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Physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg — teacher and student, respectively — helped define the theoretical limits of the modern age. In Copenh...

To commemorate the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth, historian Michael Schaller chronicles the life of one of America’s most notable and successful...

Harvard historian Jill Lepore discusses her new book The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Ba...

A Tony Award winner for his Titanic and Nine musical compositions, Maury Yeston performs at the piano and discus...

Best known for his artistic achievements, Michelangelo not only filled hundreds of sheets with drawings, sketches, and doodles, but he also composed h...

Diane Mutti Burke, an assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, discusses he...

Historian Edward Bowie explains why the military accomplishments of Alexander the Great remain a benchmark agai...

The Kansas City Public Library continues its centennial commemoration of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with a special presentatio...

Following a contentious meeting in December 1955, the Kansas City Bar Association voted to admit both African Americans and women as members. Thi...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III discusses the life and career of iconic film director Frank Capra....