Signature Event Dissident Formalisms Tuesday, December 14, 2021 6:30pm Online In a discussion of his exhibit Dissident Formalisms, Kansas City artist Armin Mühsam examines the use of co... Read More
Signature Event The Shock and Awe of Sarah Bernhardt in Kansas City Sunday, November 21, 2021 3:00pm Online Mark Twain said there are “bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses – and then there is Sarah Bernhardt.” The legendary F... Read More
Signature Event Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World Wednesday, November 17, 2021 6:30pm Online By most accounts, modern history is rooted in Spain and Columbus and and the discovery of the New World to the west more than five centuries a... Read More
Signature Event Girly Drinks Thursday, November 4, 2021 6:30pm Online Author Mallory O’Meara joins the Library’s Kaite Stover in a discussion of O’Meara’s new book Girly Drin... Read More
Signature Event Women of the Jewish Resistance Thursday, October 7, 2021 6:30pm Online Sheri Rosenblum of the San Francisco-based Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation recounts the courage and invaluable contributions o... Read More
Signature Event Lift Every Voice: The Enduring Power of Langston Hughes Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:30pm Online The Library celebrates the life and work of Missouri-born poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes in a multifaceted event coin... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Friday, January 15, 2021 12:00pm Online While more than three dozen Kansas City restaurants have closed for good amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many, many more have managed to survive. But w... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:00pm Online More than three dozen Kansas City restaurants, from burger joints to fine food establishments, have permanently closed over the past 10 months, par... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:00pm Online Bluestem. Beignet. Poi-O. The Rieger. The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic extends all too sadly to some of Kansas City’s most adored restaurants, fro... Read More