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  • Gene Healy: The Cult of the Presidency
    Gene Healy: The Cult of the Presidency
    Wednesday, April 29, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    Presidential Power

    On Wednesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Gene Healy presents his book The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power.

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  • Lynne Olson: Troublesome Young Men
    Lynne Olson: Troublesome Young Men
    Monday, April 27, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    Winston Churchill: 10 Recent Books

    Author and historian Lynne Olson discusses her new book Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England on Monday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

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  • Wendy Kopp: One Day, All Children
    Wendy Kopp: One Day, All Children
    Tuesday, April 21, 2009
    Plaza Branch

    Recommended reading:
    Teach for America

    Tom Bloch and the University Academy have joined the Kansas City Public Library to host a series of thought-provoking presentations by national experts titled What Works in Urban Education.

    Teach For America Founder and Chief Executive Wendy Kopp discusses her book One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way on Tuesday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

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  • Quindaro Underground Railroad: A Unique Ethnic Unity in America's Past
    Quindaro Underground Railroad: A Unique Ethnic Unity in America's Past
    Sunday, April 19, 2009
    Central Library

    From its start in 1857, the Quindaro township—in present-day Wyandotte County—was an unabashedly free-state community surrounded by pro-slavery sympathizers. Amid this conflict, Quindaro residents forged a community based on multi-ethnic collaboration—a model for ethnic solidarity today. The unique personalities that combined to create the Quindaro Underground Railroad also bridged a seemingly insurmountable political gap with the pro-slavery town of Parkville, Missouri.

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  • Jim Butcher: Turn Coat
    Jim Butcher: Turn Coat
    Thursday, April 16, 2009
    Plaza Branch
    Recommended reading:
    Fantasy/Mystery Novels

    Author Jim Butcher discusses Turn Coat, the newest book in The Dresden Files series, on Thursday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

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  • Jacob Wagner: Rebuilding the Crescent City
    Rebuilding the Crescent City
    Monday, April 13, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    New Orleans & Urban Planning

    Dr. Jacob Wagner, an assistant professor of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, presents a talk titled Rebuilding the Crescent City: Disaster, Demolition, and Preservation since Hurricane Katrina on Monday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

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  • Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs: Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off
    Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs: Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off
    Thursday, April 9, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    Sacagawea

    On Thursday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., author Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs discusses her book Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Trail.

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  • Real Characters: The Writing Lifestyle Depicted in Old School
    Real Characters: The Writing Lifestyle Depicted in Old School
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    Old School Related Reading

    A National Endowment for the Arts initiative, The Big Read returns to Kansas City in April 2009 to bring readers the Tobias Wolff novel Old School.

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  • General Richard B. Myers: Eyes on the Horizon
    General Richard B. Myers: Eyes on the Horizon
    Monday, April 6, 2009
    Plaza Branch
    Recommended reading:
    10 Military Memoirs

    Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discusses his memoir Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security on Monday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

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  • Karole Armitage
    Karole Armitage
    Thursday, April 2, 2009
    Central Library
    Recommended reading:
    Modern Dance

    On Thursday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m., renowned dancer and choreographer Karole Armitage will talk about her career at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

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