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Signature Event
Monday, April 18, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Beset by sex crimes and cover-ups, financial scandal, declining membership, and the stunning resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 17, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
Hollywood has adapted, sampled, and stolen from William Shakespeare for more than a century – seeing his works as a source of prestige as soon as the...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 16, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
What better way to celebrate Shakespeare than by getting into character?
SHAKESperience, a hands-on workshop conducted by t...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 14, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Participating in the conversation are several notable local music personalities: Katy Guillen (of the band Katy Guillen and the Gi...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 14, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
It is one of the world’s most iconic images: a nude man, arms and legs outstretched, inside a square within a circle. Vitruvian Man – completed by...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Guido Ruggiero underscored his position as one of the world’s leading authorities on the Italian Renaissance with his most recent...
Signature Event
Monday, April 11, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Libraries were an essential part of life for Jane Austen – and for the characters in her novels. She made ample use of her father’s collection of m...
Signature Event
Monday, April 11, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech – delivered 70 years ago at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri – still resounds today. Most contemporar...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 9, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library plays host to the annual Missouri 5th Congressional District student art exhibit and celebration, a...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 7, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City, Kansas, native Nichole Pinkard is a nationally recognized leader in the area of digital learning, founding the Digita...