Signature Event Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools August 26, 2021 6:30pm Award-winning author and social justice scholar Dr. Monique W. Morris joins Kansas City Public Schools’ Dr. Lateshia Woodley... Read More
Signature Event Forever Free: A True Story of Hope in the Fight for Child Literacy August 18, 2021 6:30pm Alarmed by the racial and socioeconomic barriers inherent in education and the profound impact on Black children and communities of color, ... Read More
Signature Event The Missouri Crisis at 200 August 12, 2021 6:30pm Many new states entered the United States around 200 years ago, but only Missouri almost killed the nation it was trying to join. ... Read More
Signature Event The Summer With the Blues August 8, 2021 3:00pm There are times in life that alter a person’s view of the world. For Ed FitzGerald, it was the summer of 1950 when, as a Catholic boy g... Read More
Signature Event Cinema and Kansas City July 29, 2021 6:30pm See a movie scene dominated by skyscrapers and speeding taxis, and you know in an instant that you’re in New York. For Los Angeles, it’s freeways a... Read More
Signature Event Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen July 26, 2021 6:30pm Online Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee... Read More
Signature Event Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue July 25, 2021 3:00pm The U.S. barbecue capitals of Memphis, Texas, the Carolinas and, of course, Kansas City bring unique techniques, flavors, and traditions to slow-sm... Read More
Signature Event Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) July 23, 2021 8:45pm Central Library The Gremlins are up for some midnight madness in New York City in this sequel. Having moved to the Big Apple after their Kingston Falls fallout, Billy... Read More
Signature Event The Day the World Stops Shopping July 21, 2021 6:30pm The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered a simple truth about our buying habits: We’re capable of reining in our vanity and impulse shopping, our compulsion... Read More
Signature Event Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal June 30, 2021 6:30pm ***PROGRAM CANCELED*** ... Read More