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Books & Authors
Signature Event
Thursday, February 2, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Purdue University historian Randy Roberts discusses the iconic 1944 football game between the undefeated cadets of West Point and the...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 15, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Filmmaker Terence O’Malley discusses his new book Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Former Kansas City School District teacher James P. Wilcox discusses Sex, Lies, and the Classroom – a novel...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Drawing from their book, The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory, authors James Leiker and...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 17, 2011
6:30pm
Author Daniel Woodrell discusses his new collection of short stories, The Outlaw Album, in a discussion led...
Signature Event
Monday, November 14, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
A lifelong fan of the Sherlock Holmes adventures, Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Michael Dirdaa presents an insider’s account of...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Renowned stage and screen actor Hal Holbrook visits the Kansas City Public Library on Wednesday, November 9, 2011...
Signature Event
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
What if growing old meant writing the novel you’ve always wanted to write, or painting, or singing, or teaching, or traveling to a place you’ve always...
Signature Event
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, and a military veteran whose experiences flying missions over France during Wo...
Signature Event
Monday, October 17, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Supreme Discomfort, written by Washington Post staffers Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher...