Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures The Midwest Genealogy Center Presents: Spit or Swab - Should You Use DNA for Family Research? Whether you're looking for a biological kinship, your ancestry origin, or wanting to uncover your Native American, Jewish ancestry, or looking for a breakthrough in your research, DNA test results can offer answers. Join international genealogist Kathleen ...	Midwest Genealogy Center Independence, MO Sat 4/21/18 at 6:30pm-7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Aging Mastery Class Tri-County Mental Health Services will sponsor an Aging Mastery Program in Kearney. The 10 week class will begin on Monday, Feb. 26 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. The event is being hosted by Oak Pointe of Kearney, 200 Meadowbrook Drive. More information and regist...	Oak Pointe of Kearney Kearney, MO Mon 4/23/18 at 6pm-7:30pm Mon 4/30/18 at 6pm-7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures, Politics, Social Event Coffee with Your Legislators: Find our what’s percolating in the Kansas Legislature Find our what’s percolating in the Kansas Legislature-- Have coffee with your elected state officials and hear what’s happening in the Legislature. LWVJoCo and area libraries will host informal coffee at 10 a.m. on April 28 at Lenexa City Hall, 17101 W. 8...	Lenexa City Center Lenexa, KS Sat 4/28/18 at 10am-11am
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Workshop: Contemporary Applications of Neuroscience to Diagnosis and the Practice of Psychotherapy Allan Schore Ph.D. will present his ongoing work on synchronized mutual regressions. Using an interpersonal neurobiological perspective he will discuss the importance of synchronized, mutual regressions unconsciously co-constructed by the patient and ther...	Kauffman Foundation – Conference Center Kansas City, MO Sat 5/5/18 at 9am-4:30pm
Talks & Readings: Conference Missouri Writers Guild Annual Conference Authors, editors, and publishers are invited to attend the annual Missouri Writers Guild 2018 Conference. This year the conference will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia, MO on May 19, 2018. We have packed this day with breakout sessions for ...	Hilton Garden Inn – Columbia Columbia, MO Sat 5/19/18
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures One Community At the heart of Kansas City, on the Great Frieze of the Museum and Memorial, are inscribed the words “Let us strive on to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” That endeavor for peace begins at...	The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial Kansas City, MO Tue 5/22/18 at 6:30pm-7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Pershing Lecture Series: Great War in the Middle East, 1916-18 Many of today’s disputed borders in the Middle East were created during World War I. Join Assistant Professor and Middle East Specialist Lieutenant Colonel Brian Steed of the U.S. Army General Command and Staff College (CGSC) to learn the actions from 1916...	The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial Kansas City, MO Wed 5/23/18 at 6:30pm-8pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures In the Know: Memorializing the Fallen More than 80,000 Americans made the ultimate sacrifice during World War I. In preparation for Memorial Day, join author Scott Schoner as he discusses the memorialization that occurred during and after WWI, the construction and maintenance of overseas milit...	The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial Kansas City, MO Sat 5/26/18 at 1pm-2pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Midwest Genealogy Center Presents: Celebrity Ghosts - A Field Trip of Reported Hauntings For many celebrities and politicians, death doesn’t end their time in the spotlight. Join paranormal researcher and investigator Becky Ray as she discusses why we continue looking for celebrities after they die as well as some "haunts" of history’s notable...	Midwest Genealogy Center Independence, MO Thu 6/14/18 at 6:30pm-7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Researching Your WWII Veteran Piece together your WWII veteran's military experience using web resources, Library resources, and outside sources. Learn what records still exist and how to locate them.	Midwest Genealogy Center Independence, MO Thu 7/5/18 at 6:30pm-7:30pm
Talks & Readings: Talks/Lectures Midwest Genealogy Center Presents: The Two Charleys The 1950 assassinations of Kansas City mobsters Charlie Binaggio and Charlie Gargotta helped usher in the famed Kefauver Committee’s investigation of organized crime in the United States. Join author and filmmaker Terence O’Malley for a look at the crimina...	Midwest Genealogy Center Independence, MO Thu 7/19/18 at 7pm-8pm