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The Kansas City Public Library welcomes music historian Karl Hinterbichler for a presentation tracing a musical tradition that c...

Some countries are so good at educating children that virtually all their youngsters can make complex arguments and solve complex problems. In othe...

David Meyers, a professor of medicine- cardiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, presents a discussion on Medicine in the Civil War....

In 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued the "Order of Extermination" that ordered the killing or removal of Mormons residing in Missouri&...

Martin Espada, widely recognized as “the Latino poet of his generation,” joins Angela Elam from New Letters on t...

Author and activist Helen LaKelly Hunt recalls the event that launched the women’s rights movement in our country – the first Anti-Sl...

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Many new states entered the United States around 200 years ago, but only Missouri almost killed the nation it was trying to join. When the Hous...

Begin your First Friday outing at the Central Library, enjoying a pair of compelling exhibits in its gleaming galleries, refreshments, family activ...