Books & Authors

Signature Event
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:30pm
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Tim Fielder is among the artists placing new emphasis on Afrofuturism in comic books and graphic novels, laying out historical timeline...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 6:30pm
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Like most industries of the era, television in the 1940s and ‘50s was largely a male monopoly. Four visionary women nonetheless began carving out s...
Signature Event
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 6:30pm
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Alvin Brooks’ mark on civil rights history in Kansas City – on the city’s history in total – is indelible. Born into povert...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:30pm
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They came from different neighborhoods and ran with rival gangs on Chicago’s West Side. Improbably, the group of young men found promise and common...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 10, 2020 6:30pm
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Think you know your hometown?   You might be steeped in Kansas City’s cowtown heritage, but how about the finer details – like the a...