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Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive

March 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026

Central Library

The success of Bruce R. Watkins Drive is just as complicated as its tortured construction. More than 35 years since construction began, this exhibitio...

Power of Computer Programming for Black Communities

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Computer code bootcamps provide students with accelerated training in computer programming and job skills with the dual end goals of upward social...

Mapping Inequality

Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Historian Donna Rae Pearson examines the lingering impacts of redlining and urban renewal and how each promoted residential segregation in communities...

'Babette’s Feast'

Sunday, February 16, 2025 1:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Babette’s Feast features an eye-opening French banquet in a remote 19th-century Danish village. Psychiatrist John Whipple and film critic Abby Olcese...

Fighting for a Free Missouri

Sunday, February 9, 2025 3:00pm

Central Library

Online

In Person

In Fighting for a Free Missouri: German Immigrants, African Americans, and the Issue of Slavery, editor and historian Sydney Norton presents a series...

'Julie & Julia'

Sunday, February 2, 2025 1:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

In Julie & Julia, a food blogger's ambition to prepare all the recipes in Julia Child’s landmark cookbook is intertwined with Child’s own passion for...

Yes & ...

February 1, 2025 - March 30, 2025

Central Library

Self-taught artist Justin Canja incorporates discarded items and found objects in his expressionist works. The public is invited to collaborate with t...

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The Kansas City Sound: A History of Local Music from Jazz to Punk

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 6:00pm

Central Library

Online

In Person

Musician and entertainer Cody Wyoming has been a part of the local, underground music scene for more than 30 years. But he’s also a music historian an...

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The Overland Trails and the Founding of Independence and Westport

Sunday, January 26, 2025 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

During the mid-19th century, a mass migration of pioneers traveled westward by wagon across rugged trails, wind-swept prairies, barren deserts, and fo...

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'The Taste of Things'

Sunday, January 19, 2025 1:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The 2025 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series explores our relationship with food as a way of understanding ourselves. Food is the language...

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