Kansas City, Land of Crazy-Fast Internet and Crazy-Good BBQ
Midwestern cities tend to sprawl, but in Kansas City a revitalized urban core has drawn dreamers back downtown. Supercharged by the introduction of Google’s high-speed gigabit service in late 2012, this former stockyard town in Missouri now regularly hosts startup...Apollo 13 flight director to speak about NASA rescue
Former NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz, who led the team that rescued three astronauts during the ill-fated Apollo 13 trip to the moon in 1970, will speak about his experiences in a public lecture in Kansas City on Nov. 5. read moreComet Hunter David Levy was the Star of our September Lecture
Earlier this month, David Levy presented his observation logs to the Linda Hall Library following his lecture, “Writing the Same Book Over Almost 60 Years: A Record of a Nightwatchman’s Journey Under the Night Sky.” Several Linda Hall Library Trustees and Library...Gabriella Petrick, visiting fellow at the Linda Hall Library, talks wine and taste ahead of her Thursday lecture
Petrick, an associate professor at George Mason University and a visiting fellow at the Linda Hall Library, knows her booze. Specifically, she knows wine — the focus of her three-month fellowship.