BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Kansas City - ECPv6.8.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Kansas City X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Kansas City REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T114845 CREATED:20240904T190039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T190042Z UID:1142-1725465600-1725469200@www.esuus.org SUMMARY:Happy Hour: Exploring Churchill's Public Service Through Period Memorabilia DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the ESU Savannah Branch \n\n\n\n2024 marks the 150th birth anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill with events planned throughout the year which celebrate and explore his remarkable public service and enduring legacy. Brian E. Krapf\, is recognized internationally as an authority on the memorabilia made during Sir Winston’s public service\, which spanned over 65 years. Mr. Krapf has recently published A Churchill Treasury\, which is the first book to utilize period memorabilia to document Sir Winston’s public service in a biographical format. Mr. Krapf will discuss his book\, A Churchill Treasury\, and give us a rare tour of some of the Churchill pieces in his collection\, many of which have not been shown in public. In Antiques Roadshow fashion\, Mr. Krapf invites Happy Hour viewers to send photos of their Churchill memorabilia for show and tell. Upload photos here. This ESU Happy Hour is sponsored by the ESU Savannah Branch. ESU Happy Hour programs are online\, free\, and open to all members and the public. Registration is required. All programs take place on Eastern Time. \n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Brian Krapf\n\n\n\nBesides being an accomplished civil trial lawyer in Savannah\, Georgia\, Mr. Krapf has avidly collected period Churchilliana for over thirty years. According to fellow collectors\, he has assembled the premier collection of Winston Churchill memorabilia in the United States. \n\n\n\nHe is an active member of the International Churchill Society and has served as ICS’s collection columnist and published a monthly Churchilliana column in the organization’s Churchill Bulletin for the past six years. Likewise\, items from his collection have been reproduced several times as cover illustrations for ICS’s Finest Hour quarterly journal. Additionally\, Mr. Krapf is an avid collector and conservator of American presidential campaign memorabilia. He formerly served seven years as the national President of the American Political Items Collectors. He has been honored with APIC’s highest award\, induction into the organization’s Hall of Fame. He is also a published political historian\, and has been a guest on CNN\, MSNBC\, and NPR. American items from his collection have been featured in History Channel documentaries and in major printed media publications. Mr. Krapf served as an advisor to Congress on proposed amendments to the Hobby Protection Act. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCocktail\n\n\n\nJohnny Walker black\, neat. This was also Churchill’s drink of choice. Truly a wise man with excellent taste!  URL:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/event/hh-exploring-churchills-public-service/ CATEGORIES:Virtual Happy Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/sept-4-24-hh-1024x536-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240921T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240927T235959 DTSTAMP:20260406T114845 CREATED:20240529T044730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240601T021842Z UID:1029-1726876800-1727481599@www.esuus.org SUMMARY:ESU 2024 Patron Trip: A Private View of Italy DESCRIPTION:A Private View of Italy – Our Italian Partner and Host\n\n\n\nFounded by art historian Count Stefano Aluffi-Pentini in 1996\, A Private View of Italy encourages guests to appreciate the life of historic palaces and villas\, and allows them to discover the inaccessible treasures that are hidden behind closed doors. Through the centuries the Italian aristocracy has preserved their residences\, which were designed by architects such as Raphael\, Palladio\, and Bernini. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n Thanks to Count Stefano Aluffi-Pentini’s trusted interactions and long-time friendships with the families owning these residences\, our group will be welcomed in extraordinary places\, often by the homeowners themselves. \nA Private View of Italy has hosted groups from many illustrious institutions including: \n\nThe Art Institute of Chicago\nThe Collectors Circle of the Winterthur Museum\nThe Frick Collection\nMorgan Library\nNew York Philharmonic\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art\nPhiladelphia Museum\nWhitney Museum\nWorld Monuments Fund\n\nAbout the ESU National Patron Tours\nThe ESU National Patron Tours enhance our Patrons’ engagement with the ESU community through bespoke experiences of cultural enrichment\, educational exploration\, and unforgettable adventures. \nFor more information about the tour and how to sign up please contact Rossana Ivanova at rivanova@esuus.org\, (862) 224-4244. \n \n \n \n\n \n View Tour Brochure\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Documents and Forms \n \n \n Itinerary \nRegistration Form \nParticipant Agreement URL:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/event/esu-2024-patron-trip-a-private-view-of-italy/ CATEGORIES:National ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/05/italy-trip.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T114845 CREATED:20240905T205105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T205107Z UID:1144-1727283600-1727287200@www.esuus.org SUMMARY:Happy Hour: The Life and Times of Margaret (Molly) Brown DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the ESU Denver Branch \n\n\n\nAn overview of the life and legacy of Margaret Tobin Brown\, activist\, WWI volunteer in France\, philanthropist\, and suffragist whose 1889 home\, shown above\, is an historic museum in downtown Denver\, CO. Though known to many as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” due to surviving the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic in 1912\, Margaret’s legacy is presented at her home with emphasis on her enduring legacy of social justice and public service. Guest speaker\, Pamela Mahonchak\, will trace Margaret’s life from her early childhood in Hannibal\, Missouri\, to Leadville\, Colorado\, where she met and married mining engineer James Joseph Brown\, to her days of glory in Denver and New York. The presentation will cover her accomplishments and her status as an icon in the fight for universal suffrage. There is a lot more to Molly Brown than the Titanic! This ESU Happy Hour is sponsored by the ESU Denver Branch. \n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Pamela Mahonchak\n\n\n\nPamela Mahonchak draws from her wealth of knowledge as a docent at the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver where she began volunteering in 1971. She still gives weekly tours when she is not traveling since retiring as an airline pilot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCocktail: Bee’s Knees\n\n\n\nBee’s Knees — according to a newspaper article from April 22\, 1929 in The Standard Union\, Margaret Brown invented the “Bee’s Knees” cocktail: “The ‘Bee’s Knees’ is an invention of Mrs. JJ. Brown of Denver and Paris\, widow of the famous miner\, and is a rather sweet combination including lemon and honey.” Did she really invent it? We do not know but it is a fun story! \n\n\n\nBee’s Knees Recipe (Makes one cocktail) \n\n\n\n1/2 oz honey syrup \n\n\n\n1 oz fresh lemon juice \n\n\n\n2 oz gin \n\n\n\nLemon twist \n\n\n\n1. Make honey syrup: combine two tablespoons honey and two tablespoons water in a small bowl or saucepan. Warm in the microwave or on the stove until you can completely stir the honey into the water. \n\n\n\n2. Combine honey syrup\, lemon juice and gin in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until very cold\, about 30 seconds. \n\n\n\n3. Strain into a martini glass or cup. \n\n\n\n4. Garnish with a lemon twist. URL:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/event/happy-hour-the-life-and-times-of-margaret-molly-brown/ CATEGORIES:Virtual Happy Hours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/hh-sept-25-24-1024x536-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240930T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240930T203000 DTSTAMP:20260406T114845 CREATED:20240911T031520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T040854Z UID:1147-1727719200-1727728200@www.esuus.org SUMMARY:Evelyn Wrench Speaker Program Lecture: George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy DESCRIPTION:The English-Speaking Union – Kansas City Branch and the International Relations Council will be presenting the Evelyn Wrench Lecture on Monday\, September 30 at Polsinelli on the Plaza.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSally Bedell Smith is the author of bestselling biographies of Queen Elizabeth II; William S. Paley; Pamela Harriman; Diana\, Princess of Wales; John and Jacqueline Kennedy; and Bill and Hillary Clinton. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1996\, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times\, where she was a cultural news reporter. In 2012\, Smith was the recipient of the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence. She is the mother of three children and lives in Washington\, D.C.\, with her husband\, Stephen G. Smith. \n\n\n\nAbout the Lecture \n\n\n\nGeorge VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy \n\n\n\nBestselling writer about the Royal Family Sally Bedell Smith gives an illustrated talk about her account of the marriage between George VI and Elizabeth and the raising of their daughter Elizabeth II that she says saved the monarchy.Bedell Smith was granted access to her parents’ letters and diaries by Queen Elizabeth II. She explains how a loving and devoted marriage helped the king and queen to meet the challenges of World War II\, confirm the public’s faith in the monarchy and raise their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret. Bedell Smith explains how they formed relationships with Churchill and Roosevelt and inspired Britain with their courage and compassion. \n\n\n\nAbout the Evelyn Wrench Speaker Series \n\n\n\nA collaboration between ESU National and ESU Branches across the United States\, the program presents a great opportunity for Branches to connect with their Members and others in their community. Named for ESU founder Evelyn Wrench\, the program provides speakers to ESU Branches throughout the United States over the course of one to two weeks. Wrench Speakers have been renowned historians\, politicians\, and authors\, presenting their work for ESU members and the general public. Lectures cover a wide range of topics\, including but not limited to: current events; history; language and literature; art and architecture; and travel.Schedule6:15       Registration and Reception for Ms. Smith \n\n\n\n7:00       Lecture \n\n\n\n7:45       Book Signing URL:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/event/wrench-lecture-sally-bedell-smith/ LOCATION:Polsinelli Law Firm\, 900 W 48th St\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64112\, United States CATEGORIES:Branch,Kansas City ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.esuus.org/kansascity/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/Evelyn-Wrench-Lecture-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR