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EVENTS/EXHIBITS
5th Annual Chalk Walk in the Historic Northeast, free, 9 am-5 pm, April 28-29 – Kessler Park, The Concourse, 200 Benton Blvd., www.northeastartskc.org
24th Annual AIDS Walk, April 28 – www.aidswalkkansascity.org
30th Annual Lions Club Antique Show, April 27-28 – Weston, MO 816-386-4013, www.westonmoshows.com
32nd Annual Mushroom Festival, food, arts, May 4-5 – Richmond, MO 816-776-6916, www.richmondchamber.org
39 Trails: Research in the Peruvian Amazon, exhibition, thru July 22 – Gallery 318 South, KU Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, 785-864-4710. www.spencerart.ku.edu
2012 Spring Parade of Homes, Home Builders Association, free, 11 am- 6 pm, thru April 29 – various locations, 816-942-8800, www.kchba.org
"The Art and Marionettes of Robert LeRoy Smith, $3, $1.50, thru July 31 – Pupperty Arts Institute, 11025 E Winner Rd., 816-833-9777, www.hazelle.org
Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing, thru July 20 – Gallery 318 North, KU Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St., Lawrence, 785-864-4710. www.spencerart.ku.edu
Dino Lab, interactive paleontology exhibit, ongoing
– Science City Exhibit Gallery, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing
Rd., 816-460-2020, www.unionstation.org
A horse-drawn buggy from the Truman family farm, part of
"Tracing the Trumans" exhibit thru Dec. 31 (photo
courtesy of the Truman Library)
Earth Day Crop Mob at urban farms & gardens, 9 am-12 pm, April 28 – Cultivate Kansas City, 913-831-2444, www.cultivatekc.org
"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
For All the World To See, national traveling exhibition, thru May 25 – Wyandotte County Historical Museum, 631 N 126th St., Bonner Springs, KS 913-573-5002, www.wycomuseum.org
Founders Day, opening of the exhibit Planning for the Future: Find History at the Kansas City Museum, free, noon-4 pm, May 6 – Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., 816-483-8300, www.kansascitymuseum.org
"Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times," a
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.org
Lansing Daze, Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q, May 4-5 – Lansing, KS 913-727-5488, www.lansing.ks.us
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
Orchids & Gems of the Woodland, thru May 13 – Powell Gardens, 1609 NW US Hwy 50, Kingsville, 816-697-2600, www.powellgardens.org
Pantheon de la Guerre: From Paris to the Chicago World's Fair to Kansas City exhibition, thru September – National World War I Museum, Liberty Memorial, 100 W 26th St., 816-784-1918, www.theworldwar.org
"Prairie Gold: Opportunity & Struggle, Douglas
County 1820-1861," ongoing – Watkins Community Museum
of History, 1047 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS 785-841-4109
"Shapes of Nature," Majoica pottery, $6, $5, $3, May 1-31 – Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W Pacific, Independence, 816-461-3491, www.bwestate.org
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, $10 & up, thru Sept. 3 – Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd., 816-460-2020, www.unionstation.org
"Tracing the Trumans: An American Story," exhibit, thru Dec. 31 – Truman Presidential
Museum & Library, 500 W U.S. 24 Hwy., 816-268-8200, 800-833-1225
or www.trumanlibrary.org
Truman Heritage Festival, music, arts, crafts, food, May 3-5 – Downtown, Grandview, MO 816-316-4888, www.grandview.org/centennialcelebration
"Witnesses of Christ," exhibit/display by Liz Lemon Swindle, thru April 30 – Independence Mormon Visitors' Center, 937 W Walnut, Independence, 816-836-3477, www.Ids.org
World War I All-Stars: Sports & the Inter-Allied Games exhibition, thru December 2012 – National World War I Museum, Liberty Memorial, 100 W 26th St., 816-784-1918, www.theworldwar.org
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Back to Top
4th Annual Civil Rights/Fair Housing Summit, sponsored by the Civil Rights Division, Human Relations Dept., KCMO, free, pre-registration required, 9 am-2:30 pm, April 27 – Southeast Community Center, 4201 E 63rd St., 816-513-1842
All Souls Forum, free, 10 am, – All Souls
Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, 913-381-7251, www.allsoulskc.org
Anti-Nuclear demonstration, 5-6 pm, every
Wednesday – entry to Kansas City Plant, operated by Honeywell
for the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 913-206-4088, www.kcnukeswatch.wordpress.com
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, free, 1 pm, – Rm.
301, Haag Hall, UMKC, 52nd & Rockhill Rd., 816-561-1866, www.communityofreason.net
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
The Impact of Federal Health Care Reform in Missouri conference, $50, registration required, May 18 – Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Rd., http://muconf.missouri.edu/mohealthcarereform
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.ne
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
"Langston Hughes in China" w/ professor Luo Lianggong, free, noon, April 30 – Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence 785-864-2561
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
Roger Bland, "A License to Loot or Archaeological Rescue?" 6:30 pm, Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
"Sowing and Reaping: Christian Perspectives on Food and Agriculture," free, 9 am-6 pm, April 28 – Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., Lawrence, 785-843-4933
StoryTarium, films, lectures & other history-related
programming on local & regional history, free, 11 am, 1 &
3 pm, 12:30, 1:30 & 3:30 pm (Sundays), Tuesday-Sunday –
Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., 816-483-8300
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
Westport Writer's Workshop, once a month on Saturdays –
call 816-753 8111 for the next meeting time and place
"When the Sirens Went Silent" w/ meteorologist Mike Smith, 6:30 pm, May 9 – Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
TEEN ACTIVITIES Back to Top
Brainfuse, free online one-on-one homework help for students, 2-11 pm – www.kclibrary.org
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
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 Psychic Program, for grades 6 to 12, call for times
– KCK Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., 913-551-3280, www.kckpl.lib.ks.us
FAMILY/CHILDREN Back to Top
Brainfuse, free online one-on-one homework help for students, 2-11 pm – www.kclibrary.org
Chera Taber, author of Muddle Creek Zoo (children), booksigning, 10:30 am-noon, May 4 – Turner Community Library, 831 S 55th St., KCKS, 888-361-9473
Deanna Rose Childrens' Farmstead, 12-acre park featuring
gardens, a one-room schoolhouse, Kanza Indian encampment,
138th & Switzer, 816-365-5059, 913-897-2360 or www.opkansas.org/_Vis/Farmstead/
Half-Pint Space Show, pre-schoolers, kindergarteners,
12 pm, Thursday, ongoing – Gottlieb Planetarium at Union
Station, 30 W Pershing Rd., 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
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
Mother Nature Reads, storytime for children 2 to
6, Saturdays, ongoing – Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 E Gregory
Blvd., 816-513-896
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
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
Voyage: A Journey Through Our Solar System, outdoor
permanent exhibition, ongoing – 13th & Baltimore, www.voyagesolarsystem.org
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
Youth Servant Saturday, help needy families, Metro Lutheran Ministry, 9 am-12:30 pm, April 28 – 3031 Holmes, 816-931-0027, www.mlmkc.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.,
816-513-5800 or www.kansascityzoo.org
SPORTS/HEALTH Back to Top
39th Annual Hospital Hill Run, June 2, www.hospitalhillrun.com
2nd Annual 5k Fun Run & Walk-a-thon for Prader-Willi Syndrome, 9:30 am, April 28 – Fairground Park, HIgginsville, MO, http://praderwilli.webs.com
College Basketball Experience and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, Sprint Center, $12, $9, ongoing – 1401 Grand, www.collegebasketballexperience.com
KC Chiefs – Arrowhead Stadium, 1 Arrowhead
Dr. off I-70, 816-920-9300,
www.kcchiefs.com
KC Curling Club – Line Creek Community Center, 5940 NW Waukomis Dr., 816-659-6061, 816-523-2345, www.kccurling.com
KC Comets – Independence Event Center, 19100 East Valley View Pkwy., www.cometsindoorsoccer.com
KC Flying Disc Club, for games, events, courses –
www.kcfdc.org
KC Roller Warriors, – Municipal Auditorium,
301 W 13th St., www.kcrollerwarriors.com
KC Royals – Kauffman Stadium, I-70 & Blue Ridge Cutoff,
1-800-676-9257, www.royals.com
KC Spartans, basketball, ABA – www.kansascityspartans.com
KC T-Bones – Community America Ballpark,
913-328-BALL, www.tbonesbaseball.com
KU Jayhawks – Kansas University Campus,
Lawrence, www.kusports.com
Missouri Mavericks, hockey, – Independence
Event Center, 816-252-7825, www.missourimavericks.com
MU Tigers – Hernes Center, Columbia, 1-800-CAT-PAWS, www.mizzou.edu
Mental Health America of the Heartland, ongoing free workshops on various mental health topics at various locations, 913-281-2221, ext. 112, www.mhah.org
Midwest Sports Productions, youth sports – 913-543-6116, www.playmsp.com
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
Sporting Kansas City – All home games at Community America
Ballpark, 1800 Village West Pkwy., KCK, 913-387-3400, www.sportingkc.com
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
Zumba fitness specialists Gina Grant & Tanya Beardsley, $40, 6:30-8 pm, April 29 – Fieldhouse Gym, JCCC, 12345 College Blvd., www.brownpapertickets.com/event/232274
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