THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, March 23 - Sunday, March 29, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Wednesday, March 25 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

When Kansas City Went to War - Henry Bloch, Edward T. Matheny Jr., Bill Dunn Sr.
Launching a new series, War Stories: World War II Remembered, Time magazine editor-at-large David Von Drehle interviews three of Kansas City's most recognizable veterans of the six-year conflict: civic giants Henry Bloch, Edward T. Matheny Jr., and Bill Dunn Sr.



Thursday, March 26 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

The Conservatarian Manifesto - Charles C.W. Cooke
National Review's Charles C.W. Cooke discusses a new breed of young Republicans who advocate fiscal responsibility and smaller government but hold more liberal views on such social issues as gay marriage and drug control.



Sunday, March 29 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Script-in-Hand Series:
Barefoot in the Park
The Library's ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, continues with the romantic comedy about the bumpy beginning for two New York City newlyweds. It became Neil Simon's longest-running Broadway hit.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Friday, March 27 - 6:10 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun: Every Game Has a Story - The Sandlot
In partnership with the Kansas City FilmFest, the Library screens 1993's baseball-themed, coming-of-age classic. A brief discussion about the art of storytelling precedes the movie. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Rated PG (101 min.)

Discussion starts at 6:10 p.m.
Film Screening at 6:30 p.m.

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 28 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Rated R (97 min.)

 

EXHIBITS


On display March 28, through
September 27, 2015

Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Gabriella Polony Mountain:
A Life in Art
The Library's new Rocky and Gabriella Mountain Gallery was made possible by the generosity of one of Kansas City's most talented and diverse artists, Gabriella Polony Mountain. It opens with an exhibit of her sculptures, mosaics, stained glass, repouss�, and weavings.



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

Eminent Domain
Through photographs and other materials in this new exhibit, Missouri artist Matt Rahner chronicles the dismantling - via eminent domain - of a four-block section of Kansas City's Wendell Phillips neighborhood to make room for a new police station and crime lab.



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 30 - April 5, 2015

Tuesday, March 31 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination - Barry Strauss
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Wednesday, April 1 � 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Play on, Philly! - Stanford Thompson
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Wednesday, April 1 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy - Ethan S. Rafuse
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Friday, April 3 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Friday Night Family Fun: Community School #1 - Rats!
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Saturday, April 4 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: The Jerk (1979; R)
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