Author talks, music and more: Celebrate Black History Month in Kansas City, virtually Dan Kelly, The Kansas City Star
Feb. 17 In honor of Black History Month, local libraries and universities are presenting an array of online events over the next week. Here is a selection: Author Isabel Wilkerson will make a presentation on her Oprah Book Club pick and New York Times No. 1 best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, 7 p.m. Feb. 18. kckpl.org. The documentary Mr. Soul! about the PBS show Soul! with Ellis Haizlip will be screened as part of Indie Lens Pop-Up, followed by live performances and a discussion with writer, producer and director Melissa Haizlip Ellis Haizlip s niece, 5 p.m. Feb. 19. kclibrary.org.
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In early 2020, the Chiefs Ambassadors group, including former players Tim Grunhard (61), Tony Adams (11), Kendall Gammon (83), and Ken Kremer (91) worked on an art project with students in one of Kansas City s communities.
The Kansas City Chiefs museum-quality art collection at Arrowhead Stadium aims to lift regional artists and better the lives of area students.
Kids don’t seem to have much trouble connecting art and football. When tours of the Arrowhead Art Collection were still a regular part of the business week at the stadium, and Chiefs players could sit with youths around a table scattered with art supplies, that connection is what they’d tease out together.