Signature Event Jerrold Hirsch: Portrait of America Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:30pm Central Library Related events: Soul of a People: Writing America's Story... Read More
Signature Event Norman Yetman: Voices from Slavery Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:30pm Central Library Related events: Soul of a People: Writing America's Story... Read More
Signature Event Walter Schroeder: The WPA Guide to Missouri Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:30pm Plaza Branch Related events: Soul of a People: Writing America's Story... Read More
Signature Event What Is It About Alice? - Mark Burstein Wednesday, September 16, 2015 6:30pm Central Library Few literary works are more quoted, translated, and adapted than Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This year marks the sesqui... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood Wonderland: The Cinema and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Mitch Brian Wednesday, September 23, 2015 6:30pm Plaza Branch Beginning with a silent short released in 1903, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has intrigued both filmmakers and viewers. Lewis Carroll’s 1... Read More
Signature Event The Fairy Tale Explosion in Contemporary Media - Naphtali Faris Sunday, September 27, 2015 2:00pm Trails West Branch Revamped, revised, reworked, and reimagined fairy tale characters and stories have seen an explosion in contemporary media from graphic novels to tele... Read More
Signature Event JazzAlice: An Adventure in Musical Wonderland - Angela Hagenbach Monday, November 2, 2015 6:30pm Plaza Branch SPECIAL ENCORE PERFORMANCE Kansas City jazz legend Angela Hagenbach leads a diverse ensemble cast in an original... Read More
Signature Event Looking at Alice with an Artist’s Eye - Peregrine Honig Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:30pm Central Library Internationally recognized Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig fixes her creative gaze on Lewis Carroll’s classic work of children’s l... Read More
Signature Event Election Insiders - RealClearPolitics’ Carl Cannon Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:30pm Plaza Branch This event was originally scheduled for January but was rescheduled due to inclement weather in the Washington D.C. area... Read More
Signature Event Election Insiders - Mike Allen Tuesday, August 2, 2016 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Less than 100 days before Americans go to the polls, the latest installment of Dateline: Washington examines what has been one of the... Read More