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Incentives of various types are widely offered to encourage and promote economic development – a point of competition and controversy in a years-long...

Students from Community School #1 perform poems and songs from the album Free to Be…You and Me, compiled by Marlo Th...

Coterie Theatre artists read from Peter Brown’s story of individuality and self-expression, revolving around an all-too-dignified tig...

Libraries were an essential part of life for Jane Austen – and for the characters in her novels. She made ample use of her father’s collection of more...

Philanthropy is essential to making America what it is. Individuals, foundations, and businesses donate more than $360 billion annually, underwriting...

Coterie Theatre artists read from favorite children's books while young audience members can “jump into the story,” adding their own...

Kansas City-area performer Rockin’ Rob educates and entertains with an original style of children’s music incorporating folk, a cappe...

Biographer Arnold Rampersad discusses Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes and his relationship with a number of photographers...

The Library continues its 10th season of Script-in-Hand performances and more than six months of special...

At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush's...