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Hemingway’s Boat

Thursday, September 22, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Ernest Hemingway had one constant in the last 27 years of his life: his fishing boat Pilar. The 38-foot vessel became the writer’s sanctuary after...

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An Evening With Tyehimba Jess

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Pulitzer Prize recipient Tyehimba Jess “is inventive, prophetic, wondrous,” says fellow award-winning poet Nikky Finney. Jess highlig...

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Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective

June 1, 2019 - September 8, 2019

Central Library

Ralph Steadman was the artistic yin to Hunter S. Thompson’s literary yang. (Or maybe it was vice versa.) They were collaborators and friends for 30 ye...

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Yes, We Can! Immigrant Women and Their Influence on Kansas City

Sunday, March 10, 2019 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Commemorating Women’s History Month, University of Missouri-Kansas City social historian Sandra Enríquez identifies...

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Becoming American: Between Two Worlds

Monday, March 11, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The Library continues its examination of immigration in America, exploring the challenges of living in a new country and culture and balancing the tra...

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The Middle East and World War II

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Brian Steed, a military historian at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and Middle East foreign area officer, discusses...

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Most Hallowed Ground: Arlington Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknowns

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Tom Tudor, once a sentinel and commander of the relief at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns, traces the story of the...

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The Jewish American Paradox: Embracing Change in a Changing World

Thursday, March 28, 2019 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Drawing from his new book, Harvard University’s Robert Mnookin takes stock of the situation of American Jews today. While they’ve ach...

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Bach Enlightened

Saturday, November 22, 2014 7:30pm

Central Library

In Person

This event is at capacity. RSVPs are now closed at the presenters' request. Christoph Wolff...

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Kansas City Early Negro History

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Sonny Gibson began his 25-year effort to unearth Kansas City’s African American past with serious doubts. So much was unrecorded a...

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