The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Monday, June 27, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Brian Steed of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College continues the Hollywood vs. History series, examining the film industry’s role in sh...
Signature Event
Monday, June 13, 2022
6:00pm
In Person
Military historian Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College separates fact from Hollywood fiction in one of the most acclaime...
Signature Event
Monday, May 9, 2022
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Director Ridley Scott takes a sweeping look back to the Crusades and the brutal fighting between Christians and Muslims over the First Kingdom of J...
Signature Event
Monday, January 24, 2022
6:00pm
Online
The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 1, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
There remains a haunting stillness over the grounds around Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where 3,650 Union and Confederate soldiers perish...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 16, 2018
2:00pm
Public historians Diane Eickhoff and Aaron Barnhart recall how hundreds of women defied cultural norms of the time t...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 19, 2018
6:30pm
In the keynote address for the Quindaro Symposium, held April 19-21 in Kansas City, Kansas, historian Quintard Taylor exp...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 7, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his new book President McKinley: Architect of the American Century, acclaimed historian Robert Merry gives 2...
Signature Event
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Was Abraham Lincoln the transcendent champion of African-American freedom that history books depict? Author Fred Kaplan tempers that...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 3, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh vie...