[3] When Joe Louis fought in Kansas City on February 17, 1937, Boss Tom Pendergast [4] was in power, jazz was jumping downtown, and black athletes were decades from being accepted as equal to their white counterparts. In fact, some historians believe that Louis' only local fight, against Jewish-American boxer Natie Brown [5] at Municipal Auditorium, was the first interracial sporting event in Missouri history.
[7] To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It’s where he was born, where he eats and sleeps, and where he plays for hours every day with his beloved Ma. To Ma, Room is an 11-by-11 square-foot prison where she has been confined and sexually abused for the last seven years.
[9] Art is subjective. Yet when viewing a work, most of us are quick to formulate opinions that are either positive or negative, for or against. But how often do we stop ourselves in the midst of our own judgment and take time to consider the artist’s own point of view? How often do we try to climb inside their head and ask, “What is it they are trying to say with this piece?”
[11] Many of us may dream about one day waking up, putting on a disguise, and completely walking away from life as we’ve known it. But take a quick second and consider the situation: could you actually do it? Could you throw on a wig and walk out the door without looking back? This is what Holly Hogan does in Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd.
[13] As the 2011 Adult Winter Reading [14] program came to a close, the Kansas City Public Library found its collective cup neither full, nor empty. It was gone altogether. By the time best-selling author Jasper Fforde [15] brought the yearly program to a smashing finish before a crowd of 190 in Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch on Thursday, March 17, the 750 custom bistro mugs that the Library had been giving away as awards were all but vanished.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/joe-louis-brown-bomber-kc
[4] http://kchistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Biographies&CISOPTR=114&CISOBOX=1&REC=2
[5] http://www.ajhs.org/hai/entry.cfm?id=62
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12867#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/room-emma-donoghue
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12846#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/video-interview-local-artist-anne-pearce
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12820#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/solace-road-siobhan-dowd
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12819#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/2011-winter-reading-odyssey
[14] http://kclibrary.org/reading2011
[15] http://www.jasperfforde.com/
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12815#comment-form
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=85
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=82
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=83
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=84
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=87
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=88
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=89
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=90
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=111
