THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, March 2 - Sunday, March 8, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Tuesday, March 3 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs - Amy Wilkinson
Strategic adviser Amy Wilkinson interviewed 200 leading entrepreneurs - including the founders of eBay, Under Armour, LinkedIn, and Dropbox - and distilled six fundamental strategies that helped them rise to the top. She shares her findings in a discussion of her new book.



Wednesday, March 4 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die - Traci Angel
Longtime journalist Traci Angel walks through an array of Kansas City's bucket-list experiences, offering the best day-trip destinations, draws for out-of-towners, and offbeat pleasures in a discussion of her new book.



Sunday, March 8 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Script-in-Hand Series: Same Time, Next Year
The Library's ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, continues with the every-five-years look at a couple - married but not to each other - who rendezvous annually at the same California country inn.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Friday, March 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun: Eric Vaughn Magic
Decorated Kansas City magician Eric Vaughn delivers an interactive, enthusiastic - and just plain wacky - performance that keeps audiences simultaneously laughing and scratching their heads. Appropriate for all ages.

FILMS


Love on the Rocks:
Wicked Love

In conjunction with the Library's Winter Reading Program, themed Love on the Rocks, check out these films reminding us that not every fairy tale ends happily ever after.

 

Saturday, March 7 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Mad Love (1995)
Rated PG-13 (93 min.)

 



Love on the Rocks:
Read It/Watch It

Join Kansas City Public Library staff for film screenings and animated conversations centered on quality film versions of books that are official selections of the Love on the Rocks 2015 Winter Reading Program. Discussions immediately follow film presentations.

 

Saturday, March 7 - 2:00 p.m.
Sugar Creek Branch, 102 South Sterling
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Not Rated (108 min.)

 

EXHIBITS


On display through March 8, 2015
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Dick Berkley: A Mayor, A Camera, A Life in Pictures
As mayor of Kansas City and as a prolific amateur photographer, Richard Berkley knew both sides of the camera lens. This new exhibit features dozens of shots from his personal collection, some taken by him, others featuring him with local, national and international luminaries.



On display through May 31, 2015
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Justice Postponed Is Justice Denied: Lucile Bluford and the Campaign for Educational Equality
Lucile Bluford - for whom the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch is named - played a key role in the eventual elimination of the country's "separate but equal" doctrine in education. This exhibit chronicles that legal struggle and a life in which she also distinguished herself as a journalist.



On display through April 12, 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.

 NEXT WEEK
  March 9 - March 15, 2015

Tuesday, March 10 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Lincoln's Last Months and Victory - Terry Beckenbaugh
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Wednesday, March 11 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Irish Mammies - Colm O'Regan
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Thursday, March 12 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Hail to the Chiefs: James Madison - David O. Stewart
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Saturday, March 14 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Love on the Rocks Film Series:
Wings of the Dove (1997; R)

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Sunday, March 15 � 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Tales of the Historic West Bottoms - Steve Noll
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