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Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowne...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews Tom Pendergast, portrayed by Bill Wor...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews Langston Hughes, portrayed by Charles Ev...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews Amelia Earhart, portrayed by Ann Birney...

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua p...

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with President Woodrow Wilson, as portrayed by...

His comedies, histories, and tragedies have been performed worldwide for more than 400 years, but William Shakespeare’s personal life remains somethin...

The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...

A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...