THE KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVENTS THIS WEEK
Monday, May 4 - Sunday, May 10, 2015
SIGNATURE EVENTS


Monday, May 4 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

More Than a Season: Building a Championship Culture - Dayton Moore, Matt Fulks
In a conversation about his new book with co-author Matt Fulks, Kansas City Royals General Manager Dayton Moore spells out the leadership principles, strategies and decisions behind the team's rise to American League champion and World Series darling.



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
University of Kansas historian Theodore A. Wilson examines the impact of service in World War II on a succession of presidents - from Truman to George H.W. Bush - and what a lack of wartime experience might mean for 21st-century commanders-in-chief.



Thursday, May 7 - 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Canoeing the Great Plains - Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson, an adjunct history professor at Johnson County Community College, discusses his new book on his transformative journey nearly 20 years ago from Helena, Montana, to Kansas City - by canoe on the Missouri River. That, after he'd walked to Helena.



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

Script-in-Hand Series - The Light in the Piazza
The Library's ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, concludes with a musical about a wealthy mother vacationing in Italy with her beautiful but emotionally stalled teenage daughter.

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 9 - 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942) Not Rated (88 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 11 - May 17, 2015

Monday, May 11 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Thieves of State - Sarah Chayes
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Tuesday, May 12 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
The Book Benefit - Mariah Evans
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Thursday, May 14 � 6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Civil Rights: The Struggle Within - Earnest L. Perry Jr.
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Friday, May 15 � 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.
Friday Night Family Fun: Dancing in the Stacks - Take the Stage
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Friday, May 15 � 8:45 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Off-the-Wall Film Series: Time Bandits (1981; Rated PG)
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Saturday, May 16 � 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Film: Touch of Evil (1958;
Rated PG-13)

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Sunday, May 17 � 2:00 p.m.
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Legacy of Order No. 11 -
Tom Rafiner

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