Signature Event Binding Us Together Tuesday, February 23, 2021 6:30pm Online Alvin Brooks’ mark on civil rights history in Kansas City – on the city’s history in total – is indelible. Born into povert... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Friday, January 15, 2021 12:00pm Online While more than three dozen Kansas City restaurants have closed for good amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many, many more have managed to survive. But w... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:00pm Online More than three dozen Kansas City restaurants, from burger joints to fine food establishments, have permanently closed over the past 10 months, par... Read More
Signature Event The Past, Present, and Future of Restaurants in KC Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:00pm Online Bluestem. Beignet. Poi-O. The Rieger. The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic extends all too sadly to some of Kansas City’s most adored restaurants, fro... Read More
Signature Event Bridging the Digital Divide in the COVID-19 Era: A Virtual Fireside Chat Tuesday, July 21, 2020 10:00am Online The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the pervasive and pernicious impact that the digital divide – the economic, educational, and social inequity be... Read More
Signature Event Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:00pm In Person Can the U.S. and other coronavirus-ravaged countries take a cue from individuals in crisis and follow their own 12-step path to recovery?... Read More
Signature Event We’ve Built Cities We Can’t Afford Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Kansas City has an infrastructure problem. Simply put, it can’t afford what it needs. Dennis Strait of the Kansas City studio of Gould Evans, an archi... Read More
Signature Event How Can KC Become America’s Most Entrepreneurial City? Tuesday, December 3, 2019 6:30pm Central Library Adam Arredondo, executive director of the KC Startup Foundation, and Maria Meyers, executive director of the UMKC In... Read More
Signature Event The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Some 38 million people, nearly one in eight, live in poverty in today’s America as liberals and conservatives spar over solutions. Researcher and w... Read More
Signature Event One Word of Advice Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:30pm Central Library In Person In conjunction with the opening of the new Library exhibit UpStart, a panel of Kansas City’s foremost entrepreneurs and business e... Read More