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Signature Event
Thursday, June 8, 2017
7:00pm
In Person
The four-day HEAR Now Festival, the audio equivalent of a film festival, returns to Kansas City to celebrate storytelling in all f...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
A tragic chapter in America’s westward expansion turned sensationalistic when some members of the stranded and starving Donner-Reed party of 1846 b...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Veteran British director and master acting teacher Ian Wooldridge has helmed more than 100 stage productions, including The Tempes...
Signature Event
Monday, June 5, 2017
1:30pm
In Person
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 4, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Moral corruption, revenge, madness, murder. Shakespeare’s Hamlet runs the gamut of dysfunction. Set in the castle of Elsinore just after the...
Signature Event
Saturday, June 3, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Sidney Blumenthal, a senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and later an advisor to Hillary Clinton, continues to offer a fresh...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For all of its diplomatic and military efforts, the U.S. has been unable to end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of...
Signature Event
Monday, May 22, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Education reform comes fraught with questions. How do we distinguish between exciting, new ideas and costly, ineffective fads? Where can policymakers...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Who’s the man behind the mirth (and indelible stage name) of Mr. Stinky Feet?
Beloved family entertainer and parenting columni...
Signature Event
Saturday, May 13, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
Alex Sutton, a veteran of three combat tours in Iraq, has been done with war for nearly a decade. But his fight is far from over. Dealing with ...