Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'The Man Who Would Be King' Monday, January 24, 2022 6:00pm Online The format of this event has been changed to virtual only. Watch online at yout... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Waterloo' Monday, March 14, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person You want big-screen shock and awe? Russian director Sergei Bondarchuk and producer Dino De Laurentiis delivered it in Waterloo... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Memphis Belle' Monday, March 28, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person The Memphis Belle and the men who flew the famed B-17 Flying Fortress became symbols of the heavy bomber crews and support personnel who helped def... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Dr. Strangelove' Monday, May 23, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Nearly 60 years after its release, Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Glory' Monday, June 13, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Military historian Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College separates fact from Hollywood fiction in one of the most acclaime... Read More
Signature Event World War II and The Best Years of Our Lives Monday, June 27, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person Brian Steed of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College continues the Hollywood vs. History series, examining the film industry’s role in sh... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'The Great Escape' Monday, July 11, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch In Person David Mills and Kayla Westra, co-authors of Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues, assess the historical accuracy of the classic 1963 film... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: '55 Days at Peking' Monday, August 8, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch Online In Person Military historian Geoff Babb assesses the historical accuracy of the 1963 film 55 Days at Peking, which delivers an epic retelling of a c... Read More
Signature Event Hollywood vs. History: 'Kingdom of Heaven' Monday, May 9, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch Online In Person Director Ridley Scott takes a sweeping look back to the Crusades and the brutal fighting between Christians and Muslims over the First Kingdom of J... Read More
Signature Event Voting Access: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed Thursday, September 8, 2022 6:00pm Plaza Branch Online The Library and KCUR 89.3 kick off Securing Democracy, a three-part series inviting the community and its leaders to discuss securing democr... Read More