Signature Event Archive

Search the Signature Event Archive to discover past Library events. Watch videos, hear speaker interviews, and listen to audio recordings of previous presentations. Search by keyword (event title, subject, or presenter name), location or by date range.
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The Music Man

Movies and Memories
Strike up the band!

The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families spotlights the delightful 1962 musical The Music Man (G), featuring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, and a trove of songs that earned an Oscar for best score.
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Sunday, June 24, 2018
Program: 
2:00 pm
Plaza Branch

The Songwriter in You - Part 2: Making Music

In the second part of a two-day Songwriter in You program, Victor & Penny discuss their work as professional musicians in a public conversation, followed by a live performance of a song they created based on input gathered from the public during the duo’s signature SongLab session held at the Central Library on Tuesday, June 19. This event is part of the 2018 Adult Summer Reading Program.
 
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In the second part of a two-day Songwriter in You program, Victor & Penny discuss their work as professional musicians in a public conversation, followed by a live performance of a song they created based on input gathered from the public during the duo’s signature SongLab session held at the Central Library on Tuesday, June 19. This event is part of the 2018 Adult Summer Reading Program.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Making the New Tax Law Work for You

Americans already have seen some benefits, in the form of smaller payroll withholdings, from the new tax law signed last December. But for the most part, the impact of the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years won’t be felt until the 2019 filing season.

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Thad Lincoln and Verlin Boes of Overland Park’s Retirement Concepts Group examine the sweeping new tax law signed last December, offering an overview of the changes and suggestions for maximizing future returns.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

The Songwriter in You - Part 1: SongLab

For part one of a two-day Songwriter in You activity, popular Kansas City pop-jazz duo Victor & Penny will visit the Central Library, setting up their SongLab in Kirk Hall over a long lunch hour. During this time, the musicians invite patrons to submit ideas and words to fold into verse, either in-person or via social media. From those contributions, Victor & Penny will craft an original song. This activity is part of the 2018 Adult Summer Reading Program.
 
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For part one of a two-day Songwriter in You activity, popular Kansas City pop-jazz duo Victor & Penny will visit the Central Library, setting up their SongLab in Kirk Hall over a long lunch hour. During this time, the musicians invite patrons to submit ideas and words to fold into verse, either in-person or via social media. From those contributions, Victor & Penny will craft an original song. This activity is part of the 2018 Adult Summer Reading Program.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Program: 
11:30 am
Central Library

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 18, 2018
Program: 
1:30 pm
Plaza Branch

CB4 (1993)

2018 Off the Wall Film Series: Summer Cinema Mixtape

Doors open: 8 pm • Program: 8:45 pm
Three friends, Albert (Chris Rock), Euripides (Allen Payne), and Otis (Deezer D), are aspiring rappers with solid skills but no traction. After adopting fake personas, they become gangsta-rap group CB4 -- “Cell Block 4” -- and start racking up hits. But their act is under scrutiny from a politician (Phil Hartman) who wants to shut them down for obscenity, and escaped prisoner Gusto (Charlie Murphy) is after Albert for using his name and his street cred.

This title is Rated R and is recommended for adult audiences only.

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This year the Library’s FREE Off-the Wall rooftop summer film series includes an eccentric playlist of comedies with song-centric storylines. Music-filled movies feature prep-school rockers, gangsta rappers, collegiate a cappella competitors, a young couple scouring the city for an elusive band, and a golden-throated carnivorous plant.
Friday, June 15, 2018
Program: 
8:00 pm
Central Library

Mr. Kneel: Family Hip-Hop

Friday Night Family Fun
Join award-winning Coloradan musician Neil “Mr. Kneel” McIntyre, whose work as an educator in inner-city Denver has led to a new kind of family entertainment, Golden Era Hip-Hop.
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Join award-winning Coloradan musician Neil “Mr. Kneel” McIntyre, whose work as an educator in inner-city Denver has led to a new kind of family entertainment, Golden Era Hip-Hop. For all ages.
Friday, June 15, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Expedition of Thirst

Wander the highways and byways of eastern Kansas and western Missouri, from the Flint Hills to the Ozarks, and you’ll almost inevitably come across one—or several—of the region’s many breweries, wineries, and distilleries. Author Pete Dulin maps out more than 150 of them in his book Expedition of Thirst: Exploring Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries Across the Heart of Kansas and Missouri.

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Author Pete Dulin looks at the proliferation of local beer, wine, and whiskey crafters in eastern Kansas and western Missouri – from the Flint Hills to the Ozarks – in a discussion of his book Expedition of Thirst: Exploring Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries across the Heart of Kansas and Missouri.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

What's Special About Special Collections

Kansas City native Jeanne Drewes discusses the vital role of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where she has worked since 2006, and the equal indispensability of hometown libraries and their special collections – wellsprings of regional history and genealogy and other materials unique to their areas.
 
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Kansas City native Jeanne Drewes discusses the vital role of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where she has worked since 2006, and the equal indispensability of hometown libraries and their special collections – wellsprings of regional history and genealogy and other materials unique to their areas.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Program: 
6:30 pm
Plaza Branch

Never Anyone But You

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore were so far ahead of their time that they feel modern today. The lifelong lovers and artistic collaborators—born Lucie Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, respectively—refused to conform to societal expectations of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, defending gender equity and espousing freedom of sexual orientation.
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Marking LGBT Pride Month, renowned author Rupert Thomson discusses his new novel about real-life lovers and artistic collaborators Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. The two remarkable French women refused to conform to societal expectations of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, defending gender equity and espousing freedom of sexual orientation.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Reception: 
6 pm
Program: 
6:30 pm
Central Library

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