The North-East branch will be closed Monday, September 23, for staff training.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 12, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
African-Americans have served proudly in every great American war, including the Civil War, where their verve and valor led to the establishment of...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 2, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Matt Gallagher has emerged in the past decade as one of literature’s most distinctive and perceptive voices on the Iraq War. As an Ar...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
His comedies, histories, and tragedies have been performed worldwide for more than 400 years, but William Shakespeare’s personal life remains somethin...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Award-winning writer, critic, and editor John Freeman launched the year’s most anticipated literary magazine, the biannual Freeman’s, in S...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Among the things Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants left behind when they fled Kandahar after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was a cache...
Signature Event
Saturday, March 12, 2016
2:00pm
In Person
The Westport Historical Society Speaker Series seeks to promote and foster public interest in and preserve the significance of local history. Join us...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
After four of the bloodiest years of warfare in its history, peace finally had come to the United States in May 1865. For two glorious days, Washingto...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 17, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
By the time of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, the land and people of western Missouri had suffered as much as any during the Civil War. T...