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Signature Event
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
6:30pm
Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
6:30pm
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The first vice president to occupy the White House after the death of the incumbent, John Tyler was derided by critics as “His Accidency.” Yet histori...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) is among the most overlooked presidents in U.S. history even though his progressive values helped shape the course of th...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Nationally renowned urban thinker Chuck Marohn, who kicked off the Library’s Making a Great City series in January 2018, returns to assess the crucial...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Keith Culbertson, the chairman and CEO of Design Workshop and a George Kessler historian, launches a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive sys...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Leon Younger, one of the nation’s most accomplished parks and recreation consultants, continues a three-part study of Kansas City’s distinctive system...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
6:30pm
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Susan Rademacher, a leader in the nationwide parks conservancy movement for three decades, examines the challenge of keeping Kansas City’s signature s...
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What is Kansas City’s master plan for the next 20 years? The city’s three principal planning officers, Jeffrey Williams, Diane Binckley, and Kyle Elli...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
6:00pm
Online
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We want our cities to be more affordable, more equitable, more vibrant and sustainable. Among the necessary fixes, former New York City planner Nolan...
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
6:00pm
Online
University of Virginia transit historian Peter Norton examines the need to revise our concept of city streets. They’re now so car- and speed-centric t...