THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, April 13 - Sunday, April 19, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Tuesday, April 14 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

The Fall of Saigon, 1975 - James H. Willbanks
Observing the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, James H. Willbanks of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth examines the events that precipitated the final collapse of South Vietnam.



Wednesday, April 15 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln - Richard Brookhiser
On the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death, historian Richard Brookhiser discusses his new book about our 16th president and the guidance and inspiration he took from the lives and works of George Washington, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson.



Thursday, April 16 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

My Grandfather Would Have
Shot Me
- Jennifer Teege
German-Nigerian author Jennifer Teege joins the Library's Kaite Stover for a public conversation about Teege's awful discovery - that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant chillingly depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.



Sunday, April 19 - 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

History on a Piece of Cloth: Kansas Flour Sacks - Nancy Jo Leachman
Kansas mills once packed their flour in cotton sacks stamped not only with names, locations, and brands but also political views and other distinctive motifs. Nancy Jo Leachman, a Salina librarian and vintage flour sack collector, delivers an illustrated walk-through.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Friday, April 17 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun: Take the Stage - Dancing in the Stacks
Guided by artists from the Owen/Cox Dance Group's Take the Stage Program, young participants draw inspiration from children's books and literature during National Library Week to find the dancer in them. Appropriate for all ages.

FILMS


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 18 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000) Rated PG-13 (106 min.)

 



Kansas City FilmFest Presents

Kansas City FilmFest screens Kevin Costner's beloved ode to baseball, a blend of fairy tale, family and the national pastime that earned an Academy Award nomination for best picture in 1990. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

 

Saturday, April 18 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 St.
Field of Dreams (1989)
Rated PG (107 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.

 NEXT WEEK
  April 20 - April 26, 2015

Tuesday, April 21 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Jam on the Vine - LaShonda Katrice Barnett
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Wednesday, April 22 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Beyond the Gowns: Edith Kermit Roosevelt - Lewis L. Gould
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Saturday, April 25 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: Raising Arizona (1987; PG-13)
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