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The Kansas City Public Library - Central Library

14 West 10th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
United States

816-701-3400

Web site: http://www.kclibrary.org/

Events: http://www.kclibrary.org/events-… (updated February 14)

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Description: Central Library Hours
9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Monday - Wednesday
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday

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Brink Lindsey (March 12 at 6:30pm)
Brink Lindsey reads from The age of abundance: how prosperity transformed America's politics and culture.
Author Brink Lindsey discusses his book, The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture, at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 12, at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

In The Age of Abundance, Lindsey offers a new interpretation of the latter half of the 20th century. ... (more)Lindsey says after the economy began to rapidly grow following World War II, new political interests emerged to rival economics for most Americans. "One side attacked capitalism while rejoicing in its fruits; the other side celebrated capitalism while denouncing its fruits as poisonous," Lindsey writes.

Lindsey, vice president for research at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., will make the case that a new—decidedly more libertarian—political center has emerged in America.

A 6 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Antonio Holland (March 16 at 2:00pm)
Antonio Holland discusses Nathan B. Young And the Struggle over Black Higher Education.
A colleague of Booker T. Washington with two degrees from Oberlin College, Nathan B. Young found his place in 1923 as president of Missouri's Lincoln University, where he raised academic standards and earned accreditation for its programs.

Antonio F. Holland discusses the legacy of Nathan B. Young ... (more)and the evolution of education for former slaves and their descendants on Sunday, March 16, at 2 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Progress at Lincoln University swayed with the era's political winds as white politicians grew increasingly intolerant of black students learning the liberal arts. In 1924, state legislators made Young a target and succeeded in ousting him in 1927. One year and another election later, Young returned to helm the university. Legislators ended his career by forcing him out again in 1931.

Holland is chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Lincoln University. He is author of Nathan B. Young And the Struggle over Black Higher Education, and coauthor with Gary Kremer of Missouri's Black Heritage .

This presentation is part of the Missouri Valley Speakers Series, a program of the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Central Library. The series is made possible in part by a grant form the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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The Literature of Edward P. Jones (March 20 at 7:00pm)
Edward P. Jones, Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, and Whitney Terrell discusses The Known World.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and 2008 University of Missouri—Kansas City Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence, Edward P. Jones, will join UMKC's fiction writing faculty members Christie Hodgen, Michael Pritchett, and Whitney Terrell in a discussion of his work on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at ... (more)the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

The quartet will discuss Jones' acclaimed novel The Known World, an ambitious book that blends the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians while allowing the reader a peek into the multidimensional world created by slavery. The novel garnered Jones the Pulitzer as well as the National Book Critics Circle award. Jones is also the author of two award-winning short story collections, Lost in the City and All Aunt Hagar's Children.

In conjunction with the Kansas City Public Library, the discussion is sponsored by UMKC and The Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair.

A 6:30 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Christopher Rice (April 1 at 7:00pm)
Christopher Rice discusses Blind Fall.
Throughout the month of April, a series of Kansas City Public Library events, in association with Rainy Day Books, dubbed Murder Ink will feature authors Christopher Rice, Scott Heim, and Lee Martin.

The triumvirate, boasting multiple bestseller listings and Pulitzer Prize consideration, are widely ... (more)considered to be among today’s premier murder-mystery writers. Rice will be at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., on Tuesday, April 1, Heim at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., on Tuesday, April 22, and Martin at Central on Tuesday, April 29.

Rice, a three-time bestselling author whose work has been described as "bold and ambitious" by The New York Times, will discuss his recently released military thriller, Blind Fall. The son of famed author Anne Rice doesn’t disappoint with this story of honor and integrity. Two men, one a Marine, one gay, must unite to avenge the death of the man they both loved—one as a brother-in-arms, one as a lover.

"I’m excited about Blind Fall," Rice said, "because I think, like my favorite thrillers that I enjoy reading, it engages a serious issue in a very suspenseful and exciting way."

Mysterious SkinHeim, perhaps best known for his novel Mysterious Skin, made into the 2004 film starring Elisabeth Shue and Brady Corbet, will discuss his recently released effort, We Disappear.

Born and raised in Kansas, Heim has penned a dark and compelling book about lost innocence, family responsibility, and the dangers of obsession.

The Bright ForeverRounding out the series is Martin, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Bright Forever. Past and present collide in Martin’s latest offering, River of Heaven, a story involving a man, his brother, and the dark secret that both connects and divides them. The haunting page-turner weaves a story of love and loss, confession and redemption, and the mystery surrounding the 1955 death of a boy named Dewey Finn.

All events begin at 7 p.m. with 6:30 p.m. receptions preceding the discussions. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Book copies for the authors will be available for sale courtesy of Rainy Day Books.
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Nathan Englander (April 2 at 7:00pm)
Nathan Englander discusses Ministry of Special Cases.
Novelist Nathan Englander, author of Ministry of Special Cases, gives this month's talk in the Kansas City Public Library's ongoing Writers at Work series on Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Set at the start of Argentina's Dirty War (1976-83), Ministry of Special ... (more)Cases is the story of “one spectacularly hopeless man” trying to overcome his history and his name and set things right for once in his life. The book centers on a single family, but manages to capture the grief of an entire nation during one of the most brutal campaigns the world has ever known.

Englander is also the author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, published in 1999, an international bestseller and the winner of the PEN/Faulkner Malamud Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Englander's books will be available courtesy of Rainy Day Books, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event.

Writers at Work is organized by Kansas City novelist Whitney Terrell and co-sponsored by Chris Davis, and the English Department at UMKC.

Admission is free. A 6:30 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.

The 2007-08 Writers at Work Series has featured authors intimately connected to New York City.
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Thomas Cahill (April 3 at 7:00pm)
Thomas Cahill discusses Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe .
Author Thomas Cahill discusses his most recent book Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Mysteries of the Middle Ages is the fifth book in Cahill's prospective seven-volume ... (more)series, The Hinges of History. The series began with How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold History of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, arguably Cahill's best-known book.

In Mysteries of the Middle Ages, Cahill takes a closer look at the dawn of the modern Western world—the High Middle Ages—when Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today.

Cahill's books will be available, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event. The event is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books.

A 6:30 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Steve Weinberg (April 8 at 6:30pm)
Steve Weinberg discusses Taking on the Trust.
Investigative journalist and author Steve Weinberg talks about the life and work of pioneering reporter and Progressive Era icon Ida Tarbell, in his new book Taking on the Trust, during a presentation on Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Through a series of magazine ... (more)articles later published as The History of the Standard Oil Company, Tarbell took on John D. Rockefeller and his powerful monopoly—helping set in motion an unprecedented 1911 Supreme Court decision that changed American business practices. Along the way, Tarbell pioneered investigative journalism, the tools and techniques that established newspapers as the watchdog of government and advocates for the public interest.

Weinberg is the author of six previous nonfiction books—including the biography Armand Hammer: The Untold Story and The Reporter’s Handbook, considered an essential text for any practicing journalist. He teaches at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and is the former executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative reporting.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Michael Knox Beran (April 9 at 6:30pm)
Michael Knox Beran discusses Forge of Empires: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made.
Author and historian Michael Knox Beran discusses his most recent book Forge of Empires: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made on Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Forge of Empires explains how Abraham Lincoln, Otto von Bismarck, and Czar Alexander ... (more)II in the space of a decade transformed the United States, Germany, and Russia into world powers that would dominate the 20th century.

Beran tells the stories of the three leaders from the point of view of those who participated in events between 1861 and 1871—among them Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary Chesnut and Leo Tolstoy, Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Christopher Catherwood (April 11 at 6:30pm)
Christopher Catherwood discusses Churchill's Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq.
Historian Christopher Catherwood discusses his book, Churchill's Folly: How Winston Churchill Created Modern Iraq, on Friday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

In Churchill's Folly, Catherwood discusses how Churchill's post-World War I decision to create the artificial ... (more)Kingdom of Iraq was a colossal mistake with calamitous consequences.

Further, Catherwood makes the case that many of the same mistakes are being made today as the United States and its allies attempt to impose democracy on Iraq.

Catherwood's books will be available courtesy of Rainy Day Books, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Don Borchert (April 15 at 6:30pm)
Don Borchert discusses Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library.
On Tuesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Don Borchert offers a glimpse into the chaotic world of public libraries in his memoir Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library.

A former short-order cook, door-to-door salesman, and telemarketer before ... (more)landing a job as a librarian in California, Borchert never imagined the encounters he would have with adolescents, threatening bullies, and tricksters in a learning institution. Equal parts funny and moving, Free for All touches on the everyday lives of a diverse group of people connected to the library.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Lee Martin (April 29 at 7:00pm)
Lee Martin discusses River of Heaven.
Throughout the month of April, a series of Kansas City Public Library events, in association with Rainy Day Books, dubbed Murder Ink will feature authors Christopher Rice, Scott Heim, and Lee Martin.

The triumvirate, boasting multiple bestseller listings and Pulitzer Prize consideration, are widely ... (more)considered to be among today’s premier murder-mystery writers. Rice will be at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., on Tuesday, April 1, Heim at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., on Tuesday, April 22, and Martin at Central on Tuesday, April 29.

Rice, a three-time bestselling author whose work has been described as "bold and ambitious" by The New York Times, will discuss his recently released military thriller, Blind Fall. The son of famed author Anne Rice doesn’t disappoint with this story of honor and integrity. Two men, one a Marine, one gay, must unite to avenge the death of the man they both loved—one as a brother-in-arms, one as a lover.

"I’m excited about Blind Fall," Rice said, "because I think, like my favorite thrillers that I enjoy reading, it engages a serious issue in a very suspenseful and exciting way."

Mysterious SkinHeim, perhaps best known for his novel Mysterious Skin, made into the 2004 film starring Elisabeth Shue and Brady Corbet, will discuss his recently released effort, We Disappear.

Born and raised in Kansas, Heim has penned a dark and compelling book about lost innocence, family responsibility, and the dangers of obsession.

The Bright ForeverRounding out the series is Martin, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Bright Forever. Past and present collide in Martin’s latest offering, River of Heaven, a story involving a man, his brother, and the dark secret that both connects and divides them. The haunting page-turner weaves a story of love and loss, confession and redemption, and the mystery surrounding the 1955 death of a boy named Dewey Finn.

All events begin at 7 p.m. with 6:30 p.m. receptions preceding the discussions. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Book copies for the authors will be available for sale courtesy of Rainy Day Books.
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Walter Bargen (April 30 at 6:30pm)
Walter Bargen.
Missouri’s first poet laureate, Walter Bargen, will be interviewed in front of a live audience by New Letters on the Air host Angela Elam on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt chose Bargen to be Missouri’s first poet laureate in ... (more)January. Bargen will write an original poem honoring Missouri to be unveiled at a later date and will tour the state to promote poetry and the arts. Prior to the appointment of Bargen, Missouri was one of only nine states that did not have a poet laureate.

Bargen has published 12 books of poetry, including The Feast, winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for poetry. The honor recognizes literary excellence by Kansas and Missouri authors.

A 6 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Alison Lurie (May 9 at 6:30pm)
Alison Lurie.
In a prelude to Saturday's grand opening of the Children's Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie gives a keynote address on the subject of children's literature on Friday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library.

Lurie, who has been described by The New York Times as "one of this ... (more)country's most able and witty novelists," has made her mark in the literary world in genres including Children's Essays, Novels, and Nonfiction. Her most famous work, Foreign Affairs, earned Lurie the Pulitzer in 1985. Just a few years later, Lurie began to alter the landscape of children's literature with a collection of well-received essays. In 1990, she published Don't Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children' Literature, followed by Boys and Girls Forever in 2004.

A 6 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Kevin Willmott (May 18 at 2:00pm)
Kevin Willmott discusses Midnight Rambles: Oscar Micheaux and the Roots of Black Cinema.
Oscar Micheaux started introducing the world to an African American film perspective in 1919 through his trail blazing cinematic works, which rejected Hollywood stereotypes of people of color and introduced such talent as Paul Robeson and Evelyn Preer.

In conjunction with the Central Library's Imaging ... (more)Blackness exhibit currently on display through June 22, Kevin Willmott offers an in-depth look at the films of Oscar Micheaux in this illustrated talk that will include film clips on Sunday, May 18, at 2 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Micheaux applied Midwestern practicality and ingenuity to the production and promotion of his independent films, which were oftentimes screened during "midnight rambles," late night showings for black audiences otherwise shunned by theater owners.

Willmott is a film professor at the University of Kansas. His credits as a director include CSA: The Confederate States of America (2004) as well as the forthcoming films Bunker Hill and The Only Good Indian.

This presentation is part of the Missouri Valley Speakers Series, a program of the Missouri Valley Special Collections at the Central Library. The series is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Wilma King (May 20 at 6:30pm)
Wilma King discusses The Essence of Liberty: Free Black Women during the Slave Era.
Historian Wilma King discusses her book, The Essence of Liberty: Free Black Women during the Slave Era on Tuesday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

With slavery and freedom coexisting rather tenuously in America before 1865, the environment made it possible not only for ... (more)enslaved women to become free, but also for emancipated women to suddenly lose their independence.

The Essence of Liberty blends social, political, and economic history to analyze the experiences of black women in both the North and the South from the colonial period through emancipation.

Focusing on class and familial relationships, King examines the myriad sources of freedom for black women to show the many factors that, along with time spent in slavery before emancipation, shaped the meaning of freedom.

King’s book will be available for sale and the author will sign copies purchased during the event.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Julienne Gehrer (May 24 at 10:30am)
Julienne Gehrer discusses In Season: Cooking Fresh from the Kansas City's Farmer's Market.
On Saturday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., local author Julienne Gehrer will give tips on how people can use local farmers' markets to cook fresh when she discusses her book, In Season: Cooking Fresh from the Kansas City's Farmer's Market.

Gehrer, an editorial director ... (more)for Hallmark Cards, has organized a unique collection of recipes and personal stories to help readers cook with the rhythm of the seasons while learning about the people who grow our food.

Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Tony Horwitz (May 28 at 7:00pm)
Tony Horwitz discusses A Voyage Long and Strange.
Best-selling author Tony Horwitz discusses the travel bug and his latest adventures to unearth the neglected history of America's early European settlers, as chronicled in his new book A Voyage Long and Strange, on Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Horwitz shares ... (more)tales from pre-colonial America, focusing on the Vikings, conquistadors, castaways, French voyageurs, Moorish slaves, and others who roamed and rampaged across most of the modern United States long before the Mayflower landed. He then retraces their steps – seeking out the grape-rich Vinland, Ponce de León's Fountain of Youth, Coronado's Cities of Gold, Walter Raleigh's Lost Colonists, and other mysteries of early America. Everywhere he goes, Horwitz probes the revealing gap between fact and legend.

Horwitz is also the author of Confederates in the Attic, Blue Latitudes, and Baghdad Without a Map. As a Wall Street Journal reporter in 1995, he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for articles on the working conditions of low-wage Americans.

Copies of A Voyage Long and Strange will be avail­able, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event. The event is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books.

Admission is free. A 6:30 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending.
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John Perkins (May 29 at 7:00pm)
John Perkins discusses Secret History of the American Empire.
Author John Perkins discusses his latest book, Secret History of the American Empire, on Thursday, May 29, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Perkins is also the author of the best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. In his follow up book, Secret History of the American Empire, ... (more)Perkins calls on his own corporate experiences to make his case that American companies and the government have worked together to advance American business causes at the expense of citizens in the United States and abroad.

The discussion is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books, who will be on hand to sell copies of the books. The author will sign copies purchased at the event.

Admission is free. A 6:30 p.m. reception precedes the event. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Historian John Buchanan to Discuss How Washington's Defeats Ultimately Lead to Victory in Revolutionary War (July 2 at 6:00pm)
John Buchanan discusses The Road to Valley Forge.
Author and historian John Buchanan discusses The First (and Worst!) Six Months of American Independence on Wednesday, July 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Buchanan, author of The Road to Valley Forge, will discuss the disastrous string of American defeats that followed the signing ... (more)of the Declaration of Independence and how the battlefield reverses ironically enabled Washington to win the Revolutionary War. A former archivist at Cornell University and former chief registrar of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Buchanan is also the author of The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas and Jackson’s Way: Andrew Jackson and the People of the Western Waters. Copies of Buchanan’s books will be available for sale courtesy of Barnes & Noble on the Plaza, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Admission is free. Call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending or you may RSVP online. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July -- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) on July 7. (July 7 at 6:30pm)
Derived from the new Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection, the Unreeling Riffs film series offers jazz onscreen every Monday at 6:30 p.m. throughout July 2008 in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection is a selection of jazz-oriented ... (more)CDs and DVDs funded by a competitively awarded grant from Baker & Taylor Inc. The collection is available at the Central Library. Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) on July 7. Jazz composer/pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk is the mysterious turning point at the center of this extraordinary documentary that captures this unique individual both as an artist and as a human being. Rated PG-13. (90 min.)
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eCoustic Duo of John Mark and Ken Eberhart To Fuse Music And Poetry In Performance At Kansas City Public Library (July 8 at 6:00pm)
John Mark Eberhart with Ken Eberhart reads from several of his poetry works..
eCoustic Duo of John Mark and Ken Eberhart To Fuse Music And Poetry In Performance At Kansas City Public Library. Kansas City Star Book Editor John Mark Eberhart and his brother, Ken Eberhart, present From Jazz to Verse, a fusion of poetry and music on Tuesday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, ... (more)14 W. 10th St. The two together form the eCoustic Duo. John Mark Eberhart is the author of two collections of poetry, Night Watch (2005) and Broken Time (2008). His work has appeared in numerous publications including New Letters, New Millennium Writings, Pleiades, and the Midwest Review. While John Mark honed his writing skills, Ken Eberhart mastered the art of music. As a premier percussionist, Ken earned his master’s degree in music from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. John Mark received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri and his master’s degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Ken will perform on marimba, hand drums, and other instruments to complement the motifs in John Mark’s poetry. A 6 p.m. reception will precede the event. Admission is free. Call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending or you may RSVP online. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Deborah Crombie (July 10 at 7:00pm)
Deborah Crombie promotes Where Memories Lie.
Critically acclaimed novelist Deborah Crombie will introduce her latest effort, Where Memories Lie, on Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

The book is the 12th in the Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid/Sargeant Gemma James series, which has earned several accolades, ... (more)including Agatha and Macavity nominations, a Noble Book award, and Edgar Award nomination.

Described as “a master of the modern British mystery” and “one writer who gets better with every book,” Crombie’s new novel is thought to be her most suspenseful yet. In Where Memories Lie, Duncan and Gemma find themselves drawn into a web of deceit and treachery that has roots in the turmoil of 1939 as England and Germany hover on the brink of war.

A 6:30 p.m. reception precedes Crombie’s presentation. The event is co-sponsored by Rainy Day Books. Crombie’s books will be available for sale, and the author will sign copies purchased at the event.

Admission is free. Call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending or you may RSVP online. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July -- Young Man with a Horn (1950) on July 14. (July 14 at 6:30pm)
Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July. Derived from the new Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection, the Unreeling Riffs film series offers jazz onscreen every Monday at 6:30 p.m. throughout July 2008 in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. ... (more)Young Man with a Horn (1950) on July 14. The young man is the perfectly cast Kirk Douglas in clenched-jaw mode, portraying a jazz trumpeter based loosely on Bix Beiderbecke; the trumpet work is courtesy of Harry James. Doris Day and Lauren Bacall vie for Douglas’s attention, while Hoagy Carmichael is a personable guide into the life of the musician. Not Rated. (112 min.) The Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection is a selection of jazz-oriented CDs and DVDs funded by a competitively awarded grant from Baker & Taylor Inc. The collection is available at the Central Library
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Carl Cannon (July 15 at 6:30pm)
Carl Cannon discusses Reagan's Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy.
Washington correspondent and veteran political journalist Carl M. Cannon discusses the managerial failings of America's first MBA president, George W. Bush, on Tuesday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Cannon is the co-author, along with his father Lou Cannon, of Reagan's ... (more)Disciple: George W. Bush's Troubled Quest for a Presidential Legacy. In Reagan's Disciple, the Cannons explain how the 43rd president of the United States compares to the man he has called his mentor.

Carl M. Cannon is currently the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for Reader's Digest and a contributing editor for National Journal. Lou Cannon has been on the staff of The Washington Post for more than 30 years and is considered by many to be the most prolific biographer of President Ronald Reagan.

Reagan's Disciple will be available for sale, and the author will sign copies purchased during the event.

A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. Admission is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Yvonne Patterson (July 19 at 2:00pm)
Yvonne Patterson.
Celebrate the new Children's Library at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

On July 19, horticulturist and rainforest photojournalist, Yvonne Patterson, brings 12 birds, including eagle owls, toucans, cockatoos, macaws, and doves for a unique show that is both entertaining and educational. The birds ... (more)talk, skate, bicycle, and spell. Audience participation is encouraged as Yvonne shares the intelligence and natural beauty of rare birds.

Admission to is free. Complete the form below or call 816.701.3407 to indicate your interest in attending. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.
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Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July -- Round Midnight (1986) on July 21. (July 21 at 6:30pm)
Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July. Derived from the new Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection, the Unreeling Riffs film series offers jazz onscreen every Monday at 6:30 p.m. throughout July 2008 in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. ... (more)Round Midnight (1986) on July 21. Jazz sax great Dexter Gordon stars as an ex-patriot seeking consolation from his woes, both personal and artistic, in 1950s Paris. The fictionalized story borrows freely from events in the lives of both saxophonist Lester Young and pianist Bud Powell. In addition to Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, and Wayne Shorter are featured in this heartfelt homage to the Parisian jazz scene in the 1950s. Rated R. (132 min.) The Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection is a selection of jazz-oriented CDs and DVDs funded by a competitively awarded grant from Baker & Taylor Inc. The collection is available at the Central Library
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Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July -- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) on July 28. (July 28 at 6:30pm)
Kansas City Public Library Showcases Jazz Films throughout July. Derived from the new Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection, the Unreeling Riffs film series offers jazz onscreen every Monday at 6:30 p.m. throughout July 2008 in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. ... (more)Anatomy of a Murder (1959) on July 28. One of the great realistic courtroom dramas, and one of the first feature movies to be set to a notable jazz score (compliments of Duke Ellington, who wrote the music, led his orchestra on the soundtrack, and appeared as “Pie Eye.”) The superior cast includes James Stewart, George C. Scott, and Lee Remick involved in a case of “acquaintance rape” that pulls no linguistic punches, insuring that, upon its release, it was a cause célèbre. The taut direction is by Otto Preminger. Not Rated. (161 min.) The Kansas City Jazz Marquee Collection is a selection of jazz-oriented CDs and DVDs funded by a competitively awarded grant from Baker & Taylor Inc. The collection is available at the Central Library
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Fred Strebeigh (May 28 at 6:30pm)
Fred Strebeigh discusses Equal: Women Reshape American Law.
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Diane Wei Liang (June 8 at 6:30pm)
Diane Wei Liang discusses Lake with No Name.
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David O. Stewart (June 10 at 6:30pm)
David O. Stewart discusses Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy.
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Craig Santos Perez (June 17 at 6:30pm)
Craig Santos Perez reads from From Unincorporated Territory.
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