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As it did throughout America, World War II affected every facet of life in Franklin County, Kansas, from 1941-45. The experience there was captured by...

Coterie Theatre artists read from the book by award-winning author and illustrator John Rocco about the wonder of a winter storm – in...

Few inventions have had as much effect on contemporary American society as television. Think I Love Lucy, All in the Family, a nation gathered in comm...

While some cities owe their existence to lumber, oil, or steel, Kansas City is arguably – or perhaps not so arguably – built on food. From its...

Kansas City’s climate is so-so, there are no enticing mountains or ocean views, and the metro area population has climbed only modestly over the pa...

Farm-to-table dining may be trendy elsewhere, but it’s a way of life in Kansas. In The New Kansas Cookbook: Rural Roots, Modern Table...

Sixty-one years after the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till helped ignite the civil rights movement, cable television network HBO has begun wor...

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The Library opens a new intergenerational movie series that welcomes individuals with dementia, their friends, and families.   The...

Mozart, it turns out, could turn a phrase as well as a musical score. In one of many letters to his wife Constanze – this one bemoaning his mountin...