Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'The Man Who Would Be King' Monday, January 24, 2022 6:00pm Online The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout... Read More
Signature Event George H.W. Bush: Life to the Fullest Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:30pm Central Library In Person As chief of staff to former President George H.W. Bush for 25 years, Jean Becker oversaw everything from the opening of his presid... Read More
Signature Event President McKinley: Architect of the American Century Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person In a discussion of his new book President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, acclaimed historian Robert Merry gives 2... Read More
Signature Event Lincoln: Wrestling with His Angel, 1849-1856 Saturday, June 3, 2017 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh... Read More
Signature Event Ike and McCarthy Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy was three years into his incendiary search for Communists when Dwight Eisenhower assumed the presidency in 1953. Ike... Read More
Signature Event Electing Abraham Lincoln: The Revolution of 1860 Tuesday, September 13, 2016 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person This year’s election stakes are high, as always. But perhaps no presidential vote in U.S. history was more consequential than that of 1860.... Read More
Signature Event Franklin Delano Roosevelt Thursday, April 21, 2016 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person When The Washington Post asked 162 political science scholars earlier this year which American president should be added to Mount Rushmore... Read More
Signature Event The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson - Joseph A. Califano Jr. Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in Vietnam.... Read More
Signature Event James Madison Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Short, balding, and soft-spoken, James Madison was overshadowed by many of America’s other, more dynamic Founding Fathers. His list of accomplishme... Read More
Signature Event Gerald R. Ford Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Thrust into the nation’s highest office following Richard Nixon’s resignation, Gerald R. Ford faced the impossible task of achieving much in little... Read More