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Octarium, the Kansas City-based choral music ensemble, marks the release of its fourth album, Modern Masters...

Bestselling author Kati Marton discusses her new true-life thriller Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to Am...

Investigative journalist Richard Serrano tells the story of his grandfather’s murder and its cover-up—with links to politic...

Economist Zachary Karabell discusses his new book...

Carlotta Walls LaNier made history 52 years ago as one of "The Little Rock Nine." After years of silence, LaNier shares her sto...

The Library’s Presidential Series continues when Robert W. Merry discusses his new book about James K. Polk, one...

Piloting a bomber nicknamed "Bottoms Up" during WWII, Lee Lamar was shot down over northern Italy on this day 65 years ago. Hit...

The Kansas City Public Library and the Kansas City Museum present the history and autobiography of the Fairy Princess, a local ho...

Described by The Boston Herald as "one of the Limón Company's great dancers," Jennifer Scanlon discusses the José Limón and Henry Purcell...

Kansas City native-son Colonel Charles McGee (Ret.), one of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen, shares his experience as a member of the pion...