The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were once quiet convent dwellers. Forty-six years ago, however, the two nu...
Signature Event
Monday, June 19, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 3, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh vie...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For all of its diplomatic and military efforts, the U.S. has been unable to end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Education reform comes fraught with questions. How do we distinguish between exciting, new ideas and costly, ineffective fads? Where can policymakers...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 18, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Trade between the U.S. and China began in 1794 and the two future superpowers saw their first military engagement several decades later, when American...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 7, 2017
2:00pm
The latter half of the 20th century saw a boom in the construction of arenas as cities recognized the value of multipurpose venues. That included Kans...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 23, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
To the delight of local beer aficionados, Kansas City has seen a recent proliferation of new breweries, building on a history that dates to the 185...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 6, 2017
6:30pm
Online
In Person
A year after admonishing Democrats in his book Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? – an insightful prelude...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy was three years into his incendiary search for Communists when Dwight Eisenhower assumed the presidency in 1953. Ike...