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In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

The 2024 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series, which looks to the arts (and this year, to science fiction) to illuminate our understanding...

The 2024 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series, which looks to the arts (and this year, to science fiction) to illuminate our understanding...

The 2024 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series, which looks to the arts (and this year, to science fiction) to illuminate our understanding...

The annual Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series returns, spotlighting a selection of sci-fi films as it looks to illuminate our understanding of...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

Lady Bird Johnson was no mere White House photo prop. The former Claudia Taylor once was described by husband Lyndon Johnson as “the brains and mon...

Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominently i...