Archived Events

Event Recap

May 24, 2016
Lecture: Andrea Mays
The Millionaire and the Bard:
Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio

May 24, 2016
Special Post Lecture
Fundraising Buffet
Reception
Meet & Greet the Author
Andrea Mays

June 6-28, 2016
Rare Shakespeare First Folio
Exhibit at the Kansas City
Public Library, Central Branch
Downtown 

June 15, 2016
 ESU Presents our Annual Shakespeare Festival Group Night  

June 15, 2016
ESU/Folger Teaching Shakespeare
Workshop

July 11, 2016
Kansas City Tea & Literature Club 

July 19, 2016
ESU Goes to the Movies:
The Audience starring Helen Mirren

September 8, 2016
Lecture: Tania Munz, PhD
The Fascinating Language
Of Dancing Bees

September 16 or 17, 2016
A Shakespeare Tea Party

October 10, 2016
 Kansas City Tea and Literature Club

October 14, 2016
Lecture: Lord Alan Watson

Saturday, November 5, 2016
31st Annual British Faire

 November 7, 2016
Dr. Londré's Annual Lecture
Shakespeare Authorship Question

Tuesday, November 22, 2016 
Gerald Charles Dickens Returns to Kansas City To Perform "A Christmas Carol" In-Person 

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
#Giving Tuesday
ESU Kansas City Branch 

January 9, 2017
Next Kansas City Tea & Literature Club Quarterly Meeting 

January 22, 2017
Holiday Brunch and Annual Meeting
Purchase tickets online here

Feburary 19, 2017
Senior from Paseo Academy Wins
33^rd Annual
Shakespeare Competition

March 26, 2017
ESU Group Matinee
The Tempest

March 29, 2017
Fine Arts Education Day
Missouri State Capitol Bldg.

April 10, 2017
Kansas City Tea & Literature Club

April 23, 2017
Taking Tea with Shakespeare

April 29, 2017
British Gala 

June 28, 2017
ESU Shakespeare Festival
Group Night

June 29, 2017
Meet & Greet
Nathan Darrow Luncheon

July 16-22, 2017 
"The Story and Future of English"
University of Oxford
Learn More and sign up here

August 21-25, 2017
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art:
The Language of Drama

September 9-10, 2017
Midwest Tea Festival

September 29-30, 2017
Queen's Birthday Tea Party
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October 9, 2017
Kansas City Tea and Literature Club
Quarterly Meeting

October 28-30, 2017
ESU Annual Conference
Louisville, Kentucky
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November 4, 2017
32nd Annual British Faire

November 6, 2017
The Questionable Identity of William Shakespeare

November 10-11, 2017
Lord Alan Watson Lecture & Tea
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December 12-17, 2017
Stratford-Upon-Avon
From Page to Stage
Travel & Learn Abroad Program
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January 14, 2018
ESU Holiday Brunch & Annual Meeting
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February 25, 2018
Lincoln College Prep Senior
Takes 1st Place in KC
Shakespeare Competition

March 28, 2018
 Fine Arts Education Day at Missouri State Capitol

April 1 to June 30, 2018
Fourth Quarter
Membership Bonus

April 9, 15 & 24, 2018
Hurry! Deadlines for TLab
One-Week Summer Courses

May 19, 2018
ESU Celebrates 2018 British Gala

June 27, 2018
ESU Festival Group Night 
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
Much Ado About Nothing

September 8-9, 2018
Midwest Tea Festival

October 13, 2018
An ESU Tea Party Fit for a Queen

November 3, 2018
33rd Annual British Faire 

November 17-19, 2018
ESU Annual Conference

 December 7, 2018
A Winter's Tale
In Words and Song

 January 20, 2019
Holiday Brunch and Annual Meeting

February 24, 2019
Blue Valley High Junior
Takes 1st Place in 35th
Annual Shakespeare Competition

April 1 to June 30, 2018
Fourth Quarter
Membership Bonus

April 15, 2019
Shakespeare in Love (the movie)

April 29, 2019
Matthew Grigoratos Performs
as Semi-Finalist in ESU National
Shakespeare Competition in New York City

May 4, 2019
ESU Celebrates 2019 British Gala

May 12, 2019
Romeo and Juliet
Script in Hand

June 19, 2019
ESU Festival Group Night
Shakespeare in Love

June 29, 2019
Membership Renewal Party

August 16, 2019
Stonehenge Exhibition & Lecture

August 31, 2019
An ESU Tea Party Fit for a Queen
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October 5, 2019
Downton Abbey the Movie Private Screening and Downton English Tea Party Package

November 4, 2019
The Questionable Identity
of William Shakespeare

November 16, 2019
34th Annual British Faire

December 12, 2019
Winter Wonderettes

January 19, 2020
Annual Holiday Brunch
Purchase Tickets Online

February 16, 2020
Senior from Center High School
First Place Winner in KC Shakespeare Competition
Photos included

March 11, 2020
Elizabeth St. John 
Lecture and Fundraiser
Photo Gallery

April-June, 2020
Fourth Quarter Membership Bonus
Special Offer for First-Time Members

April 1, 2020
Fine Arts Education Day
Canceled
State Capitol, Jefferson City, Mo.

May 6, 2020
Sir Christopher Hum
Postponed
Reception and Lecture

May 16, 2020
British Gala
Postponed

Postponed-Watch for New Date
A British Tea for Two:
Celebrating Two Birthdays:
Queen Elizabeth II and ESU

July 23, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Gothic Revival & Regency Architecture
Speaker: Robin B. Williams, PhD
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August 5, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know:
The Brontë Sisters
Speaker: Marie Kervin
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August 19, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Write ON!
Speaker: Ron Whitehead, Outlaw Poet
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September 2, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Shakespeare, Scandals & Scoundrels
Speaker: Andrea Mays
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September 16, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Downton Abbey in the Kitchen
Guest Speaker: Dr. Annie Gray
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September 30, 2020
ESU Happy Hour--Online
Still the Promised Land
Guest Speakers: Dr. Natwar Gandhi & Panna Naik
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November 9, 2020
4:00 PM
Shakespeare Authorship
Question—Online
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November 9, 2020
6:30 PM
ESU Original Centennial
Radio Play Mystery Comedy
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December 1, 2020
Giving Tuesday
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January 28, 2021
KC Annual Meeting & Lecture
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March 5, 2021
75^th Anniversary of Churchill's
 "Sinews of Peace" Speech

March 10, 2021
  ESU Happy Hour Series
   Writing Wild: Women Poets,
   Ramblers, and Mavericks

March 12, 2021
2021 Shakespeare Competition
Ten Schools Announced

March 24, 2021
ESU Happy Hour Series
Celebrating World Poetry Day

March 24, 2021
37th Annual Kansas City Shakespeare 
Competition Virtual Program
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April 14, 2021
ESU Happy Hour
Are you Using English Correctly?
The Art of Rhetoric and Prose
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April 21, 2021
ESU Happy Hour
Chaucer: A European Life
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April 23, 2021
People's Choice Award
Deadline to vote: April 23rd

April 26, 2021
National Shakespeare Competition
Winner Announcement

May 5, 2021
ESU Happy Hour
Shake up Shakespeare
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May 12, 2021
ESU Happy Hour
Red Line with Joby Warrick
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May 21, 2021
ESU Happy Hour
Storied and Scandalous Kansas City with Karla Deel
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June 24, 2021
100 Years, 100 Stories
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July 28, 2021
ESU Happy Hour with Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr.
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