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The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Central Library. The show is an exploration of how the icon...

Poet Elise Paschen (Osage) moderates a panel discussion and reading of Indigenous Nations Poets Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe), Jake Skeets (Diné), and Kimb...

In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...

The annual Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series returns, spotlighting a selection of sci-fi films as it looks to illuminate our understanding of...

Crosby Kemper III, who served nearly 15 years as executive director of the Kansas City Public Library, returns to discuss his latest project: a PBS-pr...

In a discussion drawing from his new book The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, Lucas Hilderbrand of the U...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

Art in the Loop organizers and participants in Kansas City’s 2023 Art in the Loop Project: Celebrate look back on the artistic works and performances...

Kansas City soprano Victoria Botero leads an international ensemble of musicians, storytellers, and culture bearers in celebrating the transcendent wr...

In a discussion in conjunction with his Library exhibition A Survey of Elemental Gratitude, an arresting collection of photographs of Kansas’ Flint Hi...