EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, February 20 - Sunday, February 26, 2012 |
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Monday, February 20 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Donald Ritchie - A Conflicted Legacy: Presidents and Congress from Truman to Obama Historian of the United States Senate Donald Ritchie discusses presidential relations with Congress from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama.
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Wednesday, February 22 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Bud Bowie: Jefferson Davis and His Cause Historian Bud Bowie looks at how Confederate President Jefferson Davis' miscalculations doomed the South economically even as it was winning on the battlefield.
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Friday, February 24 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Emiel Cleaver: Freedom Is Now Emiel Cleaver premieres his new documentary about the creation and decades-long activism of Freedom, Inc., Kansas City's pioneering African American political organization.
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Sunday, February 26 - 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Script-in-Hand: Master Class The Kansas City Public Library presents the sixth season of Script-in-Hand, with the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre returning for a series of plays that feature some of the most compelling female leads in drama.
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PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES
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Thursday, February 23 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
J. Alexander Greenwood:
Pilate's Cross The Kansas City Public Library hosts local author, J. Alexander Greenwood for a discussion about the inspiration behind his first novel, Pilate's Cross.
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Friday, February 24 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Friday Night Family Fun: Kevin M. Kraft and His Cigar Box Guitars Friday Night Family Fun hosts Kevin M. Kraft and his cigar box guitars for a fun and educational Blues and Folk concert. There will be a drawing to give away one cigar box guitar to a lucky child. All ages are appropriate.
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Sunday, February 26 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
28th Annual Shakespeare Competition Students select, memorize, and recite a monologue and a sonnet by William Shakespeare. The winner receives $150, a scholarship to the Shakespeare Exploration Advanced Camp, and a trip to New York to participate in the national competition.
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January 9 - March 11, 2012
All locations
Destination: Anywhere!
Adult Winter Reading Program "Destination: Anywhere!" offers readers some of the most captivating vistas put into print, scenic landscapes that create a mood and motivate men and women to act on instinct, impulse, or whim. These destinations are places that shape people - and shape readers. Participants who complete five (5) books will be entered to win a Nook e-reader.
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Not Just for Christmas:
Charles Dickens at 200
Charles Dickens wrote a whole lot more than A Christmas Carol. Enjoy screen adaptations of some of his greatest novels as envisoned by cinematic masters such as David Lean and David O. Selznick.
Monday, February 20 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
David Copperfield (1935)
Not Rated (130 min.)
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Too Good to Pass Over: A Celebration of Black Oscar Winners
This film series curated by Fox 4 News film critic Shawn Edwards offers films for black audiences that the Academy Awards could not deny.
Saturday, February 25 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
'Round Midnight (1986)
Rated R (133 min.)
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January 21, 2012 - February 26, 2012
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
From Wichita to the Wailing Wall: The Art of David Israel Litan An original exhibit featuring the art of David Israel Litan, From Wichita to the Wailing Wall reflects the artist's pride in his family, his Jewish faith, and the Kansas communities where he spent much of his life.
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Now On Display
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Kansas City Architecture A to Z Kansas City Architecture A to Z, with apologies to O, R, T, V, X, Y, is a special exhibit based on a book by Kansas City Star writer and editor Steve Paul that celebrates the city's historic, invigorating, and eclectic scene one letter at a time.
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March 31, 2011 - March 31, 2012
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Century of Legendary Places: The Legacy of Kansas City's Hare & Hare
Century of Legendary Places is an exhibit celebrating the 100-year legacy of Hare & Hare - the firm responsible for many of Kansas City's most iconic and highly visible architectural landscapes.
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NEXT WEEK
February 27 - March 4, 2012
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Monday, Feb. 27 · 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Jim Shepard: You Think That's Bad
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Monday, Feb. 27 · 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: Great Expectations (1946)
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Tuesday, Feb. 28 · 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Rebecca Solnit - Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas
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Wednesday, Feb. 29 · 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Amity Shlaes - Calvin Coolidge: The President Who Said "No"
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Thursday, March 1 · 7 p.m.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway
Meet the Past: Edgar Snow
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Friday, March 2 · 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The State of Choral Music in an American Idol Age
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Saturday, March 3 · 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
2012 Design Futures/
High School Program
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Saturday, March 3 · 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
2nd Annual Garden Book Sale
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Saturday, March 3 · 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
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Saturday, March 3 · 7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park
Jules Feiffer and Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
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March 3 - April 28
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Exhibit - Art, Language & Play by Stephen T. Johnson
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