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Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by v...

From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...

A conversation with eminent writer Ernest Hemingway, as portrayed by Rusty Sneary....

The latest installment of the Library’s Emmy Award-winning series, Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III, spotlights one of t...

Angela Elam of New Letters on the Air, aired locally on KCUR 89.3 FM, holds a public conversation with author and Independen...

Martin Espada, widely recognized as “the Latino poet of his generation,” joins Angela Elam from New Letters on t...

Patrick Rosal’s poetry, writes one critic, “skillfully navigates between despair and love, between violence and music, between loss a...

New York-area pianist/vocalist John Bauers portrays legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer (“One More for My Baby,” “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses”),...