Musical guest: Malek Azrael (https://www.instagram.com/malekandvibez/)
Community moment: TBA
Featured speaker: Tom Rafiner, “Cinders and Silence: Western Missouri’s Burnt District”

Tom Rafiner is an independent researcher having devoted 21 years recovering and documenting Missouri’s Burnt District (Jackson, Cass and Bates counties) history. A University of Missouri graduate, he later earned an MA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Following a business career Tom turned his full attention to the Burnt District. To date he has published two histories and one biography, all anchored in antebellum and Civil War western Missouri. Tom has spoken in over 30 Missouri counties as well as numerous venues outside the state; a historian and storyteller, he captivates audiences of all ages and interests.

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