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Class or Discussion
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III and Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser engage in...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
2:30pm
In Person
Urban forestry advocate David Nowak discusses planning efforts to advance an urban and community forest plan in Kansas City.
Nowak...
Saturday, April 30, 2011
11:00am
In Person
In recognition of Preservation Week (April 24–30, 2011), the Library offers a series of presentations aimed at helping community members save and stor...
Monday, April 18, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
One of the prime movers of the neighborhood revivals of New York’s Soho and Miami’s South Beach, Tony Goldman shares his experiences...
Saturday, April 16, 2011
11:00am
In Person
In recognition of Preservation Week (April 24–30, 2011), the Library offers a series of presentations aimed at helping community members save and stor...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
During the 2003 looting of Iraq’s National Museum some 15,000 priceless objects dating back to ancient Babylon and Mesopotamia were damaged or stol...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
6:30pm
In Person
Film critic Shawn Edwards is joined by radio personality Jabulani Leffall for a discussion of the global impact of b...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
The classic children’s novel Robinson Crusoe bears little resemblance to the novel authored by Daniel DeFoe in 1719. Dec...
Monday, October 11, 2010
8:30pm
In Person
The Midwest Democracy Project hosts a forum exploring the question: What is the 21st century mission of our public schools? Parti...