Meet the Past

Signature Event
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with William Clarke Quantrill, portrayed by Aaron Worley, on the 149th anniversary of Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Kansas.
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 6:30pm
In Person
Bingham (1811-1879) - portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand - returns for the Library's popular Meet the Past series. Conducting the interview is library director Crosby Kemper III.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Kansas City Star founder William Rockhill Nelson portrayed by Ray Starzmann.
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with James Naismith, portrayed by Bill Worley.
Signature Event
Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Willa Cather, portrayed by Jan Chapman.
Signature Event
Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Edgar Snow, as portrayed by actor Robert Gibby Brand, on the Lyric Opera set for Nixon in China in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre of the Kauffman Center for the Perfo...
Signature Event
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III launches its second season with a conversation with Mark Twain, as portrayed by veteran Chautauqua performer George Frein.
Signature Event
Sunday, March 20, 2011 2:00pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have earned him a reputation as one of America’s greatest genre painters of the 19th century.
Signature Event
Monday, June 28, 2010 8:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with President Woodrow Wilson, as portrayed by Judd Bankert, a Wilson re-enactor from Staunton, Va., at the National World War I Museum.
Signature Event
Thursday, October 1, 2009 8:30pm
In Person
Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowned Kansas City historian Bill Worley host a preview of the Meet the Past television series.