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The story of the early struggle for LGBTQ+ rights has typically been told from the perspective of coastal cities like New York and San Francisco. Auth...

In honor of Juneteenth, local historian Erik Stafford explores how African Americans in Kansas City pursued freedom, from escaping their enslavers thr...

The 2025 Off the Wall rooftop film series, Color Our World, celebrates the power of joy and creativity in different hues. The classic 1980s film Prett...

MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart shares stories from his new book Yet Here I Am about growing comfortable with his identity as a gay Black man and the i...

Kansas City PBS host Nick Haines moderates a discussion on the state of aging and caregiving in Kansas City, in light of actor Bradley Cooper's new PB...

Join us for a celebration of local art at the 12th annual Art in the Loop Project kickoff event, featuring a musical performance by Monarch Duo, a tra...

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College returns to the Library to launch a new series on the rise and fall of empires. Harry S. Laver reco...

Historian Kevin Schultz discusses his new book Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History, a criticism of modern liberali...

National Trust for Historic Preservation President Carol Quillen discusses the importance of storytelling – rooted in historic places – to a healthy d...

Bestselling co-authors Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and Kansas City’s own Julie Murphy discuss their new book, Let Them Stare, a story about a haunte...