Signature Event Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell Thursday, July 9, 2020 6:30pm Online In a discussion of his new, carefully researched book Tombstone, best-selling author Tom Clavin revisits Tu... Read More
Signature Event Iwo Jima: 'Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue' Tuesday, February 25, 2020 6:30pm Central Library In Person As the first of 70,000 U.S. Marines swept onto Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, victory was all but certain. The Americans had an overwhelming numeri... Read More
Signature Event The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America's National Pastime Sunday, February 9, 2020 2:00pm Central Library In Person In 1934, brothers Dizzy and Daffy Dean were stars of Major League Baseball’s regular season and World Series. Following their St. Louis Cardinals’... Read More
Signature Event Great Escapes and Rescues of World War II Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:30pm Central Library In Person Hollywood immortalized one of the most famous prison breaks in wartime history, The Great Escape of 76 Allied soldiers and officers from Germany... Read More
Signature Event Mansion on a Hill: The Story of The Willows Maternity Sanitarium and the Adoption Hub of America Sunday, January 5, 2020 2:00pm Central Library In Person Women who were pregnant and unmarried in the early 1900s faced limited options and societal scorn. Many chose, or were sent, to deliver their babie... Read More
Signature Event The Defense of St. Vith: Crossroads in the Battle of the Bulge Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:30pm Central Library In Person Just before dawn on December 16, 1944, American forces in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxemburg were surprised by the roar of German tanks... Read More
Signature Event A Guest of the Reich Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person An heiress who preferred big-game hunting to debutante balls, Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was interesting enough to be an inspiration for a 1928 Broadw... Read More
Signature Event And the Spirit Moved Them Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Author and activist Helen LaKelly Hunt recalls the event that launched the women’s rights movement in our country – the first Anti-Sl... Read More
Signature Event Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze Sunday, December 8, 2019 2:00pm Central Library In Person As Kansas City grew in the 19th century, so did the business of sin. Noting the pervasiveness of vice and debauchery, a visitor in 1888 described i... Read More
Signature Event Richard Nixon: The Life Thursday, December 5, 2019 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Author John A. Farrell examines our nation’s 37th president and the relevance of his career and complex legacy in the era of Trump in... Read More