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Books & Authors
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The National Endowment for the Arts affirmed the Kansas City area as a hub for fine poets and poetry late last year, awarding $25,000 creative writing...
Signature Event
Monday, April 10, 2017
6:30pm
Matthew Quirk doesn’t simply write spy thrillers. To the extent he can, he lives them first – in the case of Dead Man Swi...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 6, 2017
6:30pm
Online
In Person
A year after admonishing Democrats in his book Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened to the Party of the People? – an insightful prelude...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
The Blizzard of 1949¬actually a series of storms that began late in ’48¬remains the stuff of legend. From Kansas to the Canadian border, an area ne...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Compromise and accord seem more elusive than ever in this era of bitter political partisanship. But mediation expert Mark Gerzon s...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 16, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Louise Nevelson is considered one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century, known for her pioneering assemblages and monumental...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 9, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Dodge City, Kansas, still conjures images of the wild and unruly West: streets lined with saloons and brothels and a populace thick with gunmen, horse...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 2, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Irish immigrants were the first large ethnic group to settle in Kansas City and literally helped carve out its skyline, cutting roads into the lime...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 16, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Marvel Comics’ headline-grabbing move to a female Thor a little more...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Even before her acclaimed debut novel, Brit Bennett had drawn attention for her forceful essays about racial injustice, police violen...