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Signature Event
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
A specialist in the Atomic Age, Michael Scheibach examines how Americans in the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s dealt with the threat of nuclea...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
6:30pm
Author Robert W. Merry wraps up the presidential election – and the Hail to the Chiefs series – with a fresh, playful, and challengin...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 11, 2012
2:00pm
For prize-winning geographer James Shortridge, Kansas City is more than the sum of cultural icons like barbecue, jazz, and sports tea...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 8, 2012
6:30pm
Historian Terry Beckenbaugh maintains that the Civil War was inevitable given the failure of the nation’s political leadership to res...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, author, politician, postmaster, and civic activist.
But noted economist and Franklin biographer Mark Sko...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 1, 2012
6:30pm
With his thick spectacles, big teeth, and boundless energy, President Theodore Roosevelt was a cartoonist’s dream subject. Rick Marschall...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 25, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
For all his accomplishments and advanced thinking, Thomas Jefferson could not get beyond his own limited perspective in matters of race. Drawing from...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 21, 2012
2:00pm
Peabody Award-winning radio personality Michael Lasser explores the songs inspired by our town, from “Everything’s Up To Date in Kan...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 14, 2012
2:00pm
Jim Chappell has accumulated a treasure trove of sports memorabilia that covers the walls of his restaurant. Dozens of sports persona...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 27, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Taking the White House requires a team, and America had never seen anything like the husband-and-wife team of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Historian...