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In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

Drawing from their respective books, KelLee Parr and Stephen Rowley share their personal connections to The Willows, the most prominent of Kansas City...

In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...

The Library and KCUR 89.3 kick off Securing Democracy, a three-part series inviting the community and its leaders to discuss securing democr...

Efforts to marginalize Native Americans and their culture could not dimini...

Walk into one of the hundreds of donut shops in Southern California – the land of glitz also happens to be the country’s donut capital – and odds a...