Signature Event I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:30pm Online What none of us want to so much as think about, Ivan Maisel and his family endured six years ago. Not long after his 21st birthday, w... Read More
Signature Event The Overlooked Jewish Resistance Wednesday, October 27, 2021 11:00am Online While accounts of Jewish resistance during World War II tend to focus on armed uprisings in ghettos and guerilla warfare and sabotage in the forest... Read More
Signature Event Writers for Readers 2021: An Evening With Patrick Radden Keefe Wednesday, October 20, 2021 6:00pm Online Writers for Readers, annually one of Kansas City’s premier literary events, returns vitrually with a special lineup featuring celebrated author P... Read More
Signature Event The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Tuesday, October 19, 2021 6:30pm Online Drawing from her bestselling book The Sum of Us, strategist and political commentator Heather McGhee examin... Read More
Signature Event Sharice’s Big Voice Monday, October 11, 2021 6:30pm Online Rep. Sharice Davis, in her second precedent-setting term in the U.S. House from Kansas’ 3rd District, discusses her new picture-book... Read More
Signature Event The Unhappiest One: Finding Joy in My Journey to Purpose Monday, September 13, 2021 6:30pm Online “Everything can’t be the most important thing.” Using her own stories, KSHB-TV evening anchor Dia Wall imparts this and many other... Read More
Signature Event The Missouri Crisis at 200 Thursday, August 12, 2021 6:30pm Online Many new states entered the United States around 200 years ago, but only Missouri almost killed the nation it was trying to join. When the Hous... Read More
Signature Event Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Monday, July 26, 2021 6:30pm Online Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee... Read More
Signature Event On Juneteenth Monday, June 28, 2021 6:30pm Online In an online KC Library program, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed discusses her new book On Juneteent... Read More
Signature Event Why KC Should Want to Be More Walkable – and How It Can Be Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00pm Online Cities are made to be walked – or should be, given the economic, environmental, and medical benefits. How far is Kansas City from... Read More