October 2009
8 posts
About our Keynote Speaker
Jacob Wagner received his PhD in Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans where he studied the politics of race, public space and memory from 1999 to 2004. Dr. Wagner teaches Urban Planning and Design at UMKC. His research interests focus on the use of equity planning and historic preservation to rebuild urban neighborhoods in Kansas City and New Orleans. Since Hurricane Katrina and...
Kansas City, Did you KNOW???
Kansas City, in essence did not experience the great depression?…
…find out why.
Kansas City: Did you KNOW???
KC ignored Prohibition during the 1920s, leading to an abundance of jazz clubs, brothels and gambling halls. This earned KC the moniker “The Paris of the Plains” after one journalist wrote “If you want to see some sin, forget Paris and head to Kansas City.”
The jam session originated in Kansas City. Jazz musicians would gather after their gigs and play together into the wee hours of the...
