All Library locations will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.
History & Genealogy
Signature Event
Sunday, May 15, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
On June 8, 1966, a massive EF-5 tornado cut a 22-mile swath across eastern Kansas before smashing through Topeka.
Author Bonar Me...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 12, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
John Curatola of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the milita...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 5, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, making a brief suborbital mission that marked the first manned launch of Project M...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in1862. Now one of the most popula...
Signature Event
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Historian David Goldfield discusses his vivid narrative history of the Civil War, America Aflame, which off...
Signature Event
Monday, April 25, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Selected clips from Freedom Riders — a new documentary describing the experiences of 400 black and white Americans that rode...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Author Gregory Wolk discusses his new book,...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 17, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Organized crime formed part of the political, economic, and social fabric of Kansas City for much of the 20th century; and the mob’s power was never g...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 14, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Mark Gerges of the Military History Department at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the influenc...
Signature Event
Thursday, April 7, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Greg Hurd introduces his documentary, From Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Centers, a collaboration wit...