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For Further, Discussion: Confronting Extremist Violence, the Refugee Crisis, and Fear

Amid humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq and debate in the U.S. about how to address them, a panel of Kansas City-area faith leaders sat down in May to discuss religious teachings and traditions and whether they could – or… more

The Apache Wars: Paul Andrew Hutton

America’s longest war began with an Apache raid and kidnapping of an Arizona rancher’s 12-year-old stepson in 1861. It would last more than a quarter of a century, the government waging a campaign to confine the various Apache bands to… more

An Evening with Artist Siah Armajani

Iranian-born Siah Armajani is a leading figure in conceptualizing the role and function of public art, including its incorporation in bridges. His mixed-media work Kansas City No. 1 was donated to Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art two years ago, and is the… more

Kansas City: A Food Biography – Andrea Broomfield

While some cities owe their existence to lumber, oil, or steel, Kansas City is arguably – or perhaps not so arguably – built on food. From its earliest days as a provisioner for pioneers and traders headed west, KC evolved… more

Friends of The Kansas City Public Library Summer Book Sale

Looking for some good reads, new music, or a movie or two to enjoy this summer and fall? On the first Saturday of the month from August through October, in the atrium north of Steamboat Arabia at the City Market, the Friends of the… more

Bully Nation – Charles Derber, Yale Magrass

It's not just bullies in the schoolyard that should worry us. Charles Derber and Yale Magrass point to a larger, more systemic problem with aggression and intimidation – waged by corporations, by Congress, by our military. In a discussion of their new book Bully Nation:… more

The Status of Women at Work: Harassment, Equal Pay, and LGBT Protections – Andrea G. Baran

Fifty-plus years after the creation of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, much progress has been made for women in the workplace. But inequalities remain. “(T)oo many people in too many workplaces find themselves in unacceptably harassing situations when they… more

Off-the-Wall Film Series: 10 Things I Hate About You

In 10 Things I Hate About You (PG-13, 97 min., 1999), a retake of Taming of the Shrew, high school student Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with lovely sophomore Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), but he finds she’s forbidden from dating until her rebellious and… more