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Eli Paul, manager of the Library’s Missouri Valley Special Collections, examines the stories behind some of the 200 locally made p...

Taking the old Independence Road through the eastern environs of Kansas City toward Independence, it’s easy to miss some of Kansas City’s richest h...

The lake in Troost Park was once an encampment used by Mormons migrating to Independence. Linked together by Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo, Kansas C...

Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert curates the annual Off-the-Wall Film Series, presenting a cross...

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm Dewey (Jack Black) is between Rock & Roll and a hard p...

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm Three friends, Albert (Chris Rock), Euripides (Allen Payne...

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm Nick (Michael Cera) is brooding over a recent breakup with...

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm Sad-sack Seymour (Rick Moranis) works at Mushnik’s, a Skid...

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm Bust a cappella with the Barden University Bellas...

Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominentl...