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MF Doom

MF DOOM, Rap's Masked Iconoclast

Thursday, March 13, 2025 6:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
Online
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Journalist S.H. “SKIZ” Fernando tells the story of hip-hop legend Daniel Dumile Jr. – aka masked supervillain MF DOOM – in a new biography set against...
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Nina Simone: Four Women

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
In Person
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s...
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The Royale

Friday, April 8, 2022 2:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of the award-winning stage drama The Royale to t...
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The Royale

Sunday, April 3, 2022 2:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of the award-winning stage drama The Royale to t...
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Evening Serenade: The Kansas City Symphony

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 6:30pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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The Kansas City Symphony continues its series of free outdoor chamber concerts at the Library, with a woodwind quintet – flute, oboe, clarinet, bas...
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Java with a Journalist: The Future of Troost

Saturday, July 14, 2018 10:30am
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
In Person
The Library and The Kansas City Star focus the latest installment of their Java with Journalist series on the Troost Avenue...
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An Afternoon with Danielle Allen

Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:30pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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Harvard University’s Danielle Allen visits the L.H. Bluford Branch for a special afternoon discussion of her new book,...
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Lucile Bluford

Lucile Bluford Day

Saturday, July 1, 2017 11:00am
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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It’s Lucile Bluford’s day. Officially. Bluford, for whom the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch...
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Great Places with Bad Reputations

Sunday, October 11, 2015 2:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
In Person
Kansas City’s Green Duck Tavern, at 26th Street and Prospect Avenue, was once an unassuming seat of power, owned by politician and civil rights act...
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The Life and Time of Barbara Jordan

Sunday, September 27, 2015 2:00pm
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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The Westport Center for the Arts and Jacqueline L. Gafford present a one-woman play about the life and times of Barbara Jordan, the first southern bla...
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