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The Vanishing Messiah: The Life and Resurrections of Francis Schlatter - David Wetzel

Sunday, August 21, 2016 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Faith healer? Fraud? Or both? The enigma that was Francis Schlatter emerged in the American West in the late 1800s. In looks, he resemble...

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Censoring Racial Ridicule

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

From racist cartoons and spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols to protest chants and signs condemning gays, hate speech has a long and perplexing hist...

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The Cosmopolitans

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

With the new novel The Cosmopolitans by lesbian author and activist Sarah Schulman, the New York-based F...

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Developing Power

Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Irene Tinker helped compile and edit Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development,...

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Sign of the Times

August 27, 2016 - October 2, 2016

Central Library

Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster, 1844-2012 showcases a sampling of rare, beautiful political posters from the...

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City of Tomorrow: Kansas City’s Postwar Urban Renewal

September 6, 2017 - September 1, 2018

Central Library

Efforts in Kansas City to combat blight and “renew” the city through redevelopment took off after World War II. But visionary ideas came at the expens...

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Cuba Bound: Photographs by Jesse A. Fernández

September 15, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Central Library

Cuban-born Jesse A. Fernández (1925–1986) lived intermittently in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. With an extraordinary ability...

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For Further Discussion: Confronting Extremist Violence, the Refugee Crisis, and Fear

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Amid humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq and debate in the U.S. about how to address them, a panel of Kansas City-area faith leaders sat down in...

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City of Tomorrow

Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

President Truman’s American Housing Act of 1949 empowered cities to replace blighted structures with safe public housing, and soon was altered to a...

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Celebrating Ewing Marion Kauffman

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

When The Kansas City Star profiled the 10 greatest departed heroes in the city’s history earlier this year, it started – naturally – with Ewi...

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