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Young Feminist Party Deputy Executive Director Claudia Nachega discusses the state of feminism in America and in the world, and her organization’s eff...

Missouri poet laureate David Harrison and Kansas poet laureate Traci Brimhall talk about their work and their respective roles as leading poets in the...

Four contemporary artists who incorporate miniature art in narrative videos, paintings, and photographs discuss their work on view in Transformations:...

What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...

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...

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

In an extraordinary community forum, local leaders and national experts examine the troubling patterns of violent discriminatory policing and how, col...

Which Kansas City school is best for your child? At the annual City School Fair, families can learn about more about 50 public, priva...

See a movie scene dominated by skyscrapers and speeding taxis, and you know in an instant that you’re in New York. For Los Angeles, it’s freeways a...

As America’s education system approaches a pivotal new school year, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sits down with Lib...