The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The U.S. wins no popularity contests in the Middle East, where it has fought on and off for nearly three decades. A Pew Research survey a little less...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
6:30pm
Fighting across the central Pacific and the dropping of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki now overshadow a key World War II campaign in 194...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Land conversation and climate change expert James Levitt examines the challenges of protecting today’s large areas of natural land, i...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 13, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Starting in 1918, at the urging of his son Harry, John Benton Hart began telling stories of a colorful three-year period of his youth. The native Kans...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Amid a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Guadalupe Centers, Inc. – a westside anchor since 1919 – CEO Cris M...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2:00pm
One of the earliest, and best, accounts of travel along the Santa Fe Trail came from a young physician, Rowland Willard, who trained in St. Char...
Signature Event
Friday, September 27, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Frido Mann’s reverence for democracy draws from family history. The psychologist and author grew up in southern California, where his...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 26, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Gwendolyn Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, leads a discussion of its 2...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Where do we draw the line on free speech? On its tenor? On its subject matter? Have we taken political correctness too far, making individual Ameri...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
America’s involvement in the Middle East has revolved around oil as well as religion and Zionist pursuits, Cold War tensions, and the specter of te...