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Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The Missouri Valley Special Collections Department of the Kansas City Public Library presents the new, original exhibit Keys to the City: The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Kansas City, Missouri, 1895-1957, opening Friday, September 4, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Start: 6:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
The inaugural exhibit of the Orval Hixon gallery, Shooting Stars: The Celebrity Photography of Orval Hixon, is now on display at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit features images of some of Hixon's most famous celebrity subjects, including Theda Bara, Al Jolson, and Kansas Citian Joan Crawford. Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
Color in Freedom, an exhibit by Joseph Holston, is on display June 5 – August 1, 2010, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Color in Freedom features 49 paintings, representing his interpretation of the Underground Railroad and the journey hundreds of people living in slavery took to gain their freedom in the North. Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Location: Central Library
An exhibit documenting the history of Bunce Island, a key base of operations for European slave merchants in Sierra Leone, will be on display starting Saturday, June 12, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The exhibit, Bunce Island: A British Slave Castle in Sierra Leone tells the story of slave trading venture located off the coast of West Africa. From this site, traders sent nearly 30,000 African captives to the Americas between 1670 and 1807. Start: 1:30 pm
Location: North-East Branch
Join us for our weekly family movie on Sunday afternoon. Start: 2:00 pm
Location: Plaza Branch
Pastor Charity Goodwin-Rosario tells the unique story of the Melrose United Methodist Church's role in the development of its historic Northeast neighborhood. | ||