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Vartan Gregorian’s considerable legacy as a scholar and humanitarian stretches from his presidencies of the New York Public Librar...

Louis Galambos, a Johns Hopkins University historian who edited the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower, discusses his new book on Ike, ex...

“To me,” Molly Peacock says, “a sonnet makes impossible emotions possible.” The revered poet, biographer, essayist, and short fiction...

In many ways, Kansas City’s early history is that of a stereotypical frontier town. Native Americans, pioneers, and cowboys are indelibly linked to...

Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...

The Kansas City Public Library hosts the annual Missouri 5th Congressional District student art exhibit and town hall gathering, where U.S....

The Library continues its examination of immigration in America with a screening and discussion of “The Golden Door,” the opening episode of the do...

The Library continues its examination of immigration in America with a screening of the film My American Girls: A Dominican Story and disc...

Celebrate your favorite books, movies, comics, and all things geeky at the first-ever Plaza PopCon - a free, family-friendly after...

Displaced from their home in Belarus during World War II, a then-teenage Gitla Doppelt and her family joined bands of fo...