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The Fall of South Vietnam

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Dr. James H. Willbanks discusses the events that led to the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, April 2...

Missouri’s African American Heritage

Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Master storyteller Gladys Coggswell shares inspirational tales and “down-home” stories about all walks of African-American life...

The Lens of Youth: The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Searching the Psyche through Cinema continues with the unconventional and haunting Sofia Coppola film The Virgin Suicides...

The Road to Someplace Better

Friday, April 16, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Lillian Lincoln Lambert rose from humble beginnings as a poor farm girl in the segregated South to become the first black woman...

Circle of Greed

Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Veteran Washington journalist Carl M. Cannon, co-author of Circle of Greed: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Lawy...

The Fine Art of Dan White

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Watch and listen as Kansas City jazz greats come to life. Chuck Haddix discusses the musicians portrayed in...

The Eternal City Goes Under

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Professor Gregory Aldrete explains how the largest city in the ancient world dealt with the perpetual threat of flooding and what...

Westminster Lecture Series

Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The English Speaking Union is hosting the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor from Westminster College, Fulton, MO. Dr. Robert Tyler wa...

From Ellis Island to the Great War

Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

David Laskin discusses his new book about 12 European immigrants who came to the U.S. in search of livelihoods, and ended up figh...

An Evening with Abdul Alkalimat

Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:30pm

Lucile H. Bluford Branch

In Person

Professor Abdul Alkalimat, the leading African American scholar on the digital divide, will discuss Malcolm X, African Americans & the Cyberspace Revo...

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