The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Higher education has been in the news a lot lately as politicians debate the merits of student loan forgiveness and free community college tuition....
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Alvin Brooks’ mark on civil rights history in Kansas City – on the city’s history in total – is indelible. Born into povert...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the pervasive and pernicious impact that the digital divide – the economic, educational, and social inequity be...
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Can the U.S. and other coronavirus-ravaged countries take a cue from individuals in crisis and follow their own 12-step path to recovery?...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
6:30pm
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Which areas offer Kansas City the greatest potential for smart long-term growth? Urban planner Joe Minicozzi and Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofi...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
6:30pm
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Susan Rademacher, a leader in the nationwide parks conservancy movement for three decades, examines the challenge of keeping Kansas City’s signature s...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30pm
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Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019
2:00pm
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Artist Benjamin Wills has come to understand what a few lines in a letter – or just the arrival of mail – can mean to someone behind...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
6:30pm
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Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
6:30pm
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University of Kansas paleontologist David Burnham discusses his work unearthing several young T. rex fossils in the Hell Creek rocks...