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Wed, March 18, 2015 Cornell's Barry Strauss Examines the True Story of History's Most Famous Assassination - the Stabbing of Julius Caesar
Tue, March 17, 2015 Library Opens New Gallery, New Exhibit Featuring the Artwork of Kansas City's Gabriella Polony Mountain
Tue, March 17, 2015 National Review's Charles C.W. Cooke Examines "Conservatarians" And Their Potential Impact on the Republican Party
Thu, March 12, 2015 Three of Kansas City's Most Recognizable World War II Veterans Join Time's David Von Drehle in Launching New Series of War Stories
Tue, March 10, 2015 New Library Installation Chronicles the Impact of Eminent Domain: Century-Old Homed Razed, 43 Kansas City Households Uprooted
Mon, March 9, 2015 Four Outgoing City Council Members Examine the Issues In Final Pre-Election Citizens Project Forum
Mon, March 9, 2015 West Bottoms Stakeholders Weigh Historic District's Revival - and Future
Tue, March 3, 2015 Jackson County Historical Society's Steve Noll Recounts the Founding and Colorful Heyday of KC's West Bottoms
Mon, March 2, 2015 St. Patrick's Day Prelude: Comedian and Author Colm O'Regan Celebrates The No-Nonsense, Unintentionally Hilarious Irish Mammy
Mon, March 2, 2015 Author David O. Stewart Spotlights One of America's Greatest Statesmen, James Madison, in Latest Installment of Hail to the Chiefs
Mon, March 2, 2015 Terry Beckenbaugh Examines Lincoln's Final Months and a Fitful Run-Up to the End of the Civil War
Tue, February 24, 2015 Washington (and ESPN) Await: Spellers Compete For Jackson-Clay Title, Berth in National Bee
Thu, February 26, 2015 Library Selected As Host Site in Missouri For 2016 Exhibit Featuring Rare, Valuable Shakespeare's First Folio
Tue, February 24, 2015 Script-in-Hand Series Features Two Classic Love Stories - Same Time, Next Year and Barefoot in the Park - in March
Mon, February 23, 2015 Library's Friday Night Family Fun Offerings Begin with Magic, Finish with a Visit to The Sandlot
Mon, February 23, 2015 Journalist Traci Angel Highlights 100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die
Wed, February 18, 2015 Canadian Consul General Roy Norton Looks Back at an Especially Good Neighbor, Harry S. Truman
Wed, February 18, 2015 Stanford Lecturer, Former White House Adviser Amy Wilkinson Delivers Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs
Thu, February 12, 2015 Writers at Work Series Spotlights Novelist Elizabeth Gaffney And A Public Space Fellowship Winner April Wolfe
Wed, February 11, 2015 Carmaletta Williams Portrays a Giant of American Literature, Zora Neale Hurston, in Latest Installment of Meet the Past

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