library
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Historian Kevin Schultz discusses his new book Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History, a criticism of modern liberali...
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National Trust for Historic Preservation: The Power of Storytelling for a Healthy Democracy 

The Power of Storytelling for a Healthy Democracy

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 6:00pm
Central Library
In Person
National Trust for Historic Preservation President Carol Quillen discusses the importance of storytelling – rooted in historic places – to a healthy d...
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