Signature Event Strictly Speaking: Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:00am Online How close are we to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? The question hangs anew over Congress. And the courts. Erica Bens... Read More
Signature Event Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:30pm Online At 23, while serving as the youngest school principal in the state, Alice Chenoweth was excoriated in Ohio’s newspapers in 1876 for having an affai... Read More
Signature Event Betty Ford Wednesday, June 19, 2013 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Betty Ford is known for her battles with breast cancer and substance abuse. But perhaps even more than these struggles, says biograph... Read More
Signature Event The Velies Built a Maher - Ross Freese Sunday, June 22, 2014 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Chicago architect George Washington Maher was a giant of the Prairie School movement, whose buildings are treasured by communities lucky enough to... Read More
Signature Event They Built Kansas City: Henry F. Hoit - Susan Jezak Ford Sunday, July 17, 2016 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Henry F Hoit designed many of Kansas City’s most iconic commercial and residential buildings, including the Kansas City Power & Light Building, th... Read More
Signature Event Martha Jefferson Randolph Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph was well educated, known on two continents... Read More
Signature Event Old Places, New Spaces Sunday, July 21, 2013 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person The 2013 Kansas City Architecture Series examines how historic buildings in Kansas City’s downtown area have been repurposed and g... Read More
Signature Event The First National Bank Building Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Architect Todd Achelpohl of infrastructure solutions firm HNTB and Jonathan Kemper, president of the Kansas City... Read More
Signature Event The Union Station Power House Sunday, August 25, 2013 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Steve McDowell and Rick Schladweiler of the architectural firm BNIM and Kansas City Ballet Executive Director... Read More
Signature Event The TWA Headquarters Building Sunday, August 4, 2013 2:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Architectural historian & preservation consultant Cydney Millstein examines how the TWA Headquarters Building at 18th and Main street... Read More