David Edwards presents neighborhood reinvestment strategies that are restoring urban core neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bestselling authors Victoria Aveyard and Soman Chainani record an episode of their Plot Twist podcast. They discuss Aveyard’s latest novel, Tempest, the story of protagonist Cat Rose, also known as Widow Rose, the queen of a pirate tavern. When opposing forces close in on her people, she must decide how she will save h...

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tessa Bailey and romance author Sierra Simone discuss Bailey's new book, Broken Rival, a time-travel romance about a high school girl stuck in the past and torn between two Kansas brothers. Program includes a photo line and book giveaway while supplies last.

Urban planning expert William Fulton discusses how successful cities are built with intention and can create enduring economic assets and prosperity for their residents.

Author and political theorist Danielle Allen discusses the Declaration of Independence and perhaps the most important words in American political history: “We hold these truths to be self-evident...”

James R. Grossman, former executive director of the American Historical Association, talks to UMKC's David Trowbridge about how memory and history shape what it means to be an American.

Nationally recognized Harry Houdini expert John Cox discusses the magician's remarkable career, including his first-ever suspended straitjacket escape in Kansas City in 1915.

Jonathan Abel, associate professor of military history at the Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth, discusses the early relationship between France and the United States during the American Revolution.

Journalist and author Elaine Weiss discusses the fight for women's rights throughout American history.

Shelf Life, the popular show-and-tell storytelling event hosted by writer and director David Wayne Reed, returns to the Library for the Summer Reading Program on the theme of “team.”