Commemorate the centennial of the sinking of the "unsinkable" R.M.S. Titanic with these free events at the Kansas City Public Library, April 13-15, 2012.
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Howard Iceberg & the Titanics: Welcome Aboard! [1]
Friday, April 13, 2012
6:30pm @ Central Library - Rooftop Terrace*
RSVP now! [2]
Mainstays of the local music scene for 30 years, Howard Iceberg and the Titanics offer a set of original songs and tributes to the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the performance. *In the event of inclement weather, the event will be moved inside to Helzberg Auditorium.
Watch a YouTube video of Howard singing his own version of the folk song “Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)” set to clips from famous cinematic retellings of the story.
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Wade Sisson: Racing Through the Night [3]
Saturday, April 14, 2012
1 p.m. @ Waldo Branch
RSVP now! [4]
Wade Sisson reveals the history of the Olympia, the Titanic’s sister ship, which raced 300 miles in a desperate effort to save the passengers and crew. Sisson teaches classes in Titanic history and has been a member of the Titanic Historical Society for more
than 25 years.
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Titanic Lives: Kristen Iversen and Julie Hedgepeth Williams discuss survivors of the Titanic [5]
Sunday, April 15, 2012
2 p.m. @ Central Library
RSVP now! [6]
Kristen Iversen discusses her biography of Titanic survivor Molly Brown, a Missouri native and denizen of Denver’s Gilded Age who spoke out for women, children, and mine workers. Iversen is director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis. Julie Hedgepeth Williams follows the lives of her great-uncle and his family, who found themselves on the Titanic after abandoning their work as missionaries in Thailand. Williams is a professor of journalism at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
These events are being held in conjunction with Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition [7] on display through September 3, 2012, at Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Rd.
RSVP for any of the Library events above by 5 p.m., Friday, April 13, to be entered in a drawing to win two free tickets to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. One pair of tickets will be given away at each Library event. You must be present to win. Stay tuned to the Library's Facebook [8] and Twitter [9] profiles for additional chances to win.
Call 816.460.2020 or visit www.titanic.unionstation.org [10] for more information or to purchase tickets.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/event/howard-iceberg-titanics-welcome-aboard
[2] http://www.kclibrary.org/rsvp/16490
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/event/wade-sisson-racing-through-night
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/rsvp/16511
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/event/titanic-lives-kristen-iversen-and-julie-hedgepeth-williams-discuss-survivors-titanic
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/rsvp/16512
[7] http://titanic.unionstation.org/
[8] http://www.facebook.com/kclibrary
[9] http://twitter.com/kclibrary
[10] http://www.titanic.unionstation.org