All Library locations will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.
History & Genealogy
Sunday, November 21, 2010
2:00pm
In Person
Kansas native John B. McLendon is remembered as an innovative basketball tactician and the last living protégé of James Naismith,...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, examines the foundations of the world’s greatest cities, fr...
Monday, November 15, 2010
6:30pm
In Person
The Revolution of 1910 was a landmark chapter in Mexican history. It ushered in a disruptive and often violent period that brought about the soci...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
1:00pm
In Person
Location: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
100 W. 26th Street
Historian Shawn Faulkner di...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Henry Adams, the great-great-great-great-grandson of founding father John Adams, presents a sweeping saga about America’s first...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the first president of the United States in W...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Edgar Snow, as portrayed by local actor...
Monday, October 18, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
American life changed forever in 1960 when Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy ushered politics into the multi...
Sunday, October 17, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Bill Stancil presents Rockhurst University: The First 100 Years, a lecture supplemented with numerous historical...