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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

World Science Fiction Convention Kickoff Event – Tamora Pierce, Brian McClellan

Two of the world’s leading writers of epic fantasy – Tamora Pierce (Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small) and Brian McClellan (The Powder Mage trilogy) – join Library Director of Programming Steven Woolfolk for a discussion of their work and the evolution of the fantasy… 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

The Vanishing Messiah: The Life and Resurrections of Francis Schlatter – David Wetzel

Faith healer? Fraud? Or both? The enigma that was Francis Schlatter emerged in the American West in the late 1800s. In looks, he resembled popular depictions of Jesus, and some said his very touch could heal everything from migraines and… more

Censoring Racial Ridicule – M. Alison Kibler

From racist cartoons and spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols to protest chants and signs condemning gays, hate speech has a long and perplexing history in our country. It pits two deeply held American values, equality and free speech, against each other. In… more

The Cosmopolitans – Sarah Schulman, Kait Heacock

With the new novel The Cosmopolitans by lesbian author and activist Sarah Schulman, the New York-based Feminist Press launches its Corrective Canon initiative aimed at broadening the scope of modern literature.The Cosmopolitans – a retelling of Honoré de Balzac’s 19th-century classic Cousin Bette – revolves around… more

Paint The Town

Paint the Town with us!     September 24, 2016 • 6:30-11 p.m. InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza401 Ward Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64112 Grab your dancing shoes and party dress and join us at the 8th annual Paint the Town… more

Toast for the Children

Celebrate Crittenton's 120th anniversary with special guest Mariel Hemingway  October 20, 2016 • 6-9 p.m. Union Station30 W Pershing Rd, Kansas City, MO 64108  Raise a glass at this annual event to help the children of Crittenton! Please join us to toast the courage… more