THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, April 27 - Sunday, May 3, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Tuesday, April 28 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

The Postwar Dream Home: The Ranch House - Mary van Balgooy
There is a resurgence of interest among today's home buyers and sellers in the classic, 20th-century ranch house. Mary van Balgooy, the biographer of influential architect and ranch house pioneer Cliff May, discusses this modernistic, uniquely American architectural creation.



Wednesday, April 29 - 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Powers of Two - Joshua Wolf Shenk, Robert Day
Lennon and McCartney. Jobs and Wozniak. Writer Joshua Wolf Shenk sits down with native Kansan and author Robert Day to discuss Shenk's new book about the rewards of one-to-one collaboration, Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs.



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

The Economic Value of Teacher Quality - Eric Hanushek
Stanford University's Eric Hanushek discusses the quantifiable economic impact of effective classroom teaching, asserting that we should make significant changes in how we evaluate - and especially reward - our educators.

PRESENTATIONS & ACTIVITIES


Friday, May 1 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun: Cultural Crossroads
Kansas City's Cultural Crossroads initiative looks at the variety of holidays celebrated around the world, helping young participants learn and understand other cultures by creating crafts to take home. Appropriate for all ages.



Sunday, May 3 - 2:00 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Coterie Theatre: Dramatic Story Time
Coterie Theatre artists read from their favorite children's books while the audience enjoys an opportunity to "jump into the story" on stage. This program is appropriate for all ages.

May's Book Selection:
Take Me to Your BBQ by Kathy Duval

FILMS


Orson Welles Film Series

Orson Welles was born 100 years ago this month. Recall, or be introduced to, this filmmaking genius with a monthlong selection of his films, curated by University of Kansas professor John Tibbetts.

 

Saturday, May 2 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Citizen Kane (1941)
Not Rated (119 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
  May 4 - May 10, 2015

Monday, May 4 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
More Than a Season: Building a Championship Culture - Dayton Moore, Matt Fulks
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Tuesday, May 5 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
A Defining Moment: The "Greatest Generation" in the White House - Theodore A. Wilson
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Thursday, May 7 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Canoeing the Great Plains - Patrick Dobson
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Saturday, May 9 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942; Not Rated)
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Sunday, May 10 � 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Script-in-Hand Series - The Light in the Piazza
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