Signature Event From Wettest Block to Wickedest City Sunday, June 6, 2021 3:00pm Online It was inevitable that the bawdy, alcohol-infused culture of 19th-century Kansas City would draw the ire of social reformers and prohibi... Read More
Signature Event Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power Thursday, June 3, 2021 6:30pm Online The sweeping story of the private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman is a window into the rise of American capitalism and our country’s subseq... Read More
Signature Event Making College Matter (More) Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:30pm Online Higher education has been in the news a lot lately as politicians debate the merits of student loan forgiveness and free community college tuition.... Read More
Signature Event Kidney to Share Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6:30pm Online There are more than 90,000 people on the kidney transplant list in the United States. Every day, 13 of them die waiting for a call. We need more li... Read More
Signature Event 9:29: The Minutes that Moved Kansas City Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:00pm Online The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, moved the world and Kansas City in ways that are still coming into focus. KS... Read More
Signature Event Rebecca Solnit: Putting Libraries in Their (Indispensable) Place Monday, May 24, 2021 6:30pm Online In a special online presentation marking the wider reopening of the Kansas City Public Library’s physical spaces and services on June 1, renowned auth... Read More
Signature Event Fixing Underperforming Schools Thursday, May 20, 2021 6:30pm Online Kansas City’s long-troubled public schools system has shown promising improvement. Student performance in math and English is rising. Full accredit... Read More
Signature Event The Donut King Wednesday, May 19, 2021 6:00pm Online Walk into one of the hundreds of donut shops in Southern California – the land of glitz also happens to be the country’s donut capital – and odds a... Read More
Signature Event Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West Sunday, May 16, 2021 3:00pm Online Even among the iconic frontiersmen of the American West, Jim Bridger stands out as larger than life. Born in 1804 and orphaned at 1... Read More
Signature Event The Truman Court Tuesday, May 11, 2021 6:30pm Online Today’s hyper-political sensitivity to U.S. Supreme Court appointments traces back to the only president elected from Missouri. Harry Truman revolu... Read More