The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
6:30pm
Kansas Citians go to the polls in April and June to elect a mayor and 12 city council members who will direct the city for the next four years. What a...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
6:30pm
The Civil War may have reached a turning point in 1864, when Ulysses S. Grant became general-in-chief of the Union armies, Confederate defeats continu...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
6:30pm
Kansas City author and Writers at Work series organizer Whitney Terrell sits down with one of the country’s most acc...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
In 1864, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price mounted a last-gasp raid into Missouri in hopes of capturing St. Louis and ultimately the state. The end of t...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Railroads were essential to moving men and military supplies during the Civil War. The Battle of Atlanta, fought on July 22, 1864, was an attempt by f...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014
2:00pm
On October 21-23, 1864, a Confederate army led by General Sterling Price clashed with its Union counterpart commanded by General Samuel Curtis. The im...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
For most of the Civil War, the role of cavalry was limited to reconnaissance and screening infantry movements. But at the Battle of Yellow Tavern (Vir...
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Thursday, March 13, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Despite a Union advantage in men and resources, the Confederates dominated in the early months of the Civil War. Only one federal general seemed to ha...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
6:30pm
Even for those of us unfamiliar with history, the very name “Gettysburg” suggests a monumental clash of armies. But beyond the chaos of the battle its...
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Monday, October 21, 2013
6:30pm
In Gryphon, his career-spanning collection of short stories, author Charles Baxter offers yarns in which our acutely observe...