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, March 12, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
This annual series wraps its psychological studies of movies directed by Joel and Ethan Coen with 1990’s Miller’s Cros...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 26, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
This annual series returns in January and February with psychological studies of films directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose visi...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 12, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
This annual series returns in January and February with psychological studies of films directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose visi...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 29, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
This annual series returns in January and February with psychological studies of films directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose visi...
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
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, October 13, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
2015 commemorates not only the 125th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but also the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that...
Signature Event
Thursday, September 17, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, was a critical Cold War moment for Dwight D. Eisenhower. What he called “a...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Presidential races are the stuff of myth, sometimes literally. Like the 1952 contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, both purportedl...