In a discussion of her book Reclaiming Your Community: You Don’t Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One, New York urban revitalization strategist and entrepreneur Majora Carter urges struggling, low-status communities to keep homegrown talent from moving away. Like the corporate world, she says, such areas need a retention plan. Her presentation continues the Library’s Making a Great City series.

Don Desko, founder and CEO of the B-25 History Project, recounts the value of America’s B-25 bomber to Allied efforts in World War II. Manufactured in Kansas City, Kansas, the aircraft saw perhaps its most notable action in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities in April 1942.

This year, prepare yourself for CAGE MATCH, a monthly pairing of two Nicolas Cage movies engaged in epic cinematic combat. Which films will be screened? That’s to be decided by YOU, the voting public.