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During the 2003 looting of Iraq’s National Museum some 15,000 priceless objects dating back to ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia were damaged or stol...

PLEASE NOTE: This event will take place at the Plaza Branch. The February 2011 Special Events print calendar is inco...

Ken Gormley, dean of the Duquesne University School of Law, discusses one of the most polarizing political scandals in American history, the investiga...

Authors Chris Bohjalian and Caroline Leavitt discuss the writing life and their recent books. Bohjalian will discuss Secrets of Eden, the...

As part of the second annual Kansas City Design Week, a multi-disciplinary panel of design professionals will showcase the breadth and potential of...

This annual film series takes a look at Marriage & Family – Under the Surface, starting with Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning direct...

Robert Bixby and Sara Imhof discuss the state of the American economy, and offer bipartisan solutions to reduce t...

Ouisa Kittredge is an affluent New York socialite in love with culture, so much so that her conversation is teeming with references to art, inter...

Political cartoonist Lee Judge discusses his new book The Stuff They Wouldn’t Print, a collection of ca...

The Kansas City Brass – a six-member ensemble comprised of Kansas City Symphony performers – returns for its annual holiday perfor...