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Guerrillas in Our Midst

August 18, 2013 - December 29, 2013

Central Library

Before and during the Civil War, Confederate guerrillas – men like William Clarke Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and Frank and Jesse James – battl...

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From the Bottom Up: The Story of the Irish in Kansas City

Thursday, March 2, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Irish immigrants were the first large ethnic group to settle in Kansas City and literally helped carve out its skyline, cutting roads into the lime...

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Working Together: KC History Through the Kansas City Athenaeum

Sunday, March 5, 2017 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

In 1894, when women’s lives and choices were restricted and their influence was limited, a group of Kansas Citians answered a call to “stand shoulder...

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Bataan Survivor: A POW's Account of Japanese Captivity in World War II

Tuesday, March 14, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

While at sea in April and May 1945, immediately following his liberation from nearly three years of Japanese captivity, David L. Hardee put his exp...

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Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists

Thursday, March 16, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Louise Nevelson is considered one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century, known for her pioneering assemblages and monumental...

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Operation Snowbound

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The Blizzard of 1949¬actually a series of storms that began late in ’48¬remains the stuff of legend. From Kansas to the Canadian border, an area ne...

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What to Make of the Age of Trump

Thursday, April 6, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

Online

In Person

A year after admonishing Democrats in his book Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? – an insightful prelude...

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Architecture Within Time, Beyond Image

Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Buildings have a life of their own, reflecting permanence, transformation, vulnerability, and the touches of their inhabitants. Spotlighting a...

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Thomas Hart Benton paintings in one

In the House: Thomas Hart Benton's Achelous and Hercules

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The Kansas City Public Library has revived a colorful slice of downtown history, recently unveiling a reproduction of Thomas Hart Benton’s sprawlin...

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