thanks you tap book tv for an evening with john ferling. i would like to mention a couple of upcoming events before i introduce professor berlin. we continue a series next week, next wednesday it right here at the central library that was started as much of our programming is funded by the kauffman foundation, particularly mentioning them because this was their idea, and a great idea. a series called princess in the -- kansas city cradle of entrepreneurs. over time we will be doing the history of on to panera ship in kansas city, but right now we are having conversations with great contemporary entrepreneur is. here a few weeks ago. and next wednesday john mcdonald's, the bring pioneer, founder of boulevard brewing company, the finest beer in america. i hesitate to say that with samuel adams beer on the program tonight, but i will be interviewing john, and you will hear great stories about how he created america's greatest brewery. also i was his banker before he became a librarian. the inside story. and his sister is one of our outstanding

thanks to booktv for an evening with john ferling. i'd like to mention a couple of upcoming events before i introduce professor ferling. we continue a series next week, next wednesday, here at central library that we started as much of our program is funded by the kauffman foundation -- i particularly mentioned them because this was their idea and a great idea. we're doing a series called kansas city cradle of entrepreneurs. over time we'll be doing history of entrepreneurship in kansas city but right now we're having conversations with some of our great contemporary entrepreneurs, gail of bagel & bagel and spin pizza fame was here a few weeks ago and next wednesday john mcdonald, the brewing pioneer, founder of boulevard brewing company, the finest beer in america. [laughter] >> i hesitate to say that with samuel adams being on the program tonight. i'll be interviewing john and you'll hear some great stories about how he created america's greatest brewery. also by the way, i was his banker before i became a librarian so i know the ins