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Historian Donald Worster discusses John Wesley Powell’s 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado rivers and his trip through the...

The Kansas City Public Library and the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kick off the fifth season of the Script-in-Hand...

Kansas native John B. McLendon is remembered as an innovative basketball tactician and the last living protégé of James Naismith,...

The Kansas City Brass—a six-member ensemble comprised of Kansas City Symphony performers—returns for its annual holiday performa...

Ouisa Kittredge is an affluent New York socialite in love with culture, so much so that her conversation is teeming with references to art, inter...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III discusses the life and career of iconic film director Frank Capra....

From bandits to gangsters, from kidnappers to gunslinging evangelists, Kansas City has proved to be a hotbed for criminals. In Kansas...

Enjoy two nights of storytelling at the Plaza Branch. Friday night, Gary Kuntz, Melva Hargett, and Priscilla Howe will present stories...

Since the publication of the best-selling Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, Ted Kerasote has received thousa...

LaDene Morton, author of the newly released book, The Brookside Story: Shops of Every Necessary Character...