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Class or Discussion
Signature Event
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Former Defense Department cyber security chief Katherine Charlet, now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, assesses the rising...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
6:30pm
In Person
Social activist Tara Raghuveer presents troubling findings about the frequency of eviction in the Kansas City area – an average of 42 cases per busine...
Signature Event
Sunday, January 21, 2018
1:30pm
In Person
Searching the Psyche Through Cinema, the annual and incisive screening-and-discussion series, returns with psychological studies of films directed by...
Signature Event
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Author David Collins discusses his book Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 11, 2017
10:00am
In Person
Representatives and parents from 55 public, private, and charter institutions – kindergarten through high school, all within the city’s public school...
Signature Event
Thursday, November 2, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Public-private partnerships – such as those proposed for upgrading Kansas City International Airport – have grown increasingly popular in recent...
Signature Event
Saturday, September 16, 2017
2:00pm
In Person
A panel of international military officers, currently studying at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, discusses their...
Signature Event
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Author Mary Beth Leatherdale lends context to today’s heart-rending stream of refugees from Syria and other troubled countries in a d...
Signature Event
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
In a discussion of her book Marriage Markets, the University of Minnesota’s June Carbone – a former law pro...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 10, 2017
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City photographer and instructor Reed Hoffmann offers a tutorial on photographing the rare, spectacular total solar eclipse...