History & Genealogy

Missouri’s African American Heritage

Sunday, April 18, 2010 4:00pm

Central Library

In Person

Master storyteller Gladys Coggswell shares inspirational tales and “down-home” stories about all walks of African-American life...

The Fine Art of Dan White

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Watch and listen as Kansas City jazz greats come to life. Chuck Haddix discusses the musicians portrayed in...

The Eternal City Goes Under

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Professor Gregory Aldrete explains how the largest city in the ancient world dealt with the perpetual threat of flooding and what...

From Ellis Island to the Great War

Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

David Laskin discusses his new book about 12 European immigrants who came to the U.S. in search of livelihoods, and ended up figh...

An Evening with Abdul Alkalimat

Thursday, April 8, 2010 8:30pm

Lucile H. Bluford Branch

In Person

Professor Abdul Alkalimat, the leading African American scholar on the digital divide, will discuss Malcolm X, African Americans & the Cyberspace Revo...

An Evening With Lewis Lapham

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 8:30pm

Central Library

In Person

Lately, schools and colleges everywhere in the United States have been discarding studies in the humanities as if they were idle luxuries and e...

Walking to Gatlinburg

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:30pm

Plaza Branch

In Person

Howard Frank Mosher discusses his new book Walking to Gatlinburg: A Novel on Tuesday,...

Harzfeld’s: A Brief History from Petticoat Lane

Sunday, March 21, 2010 4:00pm

Central Library

In Person

In 1891, Siegmund Harzfeld and the Parisian Cloak Company introduced a new era of commerce and fashion to the residents of Kansas City. The ready-t...