North-East Library opens late at noon on Friday, June 28.
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Presidential races are the stuff of myth, sometimes literally. Like the 1952 contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, both purportedly r...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
6:30pm
Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in
Vietnam....
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
6:30pm
Dwight Eisenhower was a man of simple tastes but decisive action. Behind the dry smile was a brilliant, intellectual tactician, an attribute—als...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 12, 2015
6:30pm
Short, balding, and soft-spoken, James Madison was overshadowed by many of America’s other, more dynamic Founding Fathers. His list of accomplishments...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
It’s easy to think of World War I as a European war, but fierce fighting all over the Middle East brought about great changes on socio-economic, cultu...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 12, 2014
2:00pm
Before the birth of Kansas...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
What happens when German sp...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Former State Department and CIA intelligence analyst Mark Stout discusses the birth of modern American espionage during World War I, from aerial recon...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
At 7 in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next 10 hours, some 1,200 German guns showered shel...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 7, 2014
6:30pm
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 ti...