Signature Event Farewell to the Kansas City Board of Trade Sunday, June 9, 2013 2:00pm Central Library In Person As the Kansas City Board of Trade prepares to move to Chicago, its CEO Michael Braude traces the history, development, and economic i... Read More
Signature Event Robert Farnsworth Sunday, January 20, 2013 2:00pm Central Library In Person Biographer Robert Farnsworth discusses his new eBook about the life, death, and legacy of Leon Jordan, a one-time po... Read More
Signature Event Louis Curtiss: Kansas City Architect - Keith Eggener Sunday, December 2, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person Architectural historian Keith Eggener looks at the heritage of architect Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), often describ... Read More
Signature Event Kansas City and How It Grew: 1822-2011 Sunday, November 11, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person For prize-winning geographer James Shortridge, Kansas City is more than the sum of cultural icons like barbecue, jazz, and sports... Read More
Signature Event Kansas City in Popular Song Sunday, October 21, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person Peabody Award-winning radio personality Michael Lasser explores the songs inspired by our town, from “Everything’s Up To Date in... Read More
Signature Event Conversations at Chappell’s Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person Jim Chappell has accumulated a treasure trove of sports memorabilia that covers the walls of his restaurant. Dozens of sports persona... Read More
Signature Event The Art of the Missouri Capitol Sunday, September 16, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person In 1911 art-minded Missourians hired the nation’s leading artists to decorate the new Missouri statehouse, and the works they created were consider... Read More
Signature Event Finding Your Family in the 1940 U.S. Census Sunday, September 9, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person The 1940 U.S. Census revealed that Missouri had 3.8 million residents, there were 1.8 million Kansans, and Kansas City, Missouri, was home to 400,0... Read More
Signature Event Missouri Civil War Archaeology Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person Civil War battlefields stubbornly conceal their secrets and their archaeology remains a buried, largely untapped source of historical information.... Read More
Signature Event Jesse James and the Movies Sunday, July 15, 2012 2:00pm Central Library In Person Since his first celluloid depiction in 1908, Jesse James has been the subject of more than 40 films and has been portrayed by the likes of Tyrone P... Read More