Signature Event Archive: Video

Search the Signature Event Archive to discover past Library events. Watch videos, hear speaker interviews, and listen to audio recordings of previous presentations. Search by keyword (event title, subject, or presenter name), location or by date range.

Video

Audio

Arthur Stilwell

Meet the Past

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua performers) with Kansas City-area connections. Pete Hansen portrays Arthur Stilwell, the dreamer and visionary whose crowning achievement was the railroad that became the Kansas City Southern.

Learn More »

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

William Allen White

Meet the Past

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua performers) with Kansas City-area connections. Fred Krebs portrays William Allen White, the famous newspaper editor who gained political prominence after writing an editorial in 1896 titled "What's the Matter With Kansas?"

Learn More »

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

Matthew Algeo: Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure

Recommended reading:
Get to Know Harry S. Truman

Matthew Algeo discusses his new book Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip on Wednesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Learn More »

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

Walt Disney

Meet the Past

Meet the Past features Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviewing prominent historical figures (as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua performers) with Kansas City-area connections. This episode features a conversation with Walt Disney, who began his career as an animator in Kansas City.

Learn More »

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

President Harry S. Truman

Meet the Past

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews President Harry S. Truman, portrayed by Ray Starzmann, as part of the Library’s Meet the Past series.

Learn More »

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

Amelia Earhart

Meet the Past

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews Amelia Earhart, portrayed by Ann Birney, as part of the Library's Meet the Past series.

Learn More »

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

Langston Hughes

Meet the Past

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III interviews Langston Hughes, portrayed by Charles Everett Pace, as part of the Library's Meet the Past series.

Learn More »

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 8:30pm

Central Library

Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

Recommended reading:
Bonnie & Clyde

On Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., acclaimed author Jeff Guinn debunks some of the glamorous myths of America’s first celebrity couple of crime with his book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Learn More »

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 9:00pm

Plaza Branch

Tom Bloch and University Academy Present: What Works in Urban Education

Related Reading:
Urban Education

Tom Bloch, author of Stand for the Best and co-founder of Kansas City’s University Academy, and the school partner with the Kansas City Public Library to host a series of thought-provoking presentations by national experts titled What Works in Urban Education.

The first talk in this series features Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a leading expert on educational policy specializing in the economics and finance of schools. The presentation takes place on Thursday, January 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Learn More »

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Peter Mansoor: Baghdad at Sunrise

Colonel (retired) Peter Mansoor discusses his new book Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq on Thursday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Learn More »