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Guerrillas in Our Midst

August 18, 2013 - December 29, 2013

Central Library

Before and during the Civil War, Confederate guerrillas – men like William Clarke Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and Frank and Jesse James – battl...

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Are You Ready for the Next Kansas City

Are You Ready for the Next Kansas City?

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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...

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Smart Growth in KC: How? Where?

Smart Growth in KC: How? Where?

Tuesday, October 29, 2019 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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...

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We've Built Cities We Can't Afford

We’ve Built Cities We Can’t Afford

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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...

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Data-Driven Growth: What KC Can Learn From Memphis

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Memphis, a sprawling, river-flanked, music- and barbecue-imbued city some 7½ hours to the south, offers some important lessons in development for Kans...

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You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One

Thursday, August 11, 2022 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

In a discussion of her book Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One, New York urban revital...

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Taking a ‘Collective’ Approach to Equitable Development in KC

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

Tiffany Elder, co-chair of a Durham, North Carolina-based consortium called The Collective, talks about its work to facilitate equitable city building...

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Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

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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Taking It to the Streets: Rethinking Mobility in America’s Cities

Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

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...

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Digital Skills 101

Digital Skills 101

Monday, December 2, 2024 1:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Tech Access Coach Glenn Westra will provide an overview of basic computer skills and briefly discuss some warning signs of digital fraud. We will b...

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