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Signature Event
Thursday, November 2, 2017
6:30pm
Public-private partnerships – such as those proposed for upgrading Kansas City International Airport – have grown increasingly popular in recent...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
6:30pm
The 2017 Art in the Loop Project: Cue!, a curated outdoor exhibition staged in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, an...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The war experience in Vietnam varied greatly, depending on when and where you served. A panel of military veterans, convened by the U.S. Army Command...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
6:30pm
During the Vietnam conflict, battles on the homefront went beyond anti-war protests. Activists gathered in support of many cultural movements: civi...
Signature Event
Sunday, October 22, 2017
2:00pm
Preservationist Bradley Wolf, KC’s historic preservation officer for more than 17 years, discusses a recently released second edition...
Signature Event
Friday, October 20, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Noted explorer, anthropologist, and best-selling author Wade Davis illuminates the dangers inherent in challenging the Mount Everest...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 19, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
For many U.S. soldiers in Vietnam, music was the connection between battlefront and homefront and helped them cope with the complexities of the war...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 12, 2017
6:30pm
Jean Ponzi, green resources manager for the Missouri Botanical Garden’s EarthWays Center, leads a workshop on environmentally respons...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 5, 2017
6:30pm
Kansas City native “Cowboy Mike” Grauer, associate director for curatorial affairs and curator of art and Western heritage at the Pan...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of his book U.S. Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946-1967, historian Sean Kalic...