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Signature Event
Sunday, December 6, 2015
2:00pm
In Person
No other resident of Kansas City, past or present, has achieved the worldwide fame of Walt Disney. He created the animated Mickey Mouse and establi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Emanuel Leutzeās iconic painting of George Washington crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 might have been a bit dramatized (...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the 1950s and ā60s, Kansas City was a heavily segregated town. African-Americans were limited even in which city facilities they could use. For ins...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
1:00pm
In Person
Author Wade Sisson discusses the Titanicās sister ship, the R.M.S. Olympic, which steamed 300 miles in a desperate...
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Monday, December 13, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
The Kansas City Public Library continues its centennial commemoration of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with a special presentatio...
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Monday, June 10, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
The Library punctuates a months-long study of immigration in America with a look into the personal journeys of immigrants who have settled in the Lawr...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
6:30pm
In Person
Many Americans see life in Cuba in black and white terms, as either a David-vs.-Goliath story of survival over nearly 50 years or constant oppressi...
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Monday, November 15, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
The Revolution of 1910 was a landmark chapter in Mexican history. It ushered in a disruptive and often violent period that brought about the soci...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
At 7 in the morning on February 21, 1916, the ground in northern France began to shake. For the next 10 hours, some 1,200 German guns showered shel...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The war experience in Vietnam varied greatly, depending on when and where you served. A panel of military veterans, convened by the U.S. Army Command...