Signature Events
The latest installment of the Library’s special, intergenerational movie series for individuals with dementia, their friends, and families features Moana, Disney’s animated musical adventure about an adventurous Polynesian teen who sails out on a daring mission to save her people.
David Hanzlick
Missouri Valley Sundays
In a discussion of his new book Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women’s Activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940, author David Hanzlick traces the evolution of women’s activism in the city from the post-Civil War era through the demise of the Pendergast political machine.
John D. Hosler
In a discussion of his new book The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade, John D. Hosler of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College analyzes the Christian assault on the Mediterranean seaport of Acre – a military epic that claimed tens of thousands of lives over two years.
Friday Night Family Fun
Get a head start on Halloween with games, a haunted house, and trick-or-treating in the Kid Corner of the Plaza Branch. Yes, you can come in costume!
John Kaag
John Kaag of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, discusses his new book Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are. It recounts two his two enlightening journeys to the Swiss mountain city where noted German philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic Friedrich Nietzsche wrote his landmark Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Susan Orlean
In a discussion of The Library Book, her acclaimed account of most devastating library fire in our country’s history, author and longtime New Yorker writer Susan Orlean details the Los Angeles Public Library’s life and near-death in April 1986 – a calamity that stirred renewed appreciation for the crucial role that libraries play in all our lives.
UMKC Cockefair Chair
Laura Kasischke, a renowned literary multi-talent who has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her poetry and seen three of her novels adapted into feature films, discusses her craft and career in a conversation with Angela Elam of public radio’s New Letters on the Air.
Matt Evans, Mark Gawron, Anne Wildeboor
You’ve got gardening and landscaping questions. We’ve got answers from a panel of experts on everything from the best fruit and flowering trees for planting in our area to container selection, tomato growing, and how to get the most from your garden labors.
