Signature Events Archive | Kansas City Public Library

Robert Bixby & Sara Imhof: Restoring Fiscal Sanity in Washington

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Robert Bixby and Sara Imhof discuss the state of the American economy, and offer bipartisan solutions to reduce t...

Viva La Revolución: Jacob Prado at I.H. Ruiz Branch

Monday, December 13, 2010 6:30pm

Irene H. Ruiz Branch

The Kansas City Public Library continues its centennial commemoration of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with a special presentatio...

Six Degrees of Separation

Sunday, December 12, 2010 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

Ouisa Kittredge is an affluent New York socialite in love with culture, so much so that her conversation is teeming with references to art, inter...

Lee Judge: The Stuff They Wouldn’t Print

Thursday, December 9, 2010 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Political cartoonist Lee Judge discusses his new book The Stuff They Wouldn’t Print, a collection of ca...

Desegregating the Bar: 55 Years On

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 6:30pm

Central Library

Following a contentious meeting in December 1955, the Kansas City Bar Association voted to admit both African Americans and women as members. Thi...

Crosby Kemper III - Visions of America: Frank Capra

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 6:30pm

Central Library

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III discusses the life and career of iconic film director Frank Capra....

Timothy Sandefur: The Right to Earn a Living

Monday, December 6, 2010 6:30pm

Central Library

Owning a business is the very definition of the American dream for many. Timothy Sandefur discusses his new book The...

Winston Churchill Speaks to the 21st Century

Sunday, December 5, 2010 2:00pm

Plaza Branch

The Kansas City Branch of the English-Speaking Union and the International Relations Council are co-sponsoring a lecture by the Fulbright-Robertson Vi...

Paul Nagel and Douglas Adams

Sunday, December 5, 2010 2:00pm

Central Library

Noted historian Paul Nagel joins Douglas Adams, the great-great-great-great grandson of John Adams, for an examinati...

LaDene Morton: Lost Images of Brookside

Thursday, December 2, 2010 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

LaDene Morton, author of the newly released book, The Brookside Story: Shops of Every Necessary Character...

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