Songs like “Summertime” have helped audiences connect with Porgy and Bess for over 90 years. But the opera has also sparked debate. Join us for a conv...

Daniel Smith, chairman of the Monnett Battle of Westport Fund, tells the story of the Black soldiers who fought in the Battle of Westport during the C...

Former ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) David Killion talks to UMKC’s...

Award-winning author and scholar Imani Perry discusses her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People. Her dozens of short ess...

The Command and General Staff College’s professor Shawn Faulkner discusses how the 300-year-old Habsburg dynasty went from holding sway over vast terr...

Mini author fair and discussion with a Kansas City-based author and a bookstore owner about the history and ongoing popularity of the romance genre....

The 2026 Searching the Psyche Through Cinema film series explores the world of horror, inviting us to confront our deepest fears. The series wraps up...

In 1913, Sarah Rector’s federally allotted land proved oil-rich, making her the wealthiest Black girl in the country. Kansas City historian Diane Eust...

Vocalist Lee Langston and pianist Charles D. Williams present an all-ages jazz master class in partnership with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra....

Alison Rollins, winner of the fifth annual Maya Angelou Book Award, kicks off her Missouri tour with a poetry reading and discussion....