Signature Event Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:30pm For well more than 30 years, starting with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979 and ending with the Sandy Hook school massacre late in 2012, Marion S... Read More
Signature Event Decade of Fire Saturday, November 9, 2019 2:00pm Plaza Branch For 10 years in the 1970s, the South Bronx area of New York City literally smoldered. An arson epidemic, compounded by government negligence, ra... Read More
Signature Event The First Rainbow Coalition Saturday, January 25, 2020 2:00pm Plaza Branch Fifty years ago, Chicago’s Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance in one of the most segregated cities in America. Intent on addressing po... Read More
Signature Event Always in Season Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch A 17-year-old African American is found hanging from a swing set in the middle of an all-white trailer park in North Carolina. Police quickly de... Read More
Signature Event Edgar Snow Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:00pm Central Library In Person Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Edgar Snow, as portrayed by actor Ro... Read More
Signature Event George Caleb Bingham Tuesday, August 7, 2012 6:30pm Offsite Location In Person Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series... Read More
Signature Event James Naismith Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:30pm Central Library Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with James Naismith, portrayed by Bill Worle... Read More
Signature Event Thomas Jefferson Thursday, September 20, 2012 6:30pm Central Library Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Patri... Read More
Signature Event Mark Twain Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:30pm Central Library Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III launches its second season with a conversation with Mark Twain, as portrayed by... Read More
Signature Event President Harry S. Truman Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:30pm Central Library In Person Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews President Harry S. Truman, portrayed by... Read More