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In Kansas City and across the country, anticipation is building for the total solar eclipse of August 21. It parallels the nation’s fervor in 1878,...

As part of the country’s celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., Occidental College history professor Sharla...

When TIME magazine was searching for the perfect images to accompany a 2012 cover story on the history of the American dream, it turned to...

While battlefields were quiet, the nearly 21-year interwar period between World Wars I and II was hardly inconsequential. Particularly on the U.S....

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Gallery exhibits. Kids’ activities. Music. Munchies. The Library again makes a place on First Friday for the entire family. Exhibits...

In the contemporary elegance of the Central Library’s fifth-floor Helzberg Auditorium, saxophonist Vince Gnojek and pianist...

Kansas City knows both the pain of a failing education system and promise of renewal as its public schools system anticipates full state accreditat...

The Kansas City Baroque Consortium has been one of the city’s cultural jewels since 2009, specializing in the performance of early...

Trade between the U.S. and China began in 1794 and the two future superpowers saw their first military engagement several decades later, when American...