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Signature Event
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
6:30pm
They are the most famous and controversial directors in the history of the CIA – Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey – and t...
Signature Event
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofit Strong Towns, launches the Making a Great City series with a critical look at how we build our cities and towns...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Urban planner Joe Minicozzi looks at the “math” of effective city building, i.e., the financial implications of land use decisions in municipalities l...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City-based urban planner, designer, and architect Kevin Klinkenberg examines why and how cities being reinvented today, who the winners and los...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
6:30pm
In Person
Which areas offer Kansas City the greatest potential for smart long-term growth? Urban planner Joe Minicozzi and Chuck Marohn, founder of the nonprofi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City has an infrastructure problem. Simply put, it can’t afford what it needs. Dennis Strait of the Kansas City studio of Gould Evans, an archi...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
7:00pm
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In Person
**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks.
The Kansas City...
Exhibit
November 11, 2023
- February 10, 2024
Children’s Book Week is the United States’ longest-running literacy initiative, promoting reading to generations of children and t...
Signature Event
Friday, March 8, 2024
7:00pm
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In Person
As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 14, 2024
6:00pm
Online
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Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...