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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Dwight Eisenhower was a man of simple tastes but decisive action. Behind the dry smile was a brilliant, intellectual tactician, an attribute—...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Presidential races are the stuff of myth, sometimes literally. Like the 1952 contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, both purportedl...
Thursday, September 17, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, was a critical Cold War moment for Dwight D. Eisenhower. What he called “a...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
2015 commemorates not only the 125th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but also the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that...
Saturday, October 7, 2023
4:00pm
In Person
In a discussion in conjunction with his Library exhibition A Survey of Elemental Gratitude, an arresting collection of photographs of Kansas’ Flint Hi...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
9:30am
In Person
A contrapuntal poem (derived from the Italian contrapunto, “pertaining to a counterpoint”) is a poem made up of multiple poems, which invites reade...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1:00pm
In Person
Creepy tales told around a campfire. A book finished by flashlight under the covers. Nothing is as delicious as the thrill of a good ghost story. H...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
11:15am
In Person
Everyone has a story. Sometimes it’s a chance encounter worthy of a mystery novel; sometimes it’s a simple moment of beauty that stops you in your...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
9:15am
In Person
Stacey Abrams leads a special storytime about making a difference with the latest picture book in her “Stacey’s Stories” series, Stacey Speaks Up. The...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
10:00am
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What is it that makes an audiobook so compelling? Audiobooks are portable. Download one and listen to it on a long road trip, running errands, or taki...