[3] We want to hear from you! What local business owner has inspired you, uplifted your community, or provided a model for doing business? The Kansas City Public Library is hosting a series of public conversations with entrepreneurs who have made KC a better place to do business – and to live. We want your input.
[5] Last night a crowd of 538 gathered in Kirk Hall at the Central Library to hear the entrepreneurial story of Boulevard Brewing Co. [6] founder John McDonald and drink his beer – 20 cases of Wheat, Pale Ale, and Pilsner, to be exact. In the words of Public Affairs Director Henry Fortunato, we effectively “put the pub in 'public library.'”
[8] If beer, as Benjamin Franklin is sometimes believed [9] to have said, “is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy,” then it’s hard to think of a Kansas City entrepreneur who has made more people happy than John McDonald.
[11] In a world of blogging, vlogging, and tweeting, anyone can broadcast their thoughts, creativity, and identity to the world. But that wasn’t always the case – and for some even now, a pixellated platform isn’t enough. Thank heaven for zines.
[13] Nick Holmes has one of the best summer jobs ever: traveling around town, reading books to kids. While reading for a group of children on a recent July day, Holmes got some of the best feedback imaginable.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC%20Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/nominate-entrepreneur-speak-library
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/nominate-entrepreneur-speak-library#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/cradle-entrepreneurs-re-cap-john-mcdonald-boulevard-brewing-goes-regionalism-sustain
[6] http://boulevard.com/
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/14026#comment-form
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/cradle-john-mcdonald-boulevard-brewing-co-speaks-library-shares-reads
[9] http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/15/misquote-ben-franklin-on-beer.htm
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/cradle-john-mcdonald-boulevard-brewing-co-speaks-library-shares-reads#comments
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/fine-art-collecting-zines
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13876#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/summer-readers
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13843#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=20
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=17
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=18
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=19
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=22
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=23
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=24
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=25
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=32
