The Plaza Branch will close at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, due to building repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, April 15, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Kristen Iversen, author of Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, examines the colorful life of the famed “unsinkable” Molly Brow...
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
Friday, April 13, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
A Titanic weekend kicks off with an outdoor*, Rooftop Terrace concert by veteran folk-rockers Howard Iceberg & the Titanics. Mainstay...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 12, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Biographer Justin Wolff examines the life and art of Missouri’s Thomas Hart Benton, whose murals bejewel many a public building. F...
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
Thursday, April 5, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Art, Language & Play features original artwork by Stephen T. Johnson, an author and illustrator of children’s books...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 5, 2012
3:00pm
In Person
Elections are the single most important element of the American political system, the process that determines who will lead us. But elections don’t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
What, exactly, is presidential leadership? What is the current state of executive power in the U.S.? What lingering effects will the current financial...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning architect Wendell Burnette discusses his distinctive approach to architecture, one based on developing consensus to cre...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 1, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Historian Julie Courtwright explains the role of fire – man-made and natural – in shaping the Great Plains and the lives of its resid...