The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Hollywood immortalized one of the most famous prison breaks in wartime history, The Great Escape of 76 Allied soldiers and officers from Germany...
Signature Event
Saturday, January 25, 2020
2:00pm
In Person
Fifty years ago, Chicago’s Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance in one of the most segregated cities in America. Intent on addressing po...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 5, 2020
2:00pm
In Person
Women who were pregnant and unmarried in the early 1900s faced limited options and societal scorn. Many chose, or were sent, to deliver their babie...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Just before dawn on December 16, 1944, American forces in the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxemburg were surprised by the roar of German tanks...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 12, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
An heiress who preferred big-game hunting to debutante balls, Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre was interesting enough to be an inspiration for a 1928 Broadw...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author and activist Helen LaKelly Hunt recalls the event that launched the women’s rights movement in our country – the first Anti-Sl...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 8, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
As Kansas City grew in the 19th century, so did the business of sin. Noting the pervasiveness of vice and debauchery, a visitor in 1888 described it a...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Author John A. Farrell examines our nation’s 37th president and the relevance of his career and complex legacy in the era of Trump in...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 17, 2019
2:00pm
In Person
Censorship was an inescapable aspect of the American effort in World War I, applied not only to soldiers’ mail but also reports from war correspond...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 7, 2019
6:30pm
Amid today’s tensions over a proper understanding of separation of church and state, University of Missouri law professor Carl Esbeck...