The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
Signature Event
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2:00pm
Arguments may ensue on the merits of individual barbecue joints, but no one disputes the extent that the “culture” of B-B-Q has helped define everyday...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 20, 2013
2:00pm
Biographer Robert Farnsworth discusses his new eBook about the life, death, and legacy of Leon Jordan, a one-time po...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 2, 2012
2:00pm
Architectural historian Keith Eggener looks at the heritage of architect Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), often described...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 11, 2012
2:00pm
For prize-winning geographer James Shortridge, Kansas City is more than the sum of cultural icons like barbecue, jazz, and sports tea...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 21, 2012
2:00pm
Peabody Award-winning radio personality Michael Lasser explores the songs inspired by our town, from “Everything’s Up To Date in Kan...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 14, 2012
2:00pm
Jim Chappell has accumulated a treasure trove of sports memorabilia that covers the walls of his restaurant. Dozens of sports persona...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 16, 2012
2:00pm
In 1911 art-minded Missourians hired the nation’s leading artists to decorate the new Missouri statehouse, and the works they created were considered...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 9, 2012
2:00pm
The 1940 U.S. Census revealed that Missouri had 3.8 million residents, there were 1.8 million Kansans, and Kansas City, Missouri, was home to 400,000...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 26, 2012
2:00pm
Civil War battlefields stubbornly conceal their secrets and their archaeology remains a buried, largely untapped source of historical information....
Signature Event
Sunday, July 15, 2012
2:00pm
Since his first celluloid depiction in 1908, Jesse James has been the subject of more than 40 films and has been portrayed by the likes of Tyrone Powe...