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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...

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...

Clay Risen’s new book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, speaks to the divisiveness of our contemporary moment. A...

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...

Historian Kevin Schultz discusses his new book Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History, a criticism of modern liberali...

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College returns to the Library to launch a new series on the rise and fall of empires. Harry S. Laver reco...

National Trust for Historic Preservation President Carol Quillen discusses the importance of storytelling – rooted in historic places – to a healthy d...

Do you Fringe? The KC Fringe Festival returns in July with its annual two-week extravaganza. Take a sneak peek at a variety of family-friendly shows,...

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...

Tourism in Kansas City has reached new heights, providing an opportunity for residents to interact with visitors with openness and curiosity. Bestsell...