Signature Event Strictly Speaking: Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:00am Online How close are we to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? The question hangs anew over Congress. And the courts. Erica Bens... Read More
Signature Event Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:30pm At 23, while serving as the youngest school principal in the state, Alice Chenoweth was excoriated in Ohio’s newspapers in 1876 for having an affai... Read More
Signature Event Qualified Rights: Women’s Suffrage, Citizenship, and the 19th Amendment Reconsidered Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:30pm Online One hundred years ago this month, women won their fight for the right to vote – though not all of them. Black women, who had pleaded as passionatel... Read More
Signature Event A Public Conversation with David Hughes Thursday, February 9, 2017 6:30pm Central Library The vitality of Kansas City’s arts community today traces back, in part, to David Hughes’ founding of the Charlotte Street Foundation... Read More
Signature Event A Public Conversation with Cliff Illig Thursday, July 14, 2016 6:30pm Central Library One of Kansas City’s greatest entrepreneurial success stories traces back to a picnic table in Loose Park in the late 1970s, when Cliff Illig... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Bill Zahner Wednesday, February 4, 2015 6:30pm Central Library Bill Zahner made a tough call shortly after taking charge of the family business in the late 1970s, shifting the focus of the A. Zahn... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Roshann Parris Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:30pm Central Library Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with Roshann Parris, president and CEO of the award-winning public... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Clara Reyes Friday, November 18, 2011 12:00pm Central Library Global Entrepreneurship Week closes as Library Director Crosby Kemper III conducts a public conversation with... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Ollie Gates Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:30pm Central Library For more than 60 years, the name Ollie Gates has been synonymous with Kansas City-style barbeque, sauces, and their trademark greetin... Read More
Signature Event A Conversation with Danny O'Neill Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:00am Plaza Branch Kansas City’s self-described “bean baron” Danny O’Neill discusses the founding and continued success of The Roasterie... Read More