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 A Legacy of Leadership Sunday, February 21, 2021 3:00pm Online While his story is not widely known, Kansas City civil rights leader Leon M. Jordan was among the most influential African Americans in Missou... Read More
Signature Event Mr. SOUL! Friday, February 19, 2021 5:00pm Online For five years in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Ellis Haizlip presided over one of the most culturally significant television shows in U.S. histor... Read More
Signature Event A Most Beautiful Thing Wednesday, February 10, 2021 6:30pm Online They came from different neighborhoods and ran with rival gangs on Chicago’s West Side. Improbably, the group of young men found promise and common... Read More
Signature Event Racial Reckoning at The Star: ‘The Truth in Black and White’ Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:30pm Online Days before Christmas, on its website and across more 10 pages of its Sunday print edition, The Kansas City Star laid out a rema... Read More
Signature Event 9to5: The Story of a Movement Wednesday, January 27, 2021 6:00pm Online There’s a story – important and real-life – behind 9 to 5, both the iconic workplace-revenge movie and the catchy Dolly Parton song.&... Read More
Signature Event Seeing MAD: MAD Magazine's Humor and Legacy Tuesday, January 26, 2021 6:30pm Online We could use a little “What, me worry?” right now, don’t you think? That cheeky motto, attributed to freckled, gap-toothed mascot A... Read More
Signature Event Love, Loss and Endurance: A 9/11 Story of Resilience and Hope in an Age of Anxiety Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:30pm Online Bill Tammeus and his family have borne a deep personal loss since the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001. His nephew, a bond analyst... 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