All Library locations will be closed Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth.
History & Genealogy
Monday, April 26, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Renowned Mexican international scholar and political scientist José Luis Valdés-Ugalde presents An Histori...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Dr. James H. Willbanks discusses the events that led to the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday, April 2...
Sunday, April 18, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
Master storyteller Gladys Coggswell shares inspirational tales and “down-home” stories about all walks of African-American life...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Watch and listen as Kansas City jazz greats come to life. Chuck Haddix discusses the musicians portrayed in...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Professor Gregory Aldrete explains how the largest city in the ancient world dealt with the perpetual threat of flooding and what...
Thursday, April 8, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
David Laskin discusses his new book about 12 European immigrants who came to the U.S. in search of livelihoods, and ended up figh...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Lately, schools and colleges everywhere in the United States have been discarding studies in the humanities as if they were idle luxuries and e...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
Howard Frank Mosher discusses his new book Walking to Gatlinburg: A Novel on Tuesday,...
Sunday, March 21, 2010
4:00pm
In Person
In 1891, Siegmund Harzfeld and the Parisian Cloak Company introduced a new era of commerce and fashion to the residents of Kansas City. The ready-t...