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By most accounts, modern history is rooted in Spain and Columbus and and the discovery of the New World to the west more than five centuries a...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

In a discussion drawing from his new book The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After, Lucas Hilderbrand of the U...

Parents seeking a good school fit for their children can visit with representatives of more than 50 of Kansas City’s public, private, charter, and fai...

Crosby Kemper III, who served nearly 15 years as executive director of the Kansas City Public Library, returns to discuss his latest project: a PBS-pr...

In a special Missouri Valley Saturdays discussion of her new book States of Swing: The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, 2003-2023, author Li...

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

Following a two-week celebration of the Chinese New Year, lyric soprano Eva Peng and pianist Anthony Olson offer a unique lecture-recital highlighting...