Signature Event Ernest Hemingway Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:30pm A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary.... Read More
Signature Event Quiet Dell - Jayne Anne Phillips Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:30pm Central Library Kansas City author and Writers at Work series organizer Whitney Terrell sits down with one of the country’s most acc... Read More
Signature Event Daniel Woodrell: The Outlaw Album Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:30pm Central Library Author Daniel Woodrell discusses his new collection of short stories, The Outlaw Album, in a discussion led... Read More
Signature Event Tanner Colby - Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:30pm Central Library Tanner Colby engages in a public conversation about his new book, Some of My Best Friends Are Black, with K... Read More
Signature Event Anthony Swofford - Hospitals, Hotels and Jails Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:30pm Central Library Anthony Swofford's new memoir, Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails, chronicles how in the years after the success... Read More
Signature Event Zora Neale Hurston Wednesday, February 25, 2015 6:30pm Central Library The latest installment of the Library’s Emmy Award-winning series, Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III, spotlights one of t... Read More
Signature Event Freeing the Economy: Megan McArdle Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Time magazine’s David Von Drehle and Bloomberg blogger Megan McArdle discuss Freeing the Economy i... Read More
Signature Event Aftermath of the Long War: David Finkel Wednesday, October 16, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Time magazine editor-at-large David Von Drehle holds a public conversation with Washington Post reporter Da... Read More
Signature Event Covering Climate Change: Justin Gillis Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Few journalists have studied the issue of global warming with the thoroughness of The New York Times’ Justin Gillis, who has... Read More
Signature Event Can Anyone Stop Her? - Carl Cannon Wednesday, April 9, 2014 6:30pm Central Library In Person Remember Barack Obama’s subtle 2008 putdown of Hillary Clinton, when he called her “likable enough?” Maybe the joke is on him. No... Read More