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Signature Event
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
6:00pm
In Person
Russia launched an invasion in Ukraine two years ago, and the delay in weapons delivery from Western allies to Ukraine has opened a door for Russian a...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
6:00pm
Online
From physical risk to psychological strain, the COVID-19 pandemic has weighed heavily on our nation’s health care workforce for more than 2½ years....
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
In its day, there may have been no more stimulating place than London’s Turk’s Head Tavern on a Friday night. There in the mid- to late 18th century,...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 28, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Drawing from his new book, Harvard University’s Robert Mnookin takes stock of the situation of American Jews today. While they’ve ach...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Retired Canadian Army Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire discusses his attempt to end the coerced recruitment and use of children as soldiers, a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Author Mary Beth Leatherdale lends context to today’s heart-rending stream of refugees from Syria and other troubled countries in a d...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
In Kansas City and across the country, anticipation is building for the total solar eclipse of August 21. It parallels the nation’s fervor in 1878, wh...
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
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
When The Kansas City Star profiled the 10 greatest departed heroes in the city’s history earlier this year, it started – naturally – with Ewi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...