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Arts & Culture
Signature Event
Saturday, April 14, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II and his wife, Dianne Cleaver, recognize local high school artists amid an exhibit of their works at the Cen...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 8, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists resume their monthly interactive story times for children and their parents, reading from Michael Rosen’s award-winning classi...
Signature Event
Friday, April 6, 2018
5:30pm
In Person
The Library again provides a perfect family-friendly starting point for your First Friday outing, offering exhibits, live music, kids...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
New York-area pianist/vocalist John Bauers portrays legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer (“One More for My Baby,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses”),...
Signature Event
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Hip-hop is now America’s most popular music genre, supplanting rock. In a discussion of his new book, Davidson College sociologist Joseph Ewoodzie exa...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 18, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
In the latest installment of the Library’s popular Script-in-Hand series, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival offers a unique performance of The...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 11, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
Coterie Theatre artists resume their monthly interactive story times for children and their parents, reading from Jon Agee’s engag...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 8, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Urban planner Joe Minicozzi looks at the “math” of effective city building, i.e., the financial implications of land use decisions in municipalities l...
Signature Event
Sunday, February 25, 2018
2:00pm
In Person
How can images of the private and vulnerable become monumental? How can they inspire? Casey Lee Holden and Nelson Pereira...
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Michael Grauer of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, discusses the effort by British investors to cash in on American cattle in...