Signature Event Ernest Hemingway Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:30pm In Person A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary.... Read More
Signature Event J.C. Nichols Thursday, September 11, 2014 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer... Read More
Signature Event Gerald R. Ford Thursday, August 7, 2014 6:30pm Plaza Branch 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... Read More
Signature Event John Quincy Adams Wednesday, June 18, 2014 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) is among the most overlooked presidents in U.S. history even though his progressive values helped shape the course of... Read More
Signature Event Can Anyone Stop Her? Wednesday, April 9, 2014 6:30pm Central Library In Person Remember Barack Obama’s subtle 2008 putdown of Hillary Clinton, when he called her “likable enough?” Maybe the joke is on him.... Read More
Signature Event David Rice Atchison Tuesday, March 4, 2014 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Due to a quirk in the calendar in the year 1849, one school of thought contends that Missourian David Rice Atchison deserves to be... Read More
Signature Event Frederick Douglass Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:30pm Central Library In Person Veteran re-enactor Charles Everett Pace brings his one man show to Kansas City to portray prominent abolitionist and social reform... Read More
Signature Event When Fashion Meets Power - Robin Givhan Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:30pm Central Library In Person Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan discuss When Fashion... Read More
Signature Event Warren G. Harding - Phillip Payne Thursday, November 21, 2013 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America’s civil religion, then the 29th president, Warren G. Harding, is o... Read More
Signature Event Covering Climate Change Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:30pm Central Library In Person Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who... Read More