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Revered poet Molly Peacock conducts a morning poetry workshop in the Plaza Branch’s lower-level Cohen Center. The session, Sc...

The roots of today’s political fractiousness lie, in part, in a four-day gathering in Houston more than 40 years ago. The National Women’s Conference...

Displaced from their home in Belarus during World War II, a then-teenage Gitla Doppelt and her family joined bands of fo...

Displaced from their home in Belarus during World War II, a then-teenage Gitla Doppelt and her family joined bands of forest-dwell...

Commissioned a little more than a decade ago to write a piece commemorating the 200th anniversary of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, Grammy-winnin...

Nightly news cameras trained on the flames, the looting, and the chaos that gripped Baltimore in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray in April 201...

After more than a century, the voices of anxiety and joy, of longing and frustration and despair, still rise from the cemetery in the fictional Midwes...

This annual screening-and-discussion series continues in February with more psychological studies of films helmed by female directors. Inspired by act...

Internationally renowned Dutch architect Matthijs Bouw discusses today’s increased attention to urban resilience – preparing cities f...

Nearing Kansas City’s April 2 primary, the sprawling field of hopefuls to succeed outgoing Mayor Sly James gathers for a public forum soliciting their...