The exhibition Resilient KC highlights end-of-semester work by students in the Kansas City Design Center’s Fall 2025 Studio. Their projects focused on resiliency efforts to foster neighborhood self-sufficiency and strengthen community ties. Light refreshments will be served, starting at 4 p.m. and available while suppl...

What are the most surprising, engaging, and thought-provoking books of 2025? Kansas City metro area librarians share their favorite fiction and nonfiction titles, just in time for the holidays.

How did a bizarre online conspiracy movement become a global political force? Chris Conner, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri–Columbia, argues that the modern conspiracy theory movement didn’t appear out of nowhere—it emerged from the void left by decades of neoliberal policy and institutio...

UMKC professor Bradley Poos discusses his new book about Kansas City’s Central High School, founded in 1867. He shares the stories of students, educators, and communities affected by decades of policy changes around race, school choice, and accountability.

Lamonte McIntyre, Darryl Burton, and Patty Prewitt each spent decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. Judith Sabbert, retired president of the Mosaic Life Care Foundation, leads a conversation about their experiences in prison and what life has been like since their release.

The 10th annual Writers for Readers fundraiser dinner features celebrated bestselling author Candice Millard and the announcement of this year's Maya Angelou Book Award winner for poetry. Proceeds fund graduate internships for students who support the award and teach writing classes.

Military professor Geoff Babb discusses the Qing Dynasty’s rise and fall, its military campaigns amid the “Century of Humiliation,” and the events that led to the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Kansas author Laurie Dove discusses her debut book and the high rate of crime against members of Native communities. The novel follows Carrie Starr, who accepts a job as the tribal marshal on the fictional Oklahoma reservation where her father grew up, and investigates the disappearance of a local college student.

Development regulations often make housing, particularly starter homes, more expensive, if not impossible to build. Allison Thurmond Quinlan, an architect and advocate for infill development, discusses how cities can boost affordable housing by removing some barriers.

Historian Lorissa Rinehart discusses her new biography of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rankin, a Republican, remains the only woman from Montana to have been elected to Congress.