Crosby Kemper III

@crosbyk

Director of the Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City, Mo. !
kclibrary.org
Joined December 2008
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  1. 5 Nov 2019

    60 new citizens taking their oath of allegiance to the United States of America at KC Public Library today. Over 30 countries represented.

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  2. 4 Nov 2019

    Pamela Paul, Editor of NYTimes Book Review and Maria Russo, Chidren’s Editor of some are in Plaza Library tonight with How to Raise a Reader their lovely book on the books we, our wee weaders..er...readers, love and loved. Bring your purple crayons: 6:30 pm Mon Nov 4 PlazaLibrary

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  3. 27 Sep 2019

    Frido Mann coming to Plaza Library tonight with his talk “Democracy Will Win” for the Goethe Institut PopUp. Reception at 6; talk at 6:30pm. We hope that, like his grandfather Thomas Mann, he can give us hope that freedom and truth can live together in our democracy.

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  4. 3 Jul 2019

    Going on KCUR 89.3 in one minute to discuss being fine free and why Martians are participating in summer reading

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  5. 21 May 2019

    76 new citizens of the United States making the Oath of Allegiance to the United States with their friends and family in the Kansas City Public Library. From 40 countries they all became Americans today and enrich our nation.

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  6. 22 Apr 2019

    Career on Line High School Graduation. Real HS diplomas and happy futures. Great young women and men.

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  7. 18 Apr 2019

    Vartan is Coming! Gregorian that is. To the Central Library tonight. Pres of Carnegie Corp for international peace, resurrector of New York Public Library at 6:30pm wine and cheese at 6. He is Civilzation personified.

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  8. 8 Apr 2019

    Tomorrow night at Central Library we have the great Leo Damrosch for 4th time. Previous talks on his Tocqueville, Swift and Blake bios. This time Johnson, Boswell etc The Club NYT rave review

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  9. 16 Mar 2019

    Cosi fan Tutte opens tonight for Lyric Opera of KC at Kauffman under brilliant baton of Jane Glover, stunning singing of Daniela Mack. Start to finish Mozart’s masterpiece.

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  10. 7 Nov 2018

    50 new citizens from 33 countries taking Oath of Allegiance to USA in our Central Library day after voters gave the Library an 83% approval on our Levy increase. It’s a great country!

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  11. 13 Sep 2018

    Tonight won’t be just any night at the Plaza Library: Jamie Bernstein talking about her father Leonard Bernstein, singing and playing w KC Lyric Opera artists and David Charles Abell, conductor of Lyric’s West Side Story! Somewhere? YesPlaza Library 6:30

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  12. 11 Sep 2018

    Tonight at Plaza Library Chuck Marohn on national movement Strong Towns about success of small scale development. 6:30pm. Do it without tax dollars!

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  13. 11 Sep 2018

    Famous Father Girl, Jamie Bernstein, Lenny’s daughter, at Plaza Library this Thursday with Lyric Opera singers. Many hands , one heart.

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  14. 5 Jun 2018

    What I’m reading on the Steetcar this morning

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  15. 11 May 2018

    US Poet Laureate Tracy K Smith in KC Central Library tonight: the Emily Dickinson of Right Now. 6:30pm reception at 6

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  16. 23 Apr 2018

    What I’m reading on the Streetcar this morning. Petrarch’s Ascent if Mt Ventoux an Augustinian meditation on our spiritual and temporal journey.

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  17. 22 Mar 2018

    To put the 3 light subsidy in perspective its larger than the entire Library annual budget, it’s 3 times the city’s housing budget, insane public policy.

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  18. 22 Mar 2018

    I am on my way to City Hall to protest the 17 million dollar city subsidy of 3 Light on top of the pay no property taxes TIF on top of the 15-20 million dollar annual subsidy.

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  19. 30 Nov 2017

    75 new Citizens of US from 48 countries swearing of allegiance at KC Public Library today. A beautiful sight. To become citizens they passed test on history, govt and constitution many members of Congress and certain residents of White House couldn’t pass

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  20. 9 Nov 2017

    Extraordinary Lyric Opera production of Everest opens Sat nite

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