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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Sunday, February 26, 2017 1:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

This annual series returns in January and February with psychological studies of films directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose visi...

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A Public Conversation with David Hughes

Thursday, February 9, 2017 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

The vitality of Kansas City’s arts community today traces back, in part, to David Hughes’ founding of the Charlotte Street Foundat...

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Guerrillas in Our Midst

August 18, 2013 - December 29, 2013

Central Library

Before and during the Civil War, Confederate guerrillas – men like William Clarke Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and Frank and Jesse James – battl...

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A Public Conversation with SuEllen Fried

Thursday, March 3, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

At 83, SuEllen Fried’s social conscience has scarcely ebbed. The Prairie Village native – one of former President George H.W. Bush...

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A Public Conversation with Adam Hamilton

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

From modest attendance of 120 at its first service held in 1990 in the chapel of a local funeral home – the Rev. Adam Hamilton has...

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A Conversation with Roshann Parris

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Roshann Parris, president and CEO of the award-winning publ...

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Quantrill in the Movies: John Tibbetts

Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

William Quantrill’s August 21, 1863 Confederate raid on Lawrence, Kansas, left nearly 200 men and boys dead and the city in flames. Film expert...

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The Sack of Lawrence and the Guerrilla War

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

On the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Tony R. Mullis of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff...

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Bill Zahner

A Conversation with Bill Zahner

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Bill Zahner made a tough call shortly after taking charge of the family business in the late 1970s, shifting the focus of the A. Z...

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David Lynch

Blue Velvet (1986)

Sunday, March 4, 2018 1:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

The 2017 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema series, spotlighting the works of stylish, idiosyncratic director David Lynch, wraps up...

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