Signature Event The Presidency of George W. Bush Tuesday, November 9, 2021 6:30pm Online Have we been too hard on George W. Bush? Drawing in part from a raft of newly available archival records, noted historian... Read More
Signature Event Steamboat Disasters of the Lower Missouri River Sunday, October 31, 2021 3:00pm Online The lower Missouri River was a veritable steamboat graveyard in the 19th century as more than 300 vessels ended up at the bottom of the Big Muddy.... Read More
Signature Event Sharice’s Big Voice Monday, October 11, 2021 6:30pm Online Rep. Sharice Davis, in her second precedent-setting term in the U.S. House from Kansas’ 3rd District, discusses her new picture-book... Read More
Signature Event The Summer With the Blues Sunday, August 8, 2021 3:00pm Online There are times in life that alter a person’s view of the world. For Ed FitzGerald, it was the summer of 1950 when, as a Catholic boy g... Read More
Signature Event Why KC Should Want to Be More Walkable – and How It Can Be Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00pm Online Cities are made to be walked – or should be, given the economic, environmental, and medical benefits. How far is Kansas City from... Read More
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 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
Signature Event The Montford Point Marines: A Case Study on Integration Tuesday, March 30, 2021 6:30pm Online When President Franklin Roosevelt signed a 1941 executive order banning discrimination in the military and all other government agencies “because o... Read More
Signature Event Brides on the Santa Fe Trail Sunday, March 14, 2021 3:00pm Online In commemoration of the bicentennial anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail, historian Joy L. Poole examines the stories of five wives who... Read More
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