Signature Event Ernest Hemingway Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:30pm 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 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 Can Anyone Stop Her? - Carl Cannon 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. No... 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 Covering Climate Change: Justin Gillis Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who has... Read More
Signature Event Aftermath of the Long War: David Finkel Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Time magazine editor-at-large David Von Drehle holds a public conversation with Washington Post reporter Da... Read More
Signature Event Gibbons v. Ogden: Herbert Alan Johnson Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Author-educator Herbert Alan Johnson explains how a lawsuit over a steamboat monopoly ultimately led to Congress gaining the power to... Read More
Signature Event Tom Bass Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:30pm Central Library In Person Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Tom Bass, portrayed by veteran actor Wa... Read More
Signature Event Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:30pm Central Library In Person Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as 1973’s Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’... Read More
Signature Event Freeing the Economy: Megan McArdle Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Bloomberg blogger Megan McArdle discuss Freeing the Economy i... Read More