North-East Library opens late at Noon on Friday, June 28.
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
6:30pm
The August Dateline: Washington event at the Kansas City Public Library was supposed to be about outer space. Just outer space. Host...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
6:30pm
In the new series Dateline: Washington with David Von Drehle, journalists covering the nation’s capital offer an insider’s look at po...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
2:00pm
This postcard tour of a bygone era offers views of Independence Boulevard (Kansas City’s first boulevard) and the rugged beauty of the city’s only urb...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
2:00pm
Named for a prominent turn-of-the-century business mogul, the area around Jacob Loose Park is still one of Kansas City’s most beautiful areas largely...
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
2:00pm
The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
2:00pm
Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest hist...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
6:30pm
Author Robert W. Merry wraps up the presidential election – and the Hail to the Chiefs series – with a fresh, playful, and challengin...
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
6:30pm
With his thick spectacles, big teeth, and boundless energy, President Theodore Roosevelt was a cartoonist’s dream subject. Rick Marschall...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
For all his accomplishments and advanced thinking, Thomas Jefferson could not get beyond his own limited perspective in matters of race. Drawing from...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 27, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Taking the White House requires a team, and America had never seen anything like the husband-and-wife team of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Historian...