Signature Event Archive

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Java with a Journalist: The Future of Troost

The Library and The Kansas City Star focus the latest installment of their Java with Journalist series on the Troost Avenue corridor, inviting the people who live and do business in the area to sit with Star reporters Aaron Randle, Allison Kite and Bill Turque and editorial columnist Melinda Henneberger to discuss issues and concerns. How has Troost divided us in the past? What’s happening in the area today? And what does the future hold? Coffee and pastries provided. RSVP is required and space is limited.
 

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The Library and The Kansas City Star focus the latest installment of their Java with Journalists series on the Troost Avenue corridor, inviting the people who live and do business in the area to sit with Star reporters Aaron Randle, Allison Kite and Bill Turque and Star columnist Melinda Henneberger to discuss issues and concerns. How has Troost divided us in the past? What’s happening in the area today? And what does the future hold?
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Program: 
10:30 am
Lucile H. Bluford Branch
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Kansas City Zoomobile

The Kansas City Zoo’s Zoomobile brings the world of the wild to you, offering a variety of exciting, interactive programs featuring awesome artifacts, fun science, captivating stories – and of course, live animals.
 

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The Kansas City Zoo’s Zoomobile brings the world of the wild to you, offering a variety of exciting, interactive programs featuring awesome artifacts, fun science, captivating stories – and of course, live animals. For all ages.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch
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American Eden

Historian Victoria Johnson discusses her new book American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, about the brilliant physician and botanist who carved multiple places in American history. Hosack treated a dying Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr. He later created the nation’s first botanical garden.
 
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Historian Victoria Johnson discusses her new book American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, about the brilliant physician and botanist who carved multiple places in American history. Hosack treated a dying Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr. He later created the nation’s first botanical garden.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Central Library
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Lucile Bluford: Her National Closeup

Sheila Brooks, a Kansas City native and former TV personality who now heads the Washington, D.C.-based SRB Communications, discusses her new book Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice – written to acquaint a national audience with the iconic KC journalist and activist.
 
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Sheila Brooks, a Kansas City native and former TV personality who now heads the Washington, D.C.-based SRB Communications, discusses her new book Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice – written to acquaint a national audience with the iconic KC journalist and activist.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Reception: 
6 pm
Program: 
6:30 pm
Central Library
Event Audio

And Here's The Pitch...

Stephanie and Adam Carey, new owners of Kansas City’s alternative news publication The Pitch, sit down with editor David Hudnall to discuss the venture, their vision, and the future of the now-monthly magazine.
 
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Stephanie and Adam Carey, new owners of Kansas City’s alternative news publication The Pitch, sit down with editor David Hudnall to discuss the venture, their vision, and the future of the now-monthly magazine.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Central Library

Didgeridoo Down Under

Friday Night Family Fun
Get to know the didgeridoo, the distinctive wooden trumpet or “drone pipe” developed by Australian Aborigines. Didgeridoo Down Under performers fuse music with culture, science, comedy, and lessons in character building, anti-bullying, and environmentalism. And yes, there’s audience participation.

Appropriate for all ages.
 
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Get to know the didgeridoo, the distinctive wooden “drone pipe” developed by Australian Aborigines. Didgeridoo Down Under performers fuse music with culture, science, comedy, and lessons in character building, anti-bullying, and environmentalism. And yes, there’s audience participation. For all ages.
Friday, June 29, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Eviction in KC: Leveling the Foundation

The Library and KCPT-Kansas City PBS begin a search for solutions in the second installment of a series examining eviction in the city. The event begins with a screening of Evicted, a documentary examining the issue and how it's tackled elsewhere. A panel including Councilman Quinton Lucas then discusses how it can be addressed in KC. Co-presented by the Black Community Fund and KCPT-Kansas City PBS.

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Eviction in KC: Leveling the Foundation
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Reception: 
6 pm
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Uncovering Shakespeare's 'Inspiration'

It appears to be the find of a lifetime. Shakespeareans worldwide were electrified earlier this year by the announced discovery of a previously unknown source—or inspiration—for many of the works of William Shakespeare. Researcher Dennis McCarthy and colleague June Schlueter made the case that the Bard drew repeatedly from a manuscript written in the late 1500s by a courtier of Elizabeth I. Using plagiarism-detecting software, they identified unique storylines and ideas in both the earlier document and Shakespeare’s works.

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Researcher Dennis McCarthy discusses this year’s discovery of a lifetime by him and an academic colleague – that Shakespeare apparently drew repeatedly in his works from an unpublished, late-1500s manuscript. The literary sleuths employed plagiarism-detecting software.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Reception: 
6 pm
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch
Event Audio

Let's Talk...Please

In the second of a two-part look at the troubled state of American politics, the Library and the public policy nonprofit Consensus stage a public forum on how to address the varied and complex troubles buffeting our governmental process. How do we get our political machinery back on track?

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In the second of a two-part look at the troubled state of American politics, the Library and the public policy nonprofit Consensus stage a public forum on how to address the varied and complex troubles buffeting our governmental process. How do we get our political machinery back on track?
Monday, June 25, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Behind the Scenes: Much Ado About Nothing

The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the witty romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

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Monday, June 25, 2018
Program: 
1:30 pm
Plaza Branch

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