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Carmaletta Williams, CEO of the Black Archives of Mid-America, discusses the research of the Greater Kansas City Black Suffragist Committee, formed ne...

In a special and timely town hall session, the Library, Kansas City PBS, and American Public Square examine an issue that has generated considerable l...

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s North-E...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Kansas City Public Library’s...

The Southeast Asian country of the Philippines became an American colony in 1898. Today it is a key ally in the Indo-Pacific. Geoff Babb, military his...

Following a two-week celebration of the Chinese New Year, lyric soprano Eva Peng and pianist Anthony Olson offer a unique lecture-recital highlighting...

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Central Library. The show is an exploration of how the icon...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

The 2024 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series, which looks to the arts (and this year, to science fiction) to illuminate our understanding...