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The Bomb-itty of Errors - Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and Louder than a Bomb

Thursday, May 26, 2016 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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Take Shakespeare’s mistaken-identity farce, The Comedy of Errors. Give it a modern, hip-hop flavor. And you get The Bomb-itty of...

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The Woman Behind the New Deal: Frances Perkins

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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She is no longer a household name, but during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration Frances Perkins was one of America’s most inf...

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Obamanomics – Growing the Pie or Dividing the Pie?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

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Libertarian economist Jeff Miron discusses the economic impact of the federal government’s 2009 stimulus package on Tuesd...

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Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Monday, October 5, 2015 6:30pm

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Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich worries that America’s economic recovery is bypassing most Americans. Adjusted for...

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Neighborhoods & the Foreclosure Crisis: Finding the Way Out

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

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Nick Haines, executive producer of news and public affairs programming at KCPT, moderates a panel discussion on neighborhoods and...

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The Jolly Flatboatmen

The Jolly Flatboatmen

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George Caleb Bingham

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George Caleb Bingham was a Missouri artist active throughout the 19th century and is known for his genre paintings which depicted life on the American...

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The Cat Game

The Cat Game

The Cat Game is a fun drawing game using cat images. Pick a card from a CATegory, select a cat image, draw a picture around it and see if players can...

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The Feather Thief

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 6:30pm

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A young American flautist, Edwin Rist, broke into the British Museum of Natural History in Tring in 2009 and made off with nearly 300 bird skins. Biza...

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This past week, street signs along Paseo Boulevard began coming down, replaced with new ones proclaiming the street’s new name: Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Following a long period of local debate, a mayoral task force, and a measure passed by the city council in October, the historic street is now officially renamed after the civil rights leader. On the occasion of the historic boulevard’s name change, the Library has pulled together a selection of images from the Missouri Valley Special Collections t

The Paseo's Past

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

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Street signs along Kansas City's Paseo Boulevard began coming down in late February, replaced with new ones proclaiming the street’s...

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The Umbilicus Clock

The Umbilicus Clock

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Tempered glass clock with artistic silk screen printing acknowledges the work of the great artistic master of antiquity, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buon...

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