THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, March 30 - Sunday, April 5, 2015

 

Library Holiday Closure

All Library locations will be closed on Sunday,
April 5
, in observance of Easter.

 

SIGNATURE EVENTS


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
Shakespeare made Julius Caesar's assassination the most famous in history. Cornell University's Barry Strauss, in a discussion of his new book, details the real story - which it turns out is even more gripping than the Bard's depiction.



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
Ethan S. Rafuse of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses the South's stunning downturn in the final two years of the Civil War and the events preceding Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in April 1865.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Friday, April 3 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun: Community School #1 - Rats!
Community School #1 students stage a new, musical look at the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. The adapted script reflects their love for Kansas City and for having a good time. Appropriate for all ages.

FILMS


Wednesday, April 1 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Play on, Philly! - Stanford Thompson
Stanford Thompson - founder and artistic director of Play On, Philly!, the after-school initiative offering daily musical instruction to underserved students in Philadelphia - appears for a screening of Crescendo: The Power of Music, a documentary about the program.

Screening: 2 p.m. * Discussion follows



April Fools Film Series

Celebrate April Fools Day throughout the entire month of April with this selection of films featuring one or more notable fools ... from Steve Martin's Navin R. Johnson in The Jerk to Nicolas Cage's Herbert I. McDunnough in Raising Arizona. You'd be a fool to miss it.

 

Saturday, April 4 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The Jerk (1979)
Rated R (94 min.)

 

EXHIBITS


On display 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 installation, 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
  April 6 - April 12, 2015

Tuesday, April 7 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Being Boss-y: A Conversation About Women and Men in the Workplace - Ashley Milne-Tyte
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Wednesday, April 8 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google - John Palfrey
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Thursday, April 9 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation
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Friday, April 10 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Friday Night Family Fun: Jason Divad: That Was Awesome!
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Saturday, April 11 � 10:00 a.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Money Smart Day
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Saturday, April 11 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: A Fish Called Wanda (1988; R)
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Saturday, April 11 � 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
5th District Voyage of Artistic Discovery
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Sunday, April 12 � 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Coterie Theatre: Dramatic Story Time - Where the Wild Things Are
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