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Writers for Readers, one of Kansas City's premier literary events, returns with an exciting lineup featuring celebrated author Lan Samantha Chang in c...

Drawing from copious research and interviews with principal participants for his new book Mafia Dreams: A True Crime Saga of Young Men at the End of a...

Internationally known photojournalist and writer B.A. Van Sise discusses his exhibition Invited to Life, featuring selected black-and-white portraits...

In a discussion of his book The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War, historian and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Da...

In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays presentation, Suzanne Hogan, creator and producer of KCUR public radio’s A People’s History of Kansas City, dis...

Note the 7 p.m. start time Award-winning author, historian, podcast host, and New Yorker staffer Jill Lepore juxtaposes the political and personal...

In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...

Director Tim Burton’s second take on Michael Keaton’s Caped Crusader takes place in a wintry Gotham City, with The Penguin (Danny DeVito) attemptin...

Is it better for elderly loved ones to age in place or be cared for in a nursing home? A panel of experts examines the emotionally fraught issue in a...

Amid the United States’ protracted involvement in Vietnam, its military confronted racial justice demands more directly than perhaps any other institu...