The North-East branch will be closed Monday, July 22 for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Robert Rydell describes how world’s fairs inspired and promoted innovations in architecture, the arts, music, science, and...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2:00pm
On the eve of the 136th anniversary of the famous “Last Stand,” retired National Park Service Superintendent Paul L. Hedren asks: Was...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Willa Cather, portrayed by Jan Chapman...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Zachary Karabell examines Chester Alan Arthur, who was propelled into the presidency by the assassination of James Garfield an...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6:30pm
Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President...
Signature Event
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1:00pm
In Person
Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanic’s sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
The first vice president to occupy the White House after the death of the incumbent, John Tyler was derided by critics as “His Accidency.” Yet histori...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
6:30pm
James N. Giglio describes John F. Kennedy as “the most medicated, one of the most courageous, and perhaps the most self-absorbed of o...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
6:30pm
On the blog: Re...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Winston Churchill’s 1946 speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, warned that Communism was on the march. Historian Philip White...