Due to heavy demand, our event with Anita Hill on Tuesday, August 26, has been moved from the Plaza Branch to the Folly Theater, 300 W 12th St., and RSVPs are now closed. Learn More |
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EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, August 18 - Sunday, August 24, 2014
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Tuesday, August 19 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The Choir Director 2: Runaway Bride - Carl Weber Carl Weber continues the first season of the Library's urban fiction series with a discussion of his sequel to the best-selling The Choir Director, further following the career and challenging personal life of title character Aaron Mackie.
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Wednesday, August 20 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Great War | Great Read: Intelligence and Espionage During World War I - Mark Stout Former State Department and CIA intelligence analyst Mark Stout discusses the birth of modern American espionage during World War I, from aerial reconnaissance and battlefield code-breaking to the search for spies and saboteurs back home in the States.
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Thursday, August 21 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God - Frank Schaeffer Best-selling author Frank Schaeffer doesn't unequivocally believe in God. But moved in part by the love for his children and grandchildren, he prays every day. In a discussion of his latest book he asks: What's wrong with that paradox?
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Hollywood's Greatest Year
Take a trip in time back to 1939, regarded by many critics as the greatest year in the history of American film.
Saturday, August 23 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Stagecoach (1939)
Not Rated (96 min.)
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On display through August 31, 2014
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story This exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution celebrates the history of America's Asian Pacific citizens - from the first Asian immigrants to their place in key moments in America's history.
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On display through January 4, 2015
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Cowtown: History of the Kansas City Stockyards For more than a century the Kansas City Stockyards fed a hungry nation. This new exhibit features a historical treasure trove of photographs, blueprints, maps, drawings, and documents celebrating the city's great economic engine.
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NEXT WEEK
August 25 - August 31, 2014
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Tuesday, August 26 · 6:00 p.m.
Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St.
Anita: Speaking Truth to Power - Anita Hill
RSVPs Closed | Learn More
Wednesday, August 27 · 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome - Adrian Goldsworthy
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Thursday, August 28 · 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Conserving Our Dynamic Planet: Why Healthy Forests Matter - Stuart Davies
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Saturday, August 30 · 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939; NR)
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