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 The Future of Space Exploration and the Sale of The Washington Post : Joel Achenbach Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:30pm Central Library The August Dateline: Washington event at the Kansas City Public Library was supposed to be about outer space. Just outer space. Host... 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