Kansas City Founder: Race, Exploitation, and the Rise of William Gilliss

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Diane Euston
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Artist Talk and Collage Workshop

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Andrea Burgay
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The Life and Times of “Wild Bill” Hickok in the Kansas City Area

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Craig Crease
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The Adventures of Mexikid: A Boy and his Family on an Epic Road Trip

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Pedro Martín
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No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas

No Place Like Home
Kevin Willmott, C.J. Janovy
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Battle for the River Quay: Mob Wars and Urban Renewal

Battle for the River Quay
Gary Jenkins
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Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside

Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine and Candice Millard
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Floods, Fires, and Buried Trains: Immigrant Stories of the Historic West Bottoms

Floods, Fires, and Buried Trains
Pat O’Neill
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Transformations: New Perspectives on the Art of Miniatures

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The State of the Conflict in Ukraine

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Jim Geraghty
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Janssen Place: A Unique Kansas City Neighborhood

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Bruce Mathews and Stephen Mitchell
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In the Pacific: Guadalcanal

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John Kuehn
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In the Pacific: America at War in the Philippines

Turning Point: America at War in the Philippines
Geoff Babb
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Sacrifice and Search: Stories of the Willows Maternity Home

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KelLee Parr, Stephen Rowley
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Women Aren’t Funny: A Discussion With Funny Women Who Disagree

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Julie Vick, Mia Mercado, Emily Farris, Kristen Mulrooney
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Poetry as Reciprocity: Indigenous Nations Poets Celebrate Language Back

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Elise Paschen, Heid E. Erdrich, Jake Skeets, Kimberly Blaeser
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The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra

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Libby Hanssen
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Designing Camelot: The Kennedy Restoration of The White House

Designing Camelot: The Kennedy Restoration of The White House
James Archer Abbott
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Saving Culture in Crisis Today

Saving Culture in Crisis Today
Richard Kurin
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A Special Evening With Jill Lepore

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Jill Lepore
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Starlight’s 1776 Traveling Broadway Show Collaborative

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Lindsey Rood-Clifford
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A Rabid Sense of Hope: From the Artists’ Perspective

Amy Cousins, Ruben Castillo
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This Is Why We Quilt: Stitching Along the Rivers West

Barbara Brackman
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Adventures in Journalism: Reports from a Field

Jay Nordlinger
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