Signature Event Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis, 1849 Sunday, June 3, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person Though St. Louis has faced many trials and tribulations since its founding in 1764, no point in its history is remembered more for tragedy than 184... Read More
Signature Event Prohibition in Kansas City Sunday, May 6, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person In a discussion of his new book Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice, local historian and blog... Read More
Signature Event Kawsmouth: The West Bottoms as Indian Territory Sunday, April 29, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person Historian Bill Worley discusses the arrival and settlement of French traders in what’s now Kansas City’s West Bottoms area – but then was India... Read More
Signature Event Freedom, Inc. and Black Political Empowerment Sunday, March 4, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person Micah W. Kubic, who heads the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, discusses his book about Freedom, Inc., and its more than half-cen... Read More
Signature Event Head 'Em Up and Move 'Em Out Sunday, February 18, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person Cowboy historian Jim Gray, executive director of the National Drovers Hall of Fame in Ellsworth, Kansas, recalls the early days of... Read More
Signature Event For All Children Everywhere Sunday, January 28, 2018 2:00pm Central Library In Person In a discussion of his book For All Children Everywhere, a comprehensive history of Kansas City’s renowned Children’s Mercy... Read More
Signature Event Mob Files: Investigating the Kansas City Mafia Sunday, December 3, 2017 2:00pm Central Library In Person Retired FBI agent William Ouseley joins Jonathan Bender, an editor for KCPT - Kansas City PBS, in discussing Kansas City’s gangland past... Read More
Signature Event Folklore of the Missouri French Creoles Sunday, November 12, 2017 2:00pm Central Library In Person Artist and filmmaker Brian Hawkins examines our state’s mostly east-side French Creole community – specifically its rich collection of folktale... Read More
Signature Event Kansas City: A Place in Time Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:00pm Central Library In Person Preservationist Bradley Wolf, KC’s historic preservation officer for more than 17 years, discusses a recently released second edition... Read More
Signature Event Way Out West in Kansas Sunday, September 10, 2017 2:00pm Central Library In Person Folklorist and historian Adam Miller recalls the frontier-life origins of the folk music of Kansas and Missouri. A singer and autohar... Read More