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EVENTS/EXHIBITS
6th Annual Kansas City Car Free Challenge, May 10-16
http://KCBike.info
12th Annual Regional Assembly & Regional Leadership Awards,
keynote speaker, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, $40, 11:30 am-1:30
pm, June 13 – Weston Crown Center, 1 E Pershing Rd., 816-701-8398,
www.marc.org
"Bodies Revealed," $24, $19, thru Sept. 1
Union Station, 30 W Pershing, 816-460-2020, www.unionstation.org
Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City Annual
Awards Dinner Gala, guest speaker Sachi Koto with CNN News, May
22 The InterContinental Plaza Hotel, The Plaza, 913-338-0774,
www.asianchamberkc.com
Celebration at the Station, fireworks, Kansas City Symphony,
free, 7:30 pm, May 25 Union Station, 30 W Pershing, 816-460-2020,
www.unionstation.org
Chapungu: Nature, Man & Myth, 50 stone sculptures
from Africa, May 10-Nov. 2 Powell Gardens, 1609 NW US Hwy 50,
Kingsville 816-697-2600, www.powellgardens.org
City Market, Flower Festival, May 10; Berry Festival, June
7 5th & Grand, 816-842-1271, www.thecitymarket.org
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, exhibit of documents, court
rulings that preceded the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling,
ongoing National Archives and Records Administration,
Central Plains Region, 2312 E Bannister, 816-268-8071 or www.nara.gov/regiona
Community Wide Garage Sale, 8 am-3 pm, May 30-31
Weston, MO 816-640-2909
ConQuest 39, Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention, May
23-25 Airport Hilton, 8801 NW 112th St., 816-891-8900, www.kcsciencefiction.org
Dino Lab, interactive paleontology exhibit, ongoing
Science City Exhibit Gallery, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Rd., 816-460-2020,
www.unionstation.org
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| “Mudzimu
Bull,” part of the Chapunga: Nature, Man & Myth
sculpture exhibit at Powell Gardens, May 10-Nov. 2 |
"Explore Evolution!"a free multimedia exhibition
that gives visitors the opportunity to understand and experience how
scientists conduct research on evolution, ongoing to 2007 University
of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center,
KU Campus, Lawrence, www.news.ku.edu
THE EYE SITE: A Traveling Exhibit on Low Vision, free,
thru July 5 Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Farmers Market, free, 7 am until sold out, May 10, 17,
24, 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 corner of Delaware & Esplanade,
913-682-8972; 3 pm until sold out, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11,
18, 25 7th & Cherokee, Leavenworth, KS 913-651-0953, www.leavenworthfarmersmarket.com
"From
Everyday to Collectible," Franciscan China Exhibit, $5, $4.50,
$2, thru May 31 Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W Pacific, Independence
816-461-3491, www.bwestate.org
"Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times," a new
permanent exhibition featuring artifacts and objects from the Truman
Library collection, ongoing Truman Presidential Museum &
Library, 500 W U.S. 24 Hwy., 816-268-8200, 800-833-1225 or www.trumanlibrary.or
KC Organics and Natural Market, 8 am-12:30 pm, Saturdays
thru Oct. 11 Minor Park, Red Bridge Road & Holmes, www.kcorganics.com
Kansas City Pezhead Gathering, film, PEZ Heads
The Movie, talk by Shawn Peterson, author of Collector's Guide
to PEZ, free, 1:15 pm, May 24 Plaza Library, 4801 Main,
816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
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| The
screening of PEZ Heads – The Movie, part of the
Kansas City PEZ Head Gathering, May 24, Plaza Library |
Kansas City Rose Society Rose Day Show, entries & judging,
11:30 am-2:30 pm, May 31 Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose
Garden, Loose Park, 5200 Pennsylvania, 816-333-6706
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,
interactive exhibition, May 16-Sept. 14 – Truman Presidential
Museum & Library, 500 W U.S. 24 Hwy., 816-268-8200, 800-833-1225
or www.trumanlibrary.or
Loula Long Combs: Kansas City's First Lady of the Show
Ring, horse show ring, $2.50, $2, ongoing Kansas City Museum,
3218 Gladstone Blvd., 816-483-8300, www.kcmuseum.com
Mom's Against the War Stand for Peace Mother's
Day Vigil, 3 pm, May 11 95th Street between Nieman and Quivera,
816-931-5256, www.kciraqtaskforce.org
National Tourism Week luncheon, Overland Park
Convention & Visitors Bureau, keynote address by sportcaster Fred
White, $35, 11:45 am, May 15 – New Theatre Restaurant, 9229
Foster, 913-491-0123, info@opcvb.org
National
World War I Museum, events, "Borrowed Soldiers" Americans
under British Command, 1918," by Mitch Yockelson, 11 am, May
24; Vintage Military Vehicle Display, 9 am-9 pm, southease lawn, concert
by the Kansas City Symphony, 7:30 pm, north lawn, May 25; Memorial
Day Ceremony, 9:30 am, May 26 Liberty Memorial, 816-784-1918,
www.nwwone.org
"Orchids & Azaleas: A Woodland Garden," exhibit,
thru May 11 Powell Gardens, east of Lee's Summit on Hwy. 50,
816-697-2600, www.powellgardens.org
"Prairie Gold: Opportunity & Struggle, Douglas County
1820-1861", ongoing Watkins Community Museum of History,
1047 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS 785-841-4109
Recovered Views Traveling Exhibit, May 17-July 5 Bruce
R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, 816-513-0700
Resolution to Ecological Business Practices, presented by Meeting
Professionals International's Kansas City Chapter, remarks by former
KCMO mayor Kay Barnes, keynote speaker Anthony Pollard, president
of the Hotel Association of Canada, 11 am, May 20 Sprint Center's
College Basketball Experience, www.kcmpi.org
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| “Bodies
Revealed,” Union Station, thru Sept. 1 |
"Sparkling Strings," 1960s marionettes created by
Gerry and Andrea Sparks, $3, $1.50, thru July 2008 Puppetry
Arts Institute, 11025 E Winner Rd., Independence 816-833-9777,
www.hazelle.org
Stand of Colors, reenactment of the MO/KS Civil War border
battles, $20, $15, $10, $5, May 17-18 Jerry Smith Park, 139th
& Holmes, shuttle service from Bannister Mall, www.standofcolors.org
Symphony Designers' Showhouse 39, $15, $13, Tues.-Sun.,
thru May 18 5730 Ward Pkwy., 816-968-9711, www.showhouse.org
Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival, free, 11:30 am-5:30 pm,
May 10 KCK Community College Field House, 7250 State Ave.,
913-288-7314, cvsmith@kckcc.edu
MUSIC/DANCE/POETRY Back to Top
8th Almost Annual Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival,
free, June 27-28 13th & State, www.kckstreetbluesfest.com
A Man of No Importance, musical, Metropolitan Ensemble
Theater, benefit HMC GALA Fund, $40, 8 pm, May 10 Off Center
Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, www.hmck.org
A Touch of Classical on the Square, Liberty Symphony Orchestra
featuring flutist Adrienne Garstang, $10, $5, 7 pm, May 19
Corbin Theatre, Historic Liberty Square, 15 N Water, 816-415-7832,
www.libertysymphony.org
Ameristar Casino Star Pavilion. start at $60, REO, May
9; start at $45, George Jones, June 8– 3200 N Ameristar Dr.,
816-414-7000, 1-877-444-2637, www.ameristar.com
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Truth Ballet Theatre performs Dethroning the Prince,
June 21, Lyric Theatre |
B.B.'s Lawnside Bar B.Q., Wed., Shinetop, Jr., Thurs., John
Paul's Flying Circus, Sun., Lee McBee & The Confessors
1205 E 85th St., 816-822-7427, www.bbslawnsidebbq.com
Billy Ebeling, jazz, $5, 1-5 pm, May 18 Holy-Field
Winery, 18807 158th St., Basehor, KS 913-724-9463
Blayney's, 2 pm-3 am, 4-7 pm, Penelope and the Unuzual Suspects,
every Saturday; Cousin Eddie, May 10; Scott Ellison, May 17; The Blue
News, May 23; Danielle Nicole & TUF, May 24; The Allied Saints,
May 30; Platinum Express, May 31 415 Westport Rd., 816-561-3747,
www.blayneys.com
The Blue Room: $10, $15, $20, 8:30 pm, free, Blue Monday
Jam hosted by the Jazz Disciples; Ida McBeth, May 9; McFadden Brothers
(3 shows), May 10; James Ward Band, May 15; Alto Madness w/ Richie
Cole & Brad Leali, May 16; Dennis Winslett w/ Dee Alexander, May
17; DeAndre Manning & 365 Sol, May 22; Scamps w/ Geneva Price,
May 23; Jazz Disciples w/ Luqman Hamza & Glenn North, May 24;
Makuza, May 29; Winard Harper Quintet, May 30-31 1616 E 18th
St., 816-474-2929, 816-474-6262, www.americanjazzmuseum.org
Blues Festival w/ Levee Town, TUF & others, 1:30 pm, May
31 Amphitheater, Kearney, MO 816-903-4730
Bottom of the Big Top, musical w/ Owen/Cox Dance Group,
$15, $10, 7:30 pm, 8 pm, May 22-24 H&R Block City Stage,
Union Station, 30 W Pershing, 816-460-2083, www.unionstation.org
Brew Jam w/ Mark Valentine, Greg Camp, Andy DeWitt &
Ray DeMarchi, 9 pm-12 am, every Sunday 75th Street Brewery,
520 W 75th St., 816-523-4677,
www.75thStreet.com
CrossroadsKC@Grinders, Little Feat, May 9; Better Than
Ezra, May 23 417 E 18th St., www.crossroadskc.com
The Cure, $40, $50, May 19 Starlight Theatre, Swope
Park, 816-363-STAR, www.kcstarlight.com
Dethroning the Prince, Dramatic Truth
Ballet Theatre, $15-$30, 8 pm, June 21 – Lyric Theatre, 1020
Central, 816-767-9222, www.dramatictruth.org
The
Drowsy Chaperone, musical, June 17-22 Starlight Theatre,
Swope Park, 816-363-STAR, www.kcstarlight.com
Fools, Fortunes II, "buffoons, mimes, fools &
movement artists," 8 pm, 2 pm, $12, May 16-18 Just Off
Broadway Theater, 3051 Central, 816-753-0517, www.byrdproductions.org
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Liberty Hall, May 14 |
Frightened Rabbit, June 2 The Record Bar, 1020 Westport
Rd., 816-753-5207, www.therecordbar.com
Harrah's
Republic Tigers, May 16; Robert Earl Keen, May 22 . One Riverboat
Dr., NKC 816-931-3330, 816-889-7320, www.VooDooKC.com
Homer's Coffee House. no cover, 7:30-9:30 pm, Lester
Estelle, May 9, Second Mile, May 10 7126 W 80th, 913-381-6022,
www.homerscoffeehouse.com
Irish Festival w/ Bob Reeder, Connie Dover, 1:30 pm,
May 17 Amphitheater, Kearney, MO 816-903-4730
Isle of Capri. The Caribbean Cove, 9 pm-1 am, Souled Out, May
9; Bonnie Fanniel, May 10; Darrel Terrell, May 16; Superfly, May 17;
Tracy Neely, May 23; Platinum Express, May 24; Vibe, May 30; Funk
Syndicate, May 31 – 1800 E Front St., 800-843-4753, www.isleofcapricasino.com
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Frightened
Rabbit, June 2, Record Bar (photo courtesy rcrdlbl.com) |
Jardines, James Davis Quintet, May 15; David Brandom Quintet,
May 29 4536 Main, 816-561-6480, www.jardines4jazz.com
Jazz Poetry Jams, open mic poetry slams with cash prizes,
third Tuesdays of the month American Jazz Museum's Blue Room,
18th & Vine, 816-474-8463 ext. 2
Jim Mair & Mike Ning, 6:30-9:30 pm, Fridays & Saturdays;
Mike Ning & Sherry Jones, 5-8 pm, every Sunday Johnny
Cascone's, 6863 W 91st St., 913-381-6837
John Brown by Kirke Mechem, May 9 & 11 816-471-7344,
www.kcopera.org
Kansas City Jazz at the Golden Ox w/ Bryan
Hicks, bass, Loren Pickford, sax, and Charlie Gatchet, guitar, 6:30-10:30
pm, every Friday and Saturday Ox Bar, Golden Ox Restaurant,
1600 Genessee, 816-842-2866
Kansas City Symphony, Verdi Requiem, $10 & up, 8
pm, 2 pm, May 16-18 Lyric Theatre, 1020 Central, 816-471-0400,
www.kcsymphony.org
Knuckleheads. Walter Trout
w/ Shannon & the Rhythm Kings, May 9; Magic Slim & the Teardrops
w/ Louisana Red, May 10 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456,
www.knuckleheadskc.com
M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam), May 14 Liberty Hall,
642Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1942, www.libertyhall.net
Monte Alexander Trio, $15-$30, May 10 Folly Theater,
12th & Central, 816-474-4444, www.follytheater.com
The Musicals of Musicals, thru May 11 –
Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W 10th St., 816-421-1700,
www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
The Mutual Musicians Foundation, Rush Hour Live Jazz,
4:30-8:30, Fridays, Late Night Jams, 1 am-5 am, weekends 1823
Highland, 816-471-5212, www.thefoundationjamson.org
Ophelia's, Greg Meise, May 9-10; Ryan Nilson, May 16-17;
Becky Barry, May 23-24; Bryan Ruskin, May 30-31 201 N Main,
Independence 816-461-4525
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Cure, Starlight Theatre, May 19 |
"Pink Floyd's The Wall," $10, 10 pm, 8 pm, May 30-June
2 La Esquina, 1000 W 25th St., 816-221-5115, www.urbancultureproject.org
Sir
James Galway, "the man with the golden flute," $55,
$25, 8 pm, May 9 Folly Theater, 12th & Central, 816-415-5025,
www.harriman-jewell.org
Trouser Mouse Bar & Grill, Dog House Daddies, May 9;
Jimmy Nickelson, May 16; The Raindogs, May 17; Levee Town, May 23;
The Bob Harvey Band, May 31 625 NW Mock Ave., Blue Springs,
816-220-1212, www.trousermousebar.com
Wilco, May 14 Downtown Lawrence, www.pipelineproductions.com
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Back to Top
Battle of Westport, presented by historian Dan Smith, 6:30
pm, May 15 Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Circus Skills & Clowning, ages 14 & up, Tuesdays,
6-7 pm, begins June 10 City in Motion School of Dance, 3925
Main, 816-561-2882, www.cityinmotion.org
Colombia Support Network of Kansas City, meeting about
the increasing scope of U.S.-sponsored operations in Colombia, South
America, second Sunday of each month email for location, info@csnkc.org
or www.colombiasupport.net
Community of Reason events, free, 1 pm, Member Meeting,
May 11; "Saving the World Means Saving Ourselves," w/ John
Kurman, May 18; "Presidential Power: Use, Abuse and the Future,"
w/ Max Skidmore, May 25 Rm. 301, Haag Hall, UMKC campus, 816-561-1866,
communityofreason@gmail.com
Education Reform Task Force, KCMO School District, public
hearing, 6:30-8 pm, May 12 Trailwoods Elementary School, 6201
E 17th St.; 6:30-8 pm, May 20 Hartman Elementary School, 8111
Oak, 816-418-7414, www.kcmsd.k12.mo.us
"Fairy
Tales Today," presented by author Alison Lurie, 6;30 pm,
May 9 Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
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| John
Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,
May 29, Central Library (photo by Daniel Miller Jr.) |
The Harmonica Club of Greater KC. meeting & play-along,
6:30 pm, 2nd Thursday of the month – Wexford Place, "Stafford
Room," 6500 N Crosby, 816-790-3724, www.harmonicaclubkc.org
Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research, free public
lectures, Sun., 10:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Wed. & Fri., 7:15-9:30 p.m.
5916 E. 40 Hwy., 816-921-4066,
www.idmr.net.
Jack Nott, author of Adventures in Television, 2
pm, May 11 Lakeview Village, 9100 Park, Lenexa 913-261-2315,
www.jocolibrary.org
Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star columnist, 2 pm,
May 11 Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit
Man and Secret History of the American Empire, free, 6:30
pm, May 29 Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Johnson County Women's Connection,"Searching for Love
and Acceptance," presented by Judith Phipps, reservations needed.
$16, 9:30-11 am, May 15; "Hanging in there when Life Enters the
Twight Zone," presented by Valerie George, reservations needed,
$16, 9:30-11 am, June 19 Milburn Country Club, 7501 W 69th
St., 913-768-4151, 913-780-6850
Joel Goldman, mystery writer, author of Shake Down,
7 pm, May 22 Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
The Kansas City Pachyderm Club, weekly luncheon every Tuesday,
11:45 am Hoof & Horn Room, Golden Ox Restaurant, 1600 Genessee,
816-842-2866, www.kcpachy.com
Kansas City Radio & TV Legends. luncheon meetings,
ongoing, 2nd & 4th Fridays of the month Dillingham Room,
The Golden Ox Restaurant, 1600 Genessee, 816-842-2866, 913-491-4000
"Marceau Technique," taught by Beth Byrd-Lonski,
$20, 7-9 pm, May 12 Just Off Broadway Theater, 3051 Central,
816-753-0517, www.byrdproductions.org
Missouri's Outdoor Women, learning new outdoor skill, 8
am-4:30 pm, May 17 Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center,
Hwy. 7, north of I-70, Blue Springs 816-228-3766
National MS Society Events: Tai Chi for MS Wellness, 10:15-11:15
a.m., Turning Point, 8900 Stateline Rd., Ste. 240, Leawood, 816-942-2020;
MS Aquatics, 11-11:30 a.m., Grandview Community Center, 13500 Byars
Rd., Grandview, call 816-763-5524 ex.104 for specific dates
www.msmidamerica.org
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| Valerie
Hemingway, author of Running with the Bulls: My Years with
the Hemingways, May 14, Plaza Library |
Peace & Justice Activities: KC Iraq Task Force:
2 p.m., first Sunday of the month Holy Family Catholic Worker
House, 913-334-7462; regular meetings every 7 p.m., Thursdays;
www.kciraqtaskforce.org
Peace Demonstrations, 4 pm, every Sunday, JC Nichols Fountain,
47th & Main, 5-6 pm, every Tuesday,63rd & Ward Parkway; every
Wednesday, 5 pm, Iraqi Anti-War demonstration, College & Quivira,
816-931-5256, 913-334-7462,
www.kciraqtaskforce.org
Rainy Day Workshop, $45, $55, 12-4 pm, May 31 Martha
Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary, 407 N Lafrenz Rd., Liberty 816-781-8598,
www.NatureSanctuary.com
Robert A. Anderson, author of Paddy, 3 pm, May 18
Claridge Court, 8101 Mission Rd., 913-967-8650, www.jocolibrary.org
Supporting Ourselves & Others at Risk, support group
dedicated to addressing the needs of women at increased risk for breast
&/or ovarian cancer, first Thursdays Menorah Medical Center,
Conference Room A/B, 5721 W 119th St., 913-663-2100 or www.supportingthoseatrisk.org
Survivors of Suicide Support Group, open peer-to-peer
group with professional support, first Tuesday of every month
Independence Regional Hospital, 816-373-8470
Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange,
7 pm, May 28 Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407,
www.kclibrary.org
Valerie Hemingway, author of Running with the Bulls:
My Years with the Hemingways, 6:30 pm, May 14 Plaza Library,
4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Westport Writer's Workshop, once a month on Saturdays
call 816-753 8111 for the next meeting time and place
Wildflower & Butterfly: Spring Walk, $12, $11, 1-3
pm, May 10 Ernie Miller Nature Center, 909 N Hwy. 7, Olathe
913-764-7759, www.jcprd.com
Wilma King, author of The Essence of Liberty: Free Black
Women during the Slave Era, 6:30 pm, May 20 Central Library,
14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Writing for Love, Money & Immortality, writing workshops,
manuscript consultations, keynote address by Barbara Robinette Moss,
June 27-29 Diastole, 2501 Holmes, 816-235-2736, www.newletters.org
VISUAL
ARTS/FILM Back to Top
Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Jennifer Holt, ceramics,
& Brian Stuparyk, prints, June 25-July 27 Lawrence
Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, 785-843-2787, www.lawrenceartscenter.com
B.F.A Exhibition, 2008, candidates from the Kansas City
Art Institute, thru May 17 H&R Block Artspace, 16 E 43rd
St., 816-561-5563, www.kcai.edu/artspace
Biographical
Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969-1979, thru
May 18 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd.,
816-753-5784, www.kemperart.org
Belger Arts Center. Terry Winters: Works from John
& Maxine Belger Foundation, Cursive, drawing, by Creighton
Michael, thru June 6 2100 Walnut, 816-474-3250, www.belgerartscenter.org
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“With
Moonshine and Money She Whistled Her Siren’s Plea,”
acrylic, ink and collage on paper, by Rina Banerjee, part of
Distant Nearness exhibition, Nerman Museum of Contemporary
Art, JCCC, thru May 25 |
Black Gold, Coffee and the Bitter Taste of Free Trade,
documentary, 7 pm, $3, May 19 Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts,
Lawrence, www.filmsforaction.org
Chicano Experience, local artists, thru May 30
Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery, 919 W 17th St., 816-221-2349. www.mattierhodes.org
Cinema & Soul Film/Discussion, free, 6:30 pm, The
Sea Inside, June 8; Lars and the Real Girl, July 13; The
Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Aug. 10; The Burmese Harp, Oct.
12; Secret Sunshine, Nov. 9; Ikuru, Dec. 14 Westport
Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Rd., www.WestportCenterfortheArts.org
Civil War Film Series, free, 7 pm, Lincoln and the War
Within (1992), May 22; Glory (1989), May 29; The General
(1927), June 5; Shenandoah (1965), June 12; Ride with the
Devil (1999), June 19 Missouri Auditorium, Truman Presidential
Museum & Library, 500 W U.S. 24 Hwy., 816-268-8200, 800-833-1225
or www.trumanlibrary.or
Distant Nearness, works by Rina Banerjee,
Subodh Gupta & Bharti Kher, thru May 25 – The
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, JCCC, 12345 College Blvd, 913-469-4445,
www.jccc.net
Eli Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios, abstract,
thru May 18 Spencer Museum of Art, KU campus, 1301 Mississippi
St., Lawrence 785-864-4710, www.spencerart.ku.ed
Enchanting Taiwan, color photo murals, thru
May 18 Guldner Gallery, Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407,
www.kclibrary.org
Forbidden Hollywood film series, free, 6 pm, Baby Face,
May 15; Freaks, May 22; Blonde Venus, May 29
KCK Main Library auditorium, 625 Minnesota, 913-551-3280, www.kckpl.lib.ks.us
Hallmark Visitors Center, 14 exhibits areas about the Hallmark
company founded in 1910, ongoing Crown Center, 2450 Grand,
816-274-5745, www.hallmarkvisitorscenter.com
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Experience, thru May 30, Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery |
IFC Meetings, network and seminars for the independent and
student filmmakers, Wednesdays, ongoing Westport Coffee House,
5010 Pennsylvania, 913-649-0244, www.ifckc.com
Imaging Blackness, 1915-2002: Film Posters from the Indiana
University Black Film Center/Archive, 43 posters, thru June
22 Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Kansas vs. Darwin, documentary in conjunction with
Inherit the Wind production, 7 pm, May 27 Lawrence Arts
Center, 940 New Hampshire, 785-843-2787, www.lawrenceartscenter.com
Kansas City Artists Coalition. New Paintings by
Jane Booth, Mallin Gallery, Brian Firkins,
painting, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, Within 500 Feet,
exploration photography by June Roys, Underground
Gallery, 5-8 pm, exhibition thru June 13 – 201 Wyandotte, 816-421-5222,
www.kansascityartistscoalition.org
Layers Revealed, painter/printmaker John Vanderpool,
May 16-June 29 Muchnic Gallery, 704 4th St., Atchison, KS 913-367-4278,
www.atchison.org
Margaret Godfrey, acrylics, exhibit thru April R.G.
Endress Gallery, Prairie Village City Hall, 7700 Mission Rd., 913-381-6464,
www.pvkansas.com
Missouri Bluffs Art Show, 11 am-7 pm, May 10 512
Main, Weston, MO 816-640-2770, www.missouribluffs.com
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Bronze Woman (1938), lithograph, part of Imaging Blackness,
1915-2002: Film Posters from the Indiana University Black Film
Center/Archive, Central Library thru June 22 |
Movie in the Park, free, dusk, Gone with the Wind,
May 17 Colonial Square, 2110 NE Parvin Rd., 816-513-7500, www.kcmo.org/parks
Off-the-Wall Film Series, free, dusk, approx. 8:45 pm,
Xanadu (1980), May 16 Rooftop Terrace, Central Library,
14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Planetarium
Show, gives overview of stars, constellations, comets and planets,
ongoing Union Station, City Dome Theater, 30 W Pershing Rd.,
816-460-2020
Primavera Celebrations, works by Michelle
Gordon & Jean Van Harlingen, thru May Eva Reynolds
Fine Arts, 770 W 47th St., 913-681-8002, www.evareynoldsfinearts.com
Reframing Society: Russian Constructivist Photography,
40 photographs, thru May 18 Spencer Museum of Art, KU campus,
1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence 785-864-4710, www.spencerart.ku.edu
Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 1960s,
thru May 18 Kress Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, KU campus,
1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence 785-864-4710, www.spencerart.ku.edu
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| “Locus,”
by Terry Winters, Belger Arts Center, thru June 6 |
Short Stories, new work by Dave Loewenstein,
May 14-June 20 Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, 785-843-2787,
www.lawrenceartscenter.com
Sounds
of Silence Film Series, accompanying musicians Jeffrey Ruckma
and his Spoonbender Consort, free, 3:30 pm, African Paradise and
Selected Shorts, May 17 – Central Library, 14 W 10th St.,
816-701-3407; Diary of a Lost Child (1929), auditorium, Plaza
Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3481, www.kclibrary.org
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault. free, 1:30 pm, For
Your Eyes Only (1981), May 10; License To Kill (1989),
May 17; Golden Eye (1995) May 24; Casino Royale (2006)
May 31; free, 6:30 pm, A Double Life (1947), May 12;
Otello (1986), May 19; O (2001), May 27 Central
Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
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“#14,”
by June Roys, Underground Gallery, the Artist Coalition, thru
June 13
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Tuesday Film Screening Series, free, 7 pm, Hip
Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, May 13; Class Dismissed,
May 20; The Fourth World War, May 27 The Solidarity
Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1109 Massachusetts, Lawarence,
www.filmsforaction.org
Tricia
Black, 2-D painting, drawings, 5-7 pm, opening reception, May
9, exhibition thru May 31 Carnegie Arts Center, 601 S 5th St.,
Leavenworth 913-651-0765, www.leavenwortharts.org
"Unsung" Artists Under Thirty, 7-11 pm, reception,
May 16; 7-9 pm, gallery panel, May 27; 6-8:30 pm, Video Artists Night,
June 10 Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, 785-843-2787,
www.lawrenceartscenter.com
Urban Culture Project Third Friday Art Downtown: Painterly
La La, Studio Residency Program Focus Exhibition featuring Eli
Borrowman, Stewart Losee, Nicole Mauser, Lee Piechocki & Sarah
Vadersall, 6-9 pm, reception, May 16, exhibtion thru June 14
Paragraph, 23 E 12th St.; Separated at Birth, featuring Pat
Alexander & Michael Converse, 6-9 pm, reception, May 16, exhibtion
thru June 14 Project Space, 21 E 12th; Jacob Martin: And
the Earth Was Born, 6-9 pm, reception, May 16, exhibtion thru
June 21 Jenkins, 1217 Walnut; Open Studios, 6-9 pm, reception,
May 16 Bonfils, 125 E 12th St. & pARTnership Place, 906
Grand, 13th floor, 816-221-5115, www.urbancultureproject.org
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Carter Arts Center at MCC-Penn Valley
Community Center has issued a call for artists. The application can
be downloaded at http://mcckc.edu/pvart...Lighton
Internation Artist Exchange Program is taking submissions,
go to www.KansasCityArtistsCoalition.org..call
for entries...OPPOSITION, the artists coalition underground,
entries for Oct. 3 exhibition, deadline Aug. 1, janetsimpson@kansascityartistscoalition.org
THEATER/COMEDY
Back to Top
All That and a Bag of Chips, sketch comedy for adults
by Leah Licausi and Marice Ramirez, ongoing Delaware Market
Café, 300 Delaware 816-769-2829
The Drawer Boy,
May 9-June 1 Spencer Theatre, 4949 Cherry, 816-235-2700, www.kcrep.org
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Mark
Robbins plays Francis Hardy in Unicorn Theatre’s Faith
Healer, thru May 18 (photo by Cynthia Levin courtesy of
Unicorn Theatre)
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Famous Johnny's Comedy Club, Improv Abilities, 8 pm, every
Wednesday, 10635 Floyd, 913-648-5233, www.famousjohnnys.com
Faith Healer, thru May 18 Unicorn Theatre,
3828 Main, 816-531-7529, www.unicorntheatre.org
Greater Tuna, $16, 8 pm, 2 pm, thru June 1
The Chestnut Theatre, 234 N Chestnut, Olathe 913-764-2121
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, Theatre for Young America,
10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, $8, thru May 17 H&R Block City Stage,
Union Station, 30 W Pershing, 816-460-2083, www.unionstation.org
Improv, The Majestic. Christian Finnegan,
thru May 11; Dave Attell, May 16-18 Zona Rosa, I-29 & Barry
Rd., 816-587-4500, www.themajestictheatres.com
Leslie Jordan My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, $27.50,
$37.50, $47.50, $67.50, June 6 Folly Theater, 300 W 12th St.,
816-474-4444, www.follytheater.com
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Wedding, American Heartland Theatre, thru June 15 (photo
by Shane Rowe) |
Perfect Wedding, thru June 15 American Heartland
Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, 816-842-9999, www.ahtkc.com
Psycho Beach Party, $13, 8 pm, 3 pm, May 16-18
H&R Block City Stage, Union Station, 30 W Pershing, 816-460-2083,
www.unionstation.org
Rumors w/ John Davidson, thru June 22
– New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, 913-649-SHOW, www.newtheatre.com
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Hedgpeth-Guerra as the Mouse and Nick Padgett as the Boy in
the Theatre for Young America’s If You Give a Mouse
a Cookie, thru May 20 |
Sideways Stories From Wayside School, $14, $9, 10 am,
12 pm, 2 pm, 7 pm, thru May 18 Coterie Theatre, Crown Center,
2450 Grand, 816-474-6552, www.coterietheatre.org
Social Security, comedy, $8, $7, 8 pm, 2 pm, May
29-31, June 6-8 City Theater of Independence, Sermon Center,
201 N Dodgion Rd., 816-325-7367, www.citytheaterofindependence.org
Stanford & Sons. Jackson Perdue, thru May 11; 3 Blonde
Moms, May 15-18 Legends, 1867 Village West, 913-400-7500
"Y'all
Come Back Now," audience participation, improvisation,$10,
8 pm, May 30-31 H&R Block City Stage, Union Station, 30
W Pershing, 816-460-2083, www.unionstation.org
TEEN ACTIVITIES Back to Top
Gear Up Tutoring, for grades 6-12, every Monday evening from
6-9 pm, parents must fill out a registration form West Wyandotte
Library, 1737 N. 82 St., 913-596-5800 or www.kckpl.lib.ks
Homework Help & Coaches, Mon.-Thurs., 4-7 pm, Sun., 1-4
pm, weekly Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th St., 913-495-2400,
www.jocolibrary.org/homework
Open Mic Night, every Tuesday, all ages, 6:30-7:30 pm
Kansas City Young Audiences, 5601 Wyandotte, www.kcya.org
Self-Portraits, teen program, free, 1 pm, May 14
Northeast Library, 6000 Wilson Rd., 816-701-3468
SOS (Synergy Services Street Outreach Team) Group, 3:30 pm,
every Monday L.H. Bluford Library, 3050 Prospect, 816-701-3482;
4:30 pm, every Friday North-East Library, 6000 Wilson Rd.,
816-701-3485
Teen Night, 7pm-12 am, May 29 Mission Theatre, 5909
Johnson Dr., 913-722-1081, www.themissiontheatre.com
Teen
Psychic Program, for grades 6 to 12, call for times KCK
Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., 913-551-3280, www.kckpl.lib.ks.us
YAAC (Young Adult Advisory Council), help plan library
events/programs, 12:30-1:30 pm, May 17 Central Resource Library,
9875 W 87th St., 913-495-2400, www.jocolibrary.org/homework
CASTING CALL for the 2007-2008 season: ages 12-19, 5-7
pm, Coterie Theatre, Crown Center shops, 2450 Grand, for more information,
go to www.coterietheatre.org
FAMILY/CHILDREN Back to Top
"Aesop's Fables," hand puppet show, $5, 11 am, 2
pm, May 31 Puppetry Arts Institute, 11025 E Winner Rd., Independence
816-833-9777, www.hazelle.org
Art Fair, w/ Children's Choic, music by First Light, Jim
"Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove, 11 am-4 pm, May 10 Cherokee
Christian Church, 75th & Belinder, 913-362-7077
Artifact Road Show: Stump the Archaeologist! $7,
$4, $3, 9 am-4:30 pm, May 10 – Fort Osage Education Center,
107 Osage St., Sibley, MO, www.jacksongov.org
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Junie B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour (in person), May 27, Plaza
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Deanna Rose Childrens' Farmstead, 12-acre park featuring gardens,
a one-room schoolhouse, Kanza Indian encampment and more, ongoing
Deanna Rose, 138th & Switzer, 913-897-2360 or www.opkansas.org
Grand Opening of the Children's Library, w/ Paul Mesner
Puppets, Words Un-Raveled Artistic Ministries, Robert Brown and Shakespeare
To Go!, 10 am-4 pm, May 10 Central Library, 14 W 10th St.,
816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Half-Pint Space Show, pre-schoolers, kindergarteners, 12
pm, Thursday, ongoing Gottlieb Planetarium at Union Station,
30 W Pershing, 816-460-2020, www.unionstation.org
Independent Art Sessions, for ages 5-12, Monday thru Saturday
sessions Kaleidoscope, 25th & McGee, 816-274-8300, www.hallmarkkaleidoscope.com
Jacomo Day Camp, ages 3-13, registration deadline, May
28; week #1, June 9-13 816-229-8980, Kemper@jacksongov.org
Junie B. Jones Stupid Smelly Bus Tour, 6:30 pm, May 27
Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Kids Incorporated, activities and support group for parents
and children ages birth to 5, 2nd Tuesdays First Baptist Church,
303 S Grove, Independence, 816-903-0188 or www.geocities.com/kckidsinc
The "Long" Story of Corinthian Hall w/ Paul
Mesner Puppet Show, free, 10 am, June 5 Leawood Pioneer Library,
4700 Town Center Dr., 913-344-0250
Monarch Watch, open house and plant fundraiser, children's
activities, 8 am-3pm, May 10 Foley Hall, KU west campus, Lawrence,
785-864-4051, www.MonarchWatch.org
Mother
Nature Reads, storytime for children 2 to 6, Saturdays, ongoing
Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 E Gregory Blvd., 816-513-8960
Nelson-Atkin's Art Classes, for ages 3 to 18, preregistration
is required and ongoing, call 816-751-1ART Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art, 4525 Oak St., 816-561-4000,
www.nelson-atkins.org
Summer Theatre Day Camp, $125, ages 7-12, June 16-20
Chestnut Theater, 234 N Chestnut, Olathe, 913-341-8156, www.mtyp.org
Storytimes at KCK Libraries, Tuesdays for ages 4-5, Wednesdays
for ages 2-3, Thursdays for ages 2-3 and 0-18 months West Wyandotte
Library, 1737 N 82nd St., 913-596-5800; Wednesdays for ages 2 and
up, Thursdays, storytime in Spanish for 2-5 year olds Argentine
Library, 2800 Metropolitan, 913-722-7400
Weekly Playgroup, with the KC chapter of Mocha Moms,
a support group for mothers of color who do not hold full-time jobs,
every Monday Roanoke Park, E Roanoke Dr. & Valentine Rd.,
816-531-0439 or www.mochamoms.org
Zooville, exhibits and interactive activities
for kids, with live animal shows and animal-themed short plays, ongoing
Kansas City Zoo, Meyer Blvd. & Swope Pkwy., 816-516-5701
or www.kansascityzoo.org
SPORTS/HEALTH Back to Top
35th Hospital Hill Half Marathon, 10k, 5k, June 7 www.hospitalhillrun.com
68's Inside Sports Basketball clinics, ages 7-18, $105,
May 11, 18, 25, 29 11301 W 88th St., 913-888-9247, www.68insidesports.com
Kansas City Tour de Cure, one-day cycling fund-raising
event for American Diabetes Association, 8 am, June 8 River
Market at 315 E 3rd St., to Weston, MO, 1-888-DIABETES, www.tour.diabetes.org
KC Bridgade - Sprint Center, 913-383-8020, www.kcbrigade.com
KC Curling Club Pepsi Ice Midwest, 135th & Quivira,
913-599-9965, 816-523-2345, www.kccurling.com
KC Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium, 1 Arrowhead
Dr. off I-70, 816-920-9300, www.kcchiefs.com
KC Flying Disc Club, for games, events, courses
www.kcfdc.org
KC Roller Warriors Hale Arena, American
Royal, 913-636-7894, www.kcrollerwarriors.com
KC Royals vs. Baltimore
,May 9-11; vs. Detroit, May 13-15; vs. Minnesota, May
27-29; vs. Cleveland, May 30-June 1 – Kauffman Stadium,
I-70 & Blue Ridge Cutoff, 1-800-676-9257, www.royals.com
KC T-Bones – Community America Ballpark, 913-328-BALL,
www.tbonesbaseball.com
KC Wizards All home games at Community
America Ballpark, 1800 Village West Pkwy., KCK, , 913-387-3400, www.kcwizards.com
KU Jayhawks Kansas University Campus, Lawrence,
www.kusports.com
Klice ClassicBoxing Exhibition, food vendors, free health
screenings, $10, 10 am-9 pm, May 17 Satchel Paige Stadium,
Swope Parkway & E. 51st St., 816-914-6806
Ma1N Street M1le, USATF sanctioned & certified, 8:30 am,
May 10 www.kcmainstreetmile.org
MU Tigers Hernes Center, Columbia, 1-800-CAT-PAWS,
www.mizzou.edu
NTRP Central Regional Doubles Championships, May 9-11
The Plaza Tennis Center, 4747 J.C. Nichols Parkway, 816-784-5100
UMKC Kangaroos UMKC Intercollegiate Athletics, SRC 201,
5100 Rockhill Rd., 816-235-1036, www.umkckangaroos.collegesports.com
World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA), Games held Thursdays
from 6:45-8:45 p.m., Southwest Charter School, 301-318-7073, www.kickball.com
YMCA MS Wellness Program, various days/times Red
Bridge YMCA, 11300 Holmes, 816-942-2020
Youth Basketball Clinics/Camp, thru June Youth Advocacy
Office, division of the city manager's office, KCMO, 816-513-1314,
www.kcmo.org/youth
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