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The Piano Lesson endures as one of August Wilson’s most eloquent and powerful plays, an account of a Depression-era black fa...

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

Kansas City artist Ben Wills details his outreach to prisoners and how it has affected his approach to his work. The presentation coi...

There’s a certain uneasiness about former concentration camps, ghettos, and other sites associated with the Holocaust being draws for tourists. But Gr...

University of Virginia historian William I. Hitchcock takes stock of Dwight Eisenhower’s far-reaching legacy as president in a discus...

The annual Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series returns with psychological studies of films helmed by female directors. Leading...

Thomas E. Ward of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College traces the history and impact of a weapon that occupies a special p...

The University of Kansas’ John Tibbetts draws from 35 years of conversations with some of the world’s finest musicians in discussing...

Immigration is a central component of the American narrative. The Library launches a six-week series of film screenings and discussions exploring i...

In a discussion of the new book Wide-Open Town, its editors – historians Diane Mutti Burke, John He...