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The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

January 11, 2014 - January 11, 2014

Central Library

During World War II, the Czech resistance assassinated Nazi General Reinhard Heydrich. The Germans retaliated by random...

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American Cartoonists: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

February 1, 2014 - March 31, 2014

Central Library

The role played by comic books in fighting fascism is explored in an exhibit spanning almost 70 years. During the war, superheroes such as Superma...

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Carrie Westlake Whitney: Remembering a Library (and Kansas City) Cornerstone

Thursday, March 14, 2024 6:00pm

Central Library

Online

In Person

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

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Covers: Harold Smith

March 23, 2024 - June 19, 2024

Central Library

For decades, Harold Smith has explored the complexities of Black masculinity in America through painting, collage, mixed media, video, and assemblage....

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Black Suffragists

Making History: Kansas City’s Black Suffragists

Sunday, March 24, 2024 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Carmaletta Williams, CEO of the Black Archives of Mid-America, discusses the research of the Greater Kansas City Black Suffragist Committee, formed ne...

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Nina Simone: Four Women

Saturday, March 9, 2024 6:00pm

Central Library

In Person

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre brings its adaptation of Nina Simone: Four Women to the Central Library. The show is an exploration of how the icon...

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Worlds of Westport

Tuesday, October 8, 2024 9:15am

Aliens! Fairies! Wizards! Come nerd out with us each month as we escape reality one sci-fi/fantasy novel at a time....

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Eikonographia Radicale: Reimagining Cultural Icons

February 23, 2024 - May 19, 2024

Central Library

Kansas City’s Chico Salvador Sierra looks to magnify overlooked historical narratives and illuminate current social issues in his art, fusing pre-Colo...

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Jacqueline Woodson

An Evening With Jacqueline Woodson

Friday, March 8, 2024 7:00pm

Central Library

Online

In Person

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

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Poetry as Reciprocity: Indigenous Nations Poets Celebrate Language Back

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Poet Elise Paschen (Osage) moderates a panel discussion and reading of Indigenous Nations Poets Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe), Jake Skeets (Diné), and Kimb...

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