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EVENTS/EXHIBITS
2nd Saturdays in Downtown Leavenworth, free, 10 am-5pm, Feb. 11 – Leavenworth, KS 913-682-3924, www.leavenworthmainstreet.com
6th Annual Chocolate Tour, 1-5 pm, Feb. 4 – Excelsior Springs, MO, 816-637-2811, www.VisitESprings.com
6th Annual Hoops & Sneaker's Gala, American Diabetes Association, 6-midnight, Feb. 25 – Sheraton Crown Center, 2345 McGee, www.diabetes.org/hoopsandsneakers
18th Annual Women's Sports Awards Celebration, keynote speaker Abby Wambach, 11:30 am, Feb. 3 – Sheraton Crown Center, 2345 McGee, www.winforkc.org
2012 Spring Parade of Homes, Home Builders Association, free, 11 am- 6 pm, April 14-29 – various locations, 816-942-8800, www.kchba.org
The Art and Marionettes of Robert LeRoy Smith, $3, $1.50, thru July 31, 2012 – Pupperty Arts Institute, 11025 E Winner Rd., 816-833-9777, www.hazelle.org
ArtsKC Awards Luncheon, 11:30 am-1 pm, Jan. 27 – Starlight Theatre Complex, www.ArtsKC.org
Dino Lab, interactive paleontology exhibit, ongoing
– Science City Exhibit Gallery, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing
Rd., 816-460-2020, www.unionstation.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
"Grow the Good Life," Kansas City Garden Symposium, various speakers, $89, 8:30 am-3 pm, Feb. 18 – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Atkins Auditorium, 4525 Oak, 816-697-2600, ext. 209, www.powellgardens.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
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
Missouri Citizens for the Arts Day at the Legislature, $15 (non-members) Feb. 8 – Jefferson City, MO, www.citzensday.eventbrite.com
"Prairie Gold: Opportunity & Struggle, Douglas
County 1820-1861," ongoing – Watkins Community Museum
of History, 1047 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS 785-841-4109
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Back to Top
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
Candy Crowley, CNN correspondent, lecture and William Allen White citation, 1:30 pm, Feb. 10 – Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd., KU campus, Lawrence, 785-864-7644
Center for International Trade and Agricultural roundtable, panel w/ Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute, 9:45 am- 5 pm, Feb. 2 – KU School of Law, 107 Green Hall, 1535 W 15th St., Lawrence, 785-864-9205
CNN chief political corrrespondent and
recipent of the William Allen White citation,
Candy Crowley, KU, Woodrull Auditorium, Feb. 10
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
City of Kansas City, MO public budget hearings, 1st Dist., 10 am-noon, Feb. 25 – Shoal Creek Police Academy, 6885 NE Pleasant Valley Rd.; 2nd Dist., 6-8 pm, Feb. 22 – Park Hill Education Center, 7703 NW Barry Rd.; 3rd Dist., 10 am-noon, Feb. 18 – Robert J. Mohart Center, 3200 Wayne; 4th Dist., 10 am-noon, Feb. 4 – KC Health Dept., 2400 Troost; 5th Dist., 10 am-noon, Feb. 11 – Southeast Community Center, 4201 E 63rd St.; 6th Dist., 7-9 pm, Feb. 29 – Hillcrest Community Center, 10101 Hillcrest Rd., 816-513-6517
Community of Reason, free, 1 pm, – Rm.
301, Haag Hall, UMKC, 52nd & Rockhill Rd., 816-561-1866, www.communityofreason.net
Donald Ritchie, author of Congress and Harry S Truman: A Conflicted Legacy, 6:30 pm, Feb. 20 – Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Enuma Okoro, author of Reluctant Pilgrim, Metro Lutheran Ministry Dykman Lecture, 7:30 pm, Feb. 10 – Atonement Lutheran Church, 9948 Metcalf, 816-285-3146
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.ne
J. Alexander Greenwood, author of Pilate's Cross, 6:30 pm, Feb. 23 – 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
Author Enuma Okoro, Metro Lutheran
Ministry Dykman Lecture Series, Feb. 10
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
Quan Tracy Cherry, astrologer, $28, $50, 6 pm, Feb. 1 – Blue Heron Designs, 11 3rd St., Lee's Summit, (registration required) 816-347-8700
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
TEEN ACTIVITIES Back to Top
Brainfuse, free online one-on-one homework help for students, 2-11 pm – www.kclibrary.org
Creative Commons - A Writers' Workshop, grades 9-12, 2-4 pm, Feb. 12 – Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th St., 91-826-4600, www.jocolibrary.org/events
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
Baby Ballers & Little Hoopers Basketball Academy, pre-K-2nd grade, $55, thru Feb. 9 – Sports City, 425 NE Mock Ave., Blue Springs, www.ProdigyBasketball.us
Brainfuse, free online one-on-one homework help for students, 2-11 pm – www.kclibrary.org
Breakfast with the Beasts, $5, Feb. 4 – Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 E Gregory Blvd., 816-513-8960
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/
Family Fun Day, free, noon-4 pm, Feb. 5 – Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., 816-483-8300, www.kcmuseum.com
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
Kansas Day Celebration, $5, reservations required, 2-4 pm, Jan. 29 – Ernie Miller Nature Center, 909 N Hwy. 7, Olathe 913-826-2800, www.ErnieMiller.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
Laura's Legacy, celebrate the birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder, $7, $8, 10 am, Feb. 11 – Ernie Miller Nature Center, 909 N Hwy 7, Olathe, 913-764-7759, www.erniemiller.com
Long Story of Corinthian Hall Puppet Show, The Paul Mesner Puppets, Friday Night Family Fun, 6:30 pm, Jan. 27 – Plaza Library, 4801 Main, www.friendsofkansascitymuseum.org/programs/puppetsjan10.htm
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
Storytelling at Missouri Town 1855,$5, $3, 9 am-4 pm, Feb. 18 – 8010 East Park Rd., Lee's Summit, www.jacksongov.org/missouritown
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
Winter Fun Day, crafts, games, 10 am-2 pm, Jan. 28 – Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center, one mile north of I-70 on Hwy. 7, Blue Springs, 816-228-3766, http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/burroak/
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
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 Christian School Fundraising Basketball Tournament, March 30-April 1 – www.playmsp.com
KC Curling Club, Monday night curling – Pepsi
Ice Midwest, 135th & Quivira, 913-599-9965, 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
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
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