Signature Events

Seeing MAD: MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy

Judith Yaross Lee, John Bird

We could use a little “What, me worry?” right now, don’t you think? 

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021 6:30 pm
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9to5: The Story of a Movement

Karen Nussbaum, Valarie Long
Indie Lens Pop-Up Film Series

There’s a story – important and real-life – behind 9 to 5, both the iconic workplace-revenge movie and the catchy Dolly Parton song. 

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:00 pm

Racial Reckoning at The Star: ‘The Truth in Black and White’

Mike Fannin, Mará Rose Williams, Michele Watley, Nicole Sussner Rodgers, Toriano Porter

Days before Christmas, on its website and across more 10 pages of its Sunday print edition, The Kansas City Star laid out a remarkable examination of its coverage of race and the city’s Black community over its 140-year history. And in an accompanying letter from President and Editor Mike Fannin, headlined “The truth in Black and white,” it apologized.  

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:30 pm
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