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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
The slave Dred Scott claimed that his residence in a free state transformed him into a free man. When the Court decided otherwise,...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Homer Plessy—a man of seven-eighths Caucasian descent and one-eighth African descent who was nevertheless considered black under Louisiana law—boar...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
When police in Ohio raided Dollree Mapp’s home looking for evidence in a bombing, all they found were some “lascivious books.” Mapp appealed her porno...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Author-educator Herbert Alan Johnson explains how a lawsuit over a steamboat monopoly ultimately led to Congress gaining the power to...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as 1973’s Roe v. Wade, which affirmed a woman’...
Friday, March 1, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
We never know if March will come in like a lion and go out like a lamb or the other way around. Amid this unpredictability, learn about how rain cloud...
Friday, March 8, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. We’ll make shamrock sun catchers out of contact paper and tissue and leprechauns out of paper plates. Recommen...
Friday, March 15, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Join Kansas City children’s book author and illustrator Jill McDonald for a discussion of her books. Children can then create their own art using McD...
Friday, March 22, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Use science to explore the colors of the rainbow. Build spectroscopes, make a rainbow grow across paper, and create a rainbow windsock to take home. R...
Friday, March 29, 2024
5:30pm
In Person
Whether it’s their giant hops or their many babies tucked away in burrows, no animal personifies “spring” like rabbits. Make bunny masks, create bunny...