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Country Club Plaza Lighting Ceremony

Dates: Nov. 26 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Country Club Plaza, 47th & J.C. Nichols Pkwy, Kansas City, Mo.

With the flip of a switch, over 80 miles of multi-colored bulbs illuminate the Country Club Plaza district as nearly 300,000 spectators applaud the start of the holiday season....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Major Events,Special Events

"Wolfgang Laib: Without Place - Without Time - Without Body"

Dates: Sept. 26, 2009-Jan.17, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Wolfgang Laib is known for his Pollen Fields, Milkstones, Rice Houses, Ziggurats and more, and many world-wide exhibitions including a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in 2001 acknowledge his importance. "Without Place - Without Time - Without ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Major Events

"WYETH: Three Generations of Artistry"

Dates: Sep. 17-Nov. 29 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The artwork by the Wyeth family, America's iconic art family, will be the focus of the exhibition WYETH: Three Generations of Artistry this fall at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Together, the artists of the Wyeth family-N. C. Wyeth, Andrew ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

"Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood"

Dates: Sept. 26, 2009-Feb. 21, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Since photography's inception in 1839, children have been popular subjects for the camera. We look to pictures of children as collective memories of childhood itself—a phase of life to which we can never return. This exhibition explores our fascinat...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Major Events

Jazz Combo Concert

Dates: Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Ensemble Series...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz,Music & Dance

Holiday Ric Rac Roundup

Dates: Thu., Nov. 19 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, Mo.

Craft Fair celebrating KC's Local Artists ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Mu Phi Epsilon Recital

Dates: Sun., Nov. 8 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Join the Alpha Kappa chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon for their biannual recital. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Master Class: Madeleine Shapiro, cello

Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center 125, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master Class...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Debra Taylor, trombone

Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Rd., Prairie Village, Kan.

WEBER/LAUBE: Romanza appassionata VIVALDI: Sonata in A minor, Op. 14, No. 3/RV 43 PIRARD: Concerto for Trombone "States of the Soul" TELEMANN: Sonata in B minor SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes, Op. 34 STOJOWSKI: Fantaisie RABE: Basta ---...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Master Class: Debra Taylor, trombone

Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center 128, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Debra Taylor has been the Principal Trombonist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra since 1989. She teaches trombone and chamber music at the University of New Mexico. She is a member of the Southwest Jazz Orchestra, which is comprised of the regi...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Student Chamber Ensembles

Dates: Tue., Nov. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

BERGER: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon in C Major BOZZA: Trois pieces pour musique de nuit pour flute, hautbois, clarinette, et bassoon WEBERN: Langsamer Satz, M. 78 LI: Mo Suo's Burial Ceremony HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik for W...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

ArtSounds: Intermedia

Dates: Tue., Nov. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall, Kansas City Art Institute, 4415 Warwick St., Kansas City, Mo.

Madeleine Shapiro, cello An evening presenting works for solo cello with a variety of media; electronics, video, and spoken word. Recent pieces from Madeleine's Nature Project plus a Kansas City premiere....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

UMKC Brass Chamber Ensembles

Dates: Tue., Nov. 11 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

MARTINO: Fantasy DUKAS: Fanfare from La péri J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus XI BARROWS: La Chasse EWALD: Quintet for Brass No. 1, Op. 5 CHEETHAM: Scherzo WEBER: Jagerchor from Der Freischütz GOGOLAK: Fair Play KOETSIER: Brass Quintet DILORENZO: F...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Kaci Schick, clarinet

Dates: Fri., Nov. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital with Tate Addis, piano and Tara Byrdsong, flute; Noah Tucker, oboe; Austin Way, bassoon; and Kristin Gates, horn WEBER: Concerto for Clarinet No. 1 in F Minor, J 114/Op. 73 MESSIAEN: "Abyss of the Birds" from Quatuor pour la fin...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Student Chamber Ensembles

Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

MUCZYNSKI: Six Duos for two flutes, Op. 34 VILLA-LOBOS: Bachiana brasileiras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon C.M. WEBER: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, J 259/Op. 63 W.A. MOZART: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581 BRAHMS...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

World AIDS Day Luncheon

Dates: Mon., Nov. 30 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Keynote address to be delivered by Robert Fullilove, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Community and Minority and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Academy Master Class: Carter Enyeart, cello

Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, Rm. 326, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

In his current position as the Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor of Cello at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Mr. Enyeart also serves as Coordinator of String Chamber Music. He is director of the annua...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Guest Artist Recital: Benjamin Pierce, euphonium

Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Dr. Benjamin Pierce is a member of the music faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium and directs the tuba/euphonium ensemble. Ben holds a bachelors degree in euphonium performance from Bowling Green State U...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Carol Chapman, soprano

Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Carol Chapman, soprano, has garnered praise as a versatile singer of oratorio, recital and opera through engagements with the Bach Society of St. Louis, Masterworks Chorale, American Kontorei, the Liberty Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Chamber Orc...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

John Jenkins, bass trombone

Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Recital with Patricia Higdon, piano and Anna Garcia, trumpet; Andy Harms, trumpet; Eric Jackson, horn; and Sarah Braun, bass trombone LIEB: Concertino basso WILDER: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Othello, Op. 79 ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Yang Ding, piano

Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital J.S. BACH: Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 "The Hunt" GODOWSKY: Study on Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 1 in C Major CHOPIN: Etude for Piano, Op. 10, N...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Lauren Wells, composition

Dates: Mon., Nov. 16 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital WELLS: Sonata for Cello and Piano WELLS: Sunset Limited WELLS: Dances Future and Forgotten: Suite WELLS: Serpentine WELLS: Autumn Stood Me Up WELLS: Helen the Witch WELLS: Bumpop Adventures WELLS: Three Movements for Eight C...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Composers' Guild

Dates: Tue., Nov. 17 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

YOUNG: An Observation of Squirrels ROY: Pourquoi? JENKINS: action/reaction COPP: Glass Pockets MARTIN: Sextet EICHENBAUM: The lone and level sands PADAVIC: Crystals: for Kansasara VARIOUS: Xonata No. 10000101 ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Jason Wu Trunk Show

Dates: Nov. 9-10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls - Plaza, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Spring 2010 Collection with informal modeling. Designer Collections on second level....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Waylande Gregory Studios Launch

Dates: Nov. 19-Dec. 31 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Internationally acclaimed ceramic sculptor Waylande Gregory (1905-1971) had many ties to Kansas City. He was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, in 1905, and attended the Kansas City Art Institute. He was commissioned to design several rooms in the Hote...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Ongoing Events

Lalique Le Noir Trunk Show

Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Enjoy an expanded collection of unique and limited edition pieces, including many from Lalique's newest collection of pure, black crystal. Crystal Gallery....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Orrefors & Kosta Boda Limited Edition Trunk Show & Engraving Event

Dates: Fri., Nov. 27 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Our on-site engraver will personalize your purchase in flowing script, even adding gold or silver accents to make your gift extraordinary-a $30 value with our compliments. Make your selection from an expanded collection including special values and ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Mary Jurek Appearance & Signing

Dates: Nov. 27-28 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Meet Mary Jurek, who will sign your purchase of her hand-hammered stainless steel. Casual Tabletop....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Irma Starr Ornament Signing

Dates: Sat., Nov. 28 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Halls, 211 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Meet Kansas City artisan Irma Starr, who reproduces the Burnap collection of 17th Century English Slipware Pottery and holiday ornaments. Her works are featured at leading museum gift shops....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

"Worldly Luxuries: Repetition in Renaissance Textiles"

Dates: Aug. 26, 2009-Feb. 21, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Since photography's inception in 1839, children have been popular subjects for the camera. We look to pictures of children as collective memories of childhood itself—a phase of life to which we can never return. This exhibition explores our fascinat...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

"From Shoals in Time"

Dates: Dec. 4-Jan. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Community Christian Church, 4601 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

This exhibit, featuring very rare and unique shells from the Philippines, reveals the unseen architecture and poetic symmetry of both land and sea shells. Through photographs, giant x-ray prints, and reconstructed "seascapes," the artist/collector ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

2009 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards Exhibition

Dates: Fri., Nov. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kansas City Art Institute, H&R Block Artspace, 16 E. 43rd St., Kansas City, Mo.

The exhibition features new work by Kansas City based artists Dylan Mortimer, Jaimie Warren, and Andrzej Zielinski, who were each awarded $10,000 each earlier this year. The Charlotte Street Awards recognize locally based artists who are creatin...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Pei-ju Wang, violin

Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital with Dan Velicer, piano "The Violin Concerto by the Taiwanese Rachmaninoff: Tyzen Hsiao" HSIAO: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 50 ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

David Dimmit, euphonium

Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Graduate Recital with Nabil Pettit, piano SZENTPALI: Pearls ITO: Fantasy Variations FIOCCO: Arioso and Allegro RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 ARBAN: Variations for Trumpet on "Carnival of Venice" ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Jessica Connor, clarinet

Dates: Fri., Nov. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital with Jiyun Chung, piano and Natalie Smith, flute; Mary Stahlhuth, oboe; Asa Ireland, bassoon BRAHMS: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 W. SMITH: Five Pieces for clarinet alone BABIN: Hillalande...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Patrick Ketter, oboe

Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 W 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Kari Johnson, piano

Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: New Hope Church of the Nazarene, 4330 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital "Classical Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang in the Second Piano Sonata of Joseph Martin Kraus" KRAUS: Sonata for Piano in E Major, VB 196 ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Yifan Wu, cello

Dates: Mon., Nov. 30 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Junior Recital...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Santa's Arrival

Dates: Nov. 27 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Santa Claus arrives in a horse-drawn carriage to kick off the holiday season. Sluggerrr®, K.C. Wolf, Perry Penguin, Tip from Crayola®, Casey the Bear and other costume characters help greet Jolly Ol' St. Nick. Join Santa as he enters the Crown Cente...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Major Events,Special Events

Musical Fun for Kids: Jim Cosgrove & Mr. Stinky Feet

Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Enjoy holiday music for kids and families on three Saturdays in December....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Music & Dance

Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Dates: Friday, Nov. 27 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The 100-foot-tall Mayor's Christmas Tree, one of the nation's tallest, is the centerpiece for an illuminating holiday celebration. Enjoy fireworks that are choreographed to Christmas music. 7,200 white lights light up the Mayor's Christmas Tree. Thi...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Major Events,Special Events

"It’s Big: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives and Records Administration"

Dates: May 22, 2009-Jan. 23, 2010 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: The National Archives, 400 W Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

This exhibition will feature big documents, big events, big personalities, and big ideas from the region's history. Organized by the National Archives at Kansas City, "It's Big" features pieces of American history including: audio clips from the FB...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Veterans Day Ceremony

Dates: Nov. 11 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J.C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St, Kansas City, Mo.

Veterans Day will be commemorated at this special ceremony. The event includes performances by the American Legion Band and speeches to honor the significance of this important day. The ceremony concludes at 11 a.m. – a symbolic time on this special...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Frederic Chopin: A Voyage with Byron Janis

Dates: Nov. 12 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J. C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Internationally renowned American pianist Byron Janis will conduct a talk and demonstration on the life and works of Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849). A respected authority on the celebrated composer, Mr. Janis will enthrall audience members with his kno...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

The Great War, The Great Movies presents "Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend"

Dates: Nov. 11 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J. C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.

“The Great War, the Great Movies” Film Series: Gary Cooper Goes to War. Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989). Documentary film on the life and career of the Hollywood icon; narrated by Clint Eastwood. Included are rare newsreels, home ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Theatre

The Legacy of the Great War: 90 Years On

Dates: Nov. 14 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, MO 64108

Dr. Jay Winter, Yale University, editor of and contributor to "The Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On," will discuss this new co-publication of the University of Missouri Press and the National World War I Museum. This ground-breaking book inc...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Michael Lasser & Company: Music of World War I

Dates: Nov. 28 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J. C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Michael Lasser, along with performers Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, will present a lively concert of popular songs from World War I. Featuring patriotic, sentimental, and martial music of the period. Lasser, a Peabody Award-winning lecturer on Americ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Mark Raynes "Celestial Peepshow"

Dates: Nov. 6-27 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: {:m Gallery, 2014 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Photography-An Erotic Look at the Moon...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District

Dates: First Friday of Every Month | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.

Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events

Blue Monday Jam: Dennis Winslett

Dates: Nov. 16 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, Mo.

The traditional jam session will be led by local saxophonist Dennis Winslett. Come down, bring your axe and sit in with the band - or just swing by to take in one of Kansas City's best jam sessions....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz

"Viata" Life in Romania, a photo essay by Andrea Nigh

Dates: Nov. 6-28 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hilliard Gallery, 404 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.

This show is simply called "Viata," the Romanian word for life. It is the best word to describe the Romanian people and their culture. In the face of poor living conditions and post communist regime, they are still a vibrant, happy and resilient peo...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Kevin Sink Photography Holiday Show

Dates: First Fridays, Nov. 6 & Dec. 4 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Kevin Sink Photography Gallery, 1817 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

A sampling of Kevin's latest landscape images and botanical close-ups will be on display. Stop by to take advantage of some of the best holiday specials we have featured in more than 20 years in business! Books, notecards, posters and fine art print...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Mythmakers

Dates: Fri., Nov. 20 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Paragraph Gallery, 23 E12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Featuring work by some 14 artists and collaboratives, Mythmakers embodies the youthful, make-your-own-fun, do-it-yourself-and-together spirit of the Kansas City art scene. Organized by artist/curator Megan Mantia, the densely packed exhibition will...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Brian Ruskin Band

Dates: Wed., Nov. 4 & 25 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Phoenix Jazz Club, 302 W 8th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Live Jazz with the Brian Ruskin Band....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz

Let's Paint TV

Dates: Nov. 17-24 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Urban Culture Project Space, 21 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Begun as a public access television show in Los Angeles and now a YouTube sensation, Let's Paint TV stars John Kilduff, who paints, blends drinks, answers phone calls, and completes a variety of other tasks--all while wearing a suit and running on a...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Jonathan Borja, flute

Dates: Wed., Nov. 11 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Diastole, 2501 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital with Patricia Higdon, piano and Sophia Tegart, flute "Mario Lavista: A Composer's Voice Through His Flute Music" LAVISTA: Game LAVISTA: Lamento a la memoria de Raúl Lavista LAVISTA: Danza de las bailarinas de Degas ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Happy Hour @ Raglan Road

Dates: Sun.-Fri. | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Every Mon - Fri. from 3-7 pm, enjoy half-priced appetizers. Drink specials include well, draft beers & house wines...

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Retroactive

Dates: 11/20/2009-11/20/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

80's Tribute Band...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

The Rent

Dates: Fri., Nov. 13 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Variety Dance Band...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

"Ecstatic Resistance"

Dates: Nov. 13-16 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Grand Arts, 1819 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

A group show curated by Emily Roysdon. The exhibition and correspondent events include several commissioned works by Sharon Hayes, My Barbarian, Jeanine Oleson, A.L. Steiner, and will host performances and symposia by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Dean Spade ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater

Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: La Esquina. 1000 W 25th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Please join My Barbarian and local participants at La Esquina for the performance of Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater, Co-presented by Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project and Grand Arts. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Theatre

"Looking West"

Dates: Nov. 6, 2009-Jan. 2,2010 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, 2004 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

New Paintings of Land, Light, and Water...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

"Habitat"

Dates: Nov. 6, 2009-Jan. 2, 2010 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, 2004 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Photographs ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Kansas City Symphony presents "TubaChristmas"

Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St., Kansas City, Mo.

Among the downtown events going on at holiday time, one of the most unique is TubaChristmas, where many dozens (we hope hundreds this year!) of tuba and euphonium players come together to play Christmas carols and celebrate the season. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

"Looking East"

Dates: Oct. 2, 2009-Jan. 1, 2010 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, 2020 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Featured artists include : Liu Hong, Sheng Qi, Yang Qian, Guo Wei, Gao Xiaowu, Huang Yan, Feng Zhengjie...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Best Little Arts & Crafts Show

Dates: Nov. 21-22 | Location: East | Venue: Sermon Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, Mo.

Shop for arts, crafts, seasonal decorations and more with over 120 vendors and concessions. ...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Santa's Winter Wonderland

Dates: Nov. 8-Dec. 24 | Location: East | Venue: Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, 18001 Bass Pro Drive, Independence, Mo.

Enjoy a massive interactive play area where kids can write letters to Santa, make crafts, play in an arcade, watch operating running train sets and visit with Santa Claus. Also, each child can have their picture taken with Santa, and get a free 5 x ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Ongoing Events

"Nativities From Around the World"

Dates: Nov. 14-Dec. 23 | Location: East | Venue: Community of Christ Temple, 201 W River Blvd., Independence, Mo.

Unique and handcrafted nativities and creches from around the world on display....

Admission: Free
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Holiday Activities

"Christmas with the Trumans"

Dates: Nov. 15-Jan. 8 | Location: East | Venue: Harry S. Truman Home, 223 N Main St., Independence, Mo.

Exhibit includes toys, photographs, wrapping paper, Christmas cards and decorations which belonged to the Truman family. ...

Admission: Free
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Holiday Activities

A Visit with St. Nicholas

Dates: Nov. 28-29; Dec. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 | Location: East | Venue: Chicago & Alton Depot, 318 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.

Festive and period decorations, including a Santa Claus/St. Nicholas exhibit on both floors of the historic Chicago and Alton 1879 Depot....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

A Visit with St. Nicholas

Dates: Nov. 28-29; Dec. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 | Location: East | Venue: Chicago & Alton Depot, 318 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.

Festive and period decorations, including a Santa Claus/St. Nicholas exhibit on both floors of the historic Chicago and Alton 1879 Depot....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Veterans Day Salute and Book Event With U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton and Author D. M. Giangreco

Dates: Wed., Nov. 11 | Location: East | Venue: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, 500 W Hwy. 24, Independence, Mo.

The evening will include a Veterans Day message from U.S. Congressman Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Following his address, D. M. Giangreco will discuss his new book, "The Soldier from Independence: A Military History o...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Christmas on the Farm

Dates: Dec. 5 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Watkins Woolen Mill State Park & Historic Site, 26600 Park Rd. North, Lawson, Mo.

Activities will include caroling, seasonal refreshments, a special Christmas room for the kids, visits from Father Christmas, and other period entertainment that will last into the evening hours, when the house will be lit by lamplight....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting

Dates: Nov. 24 | Location: Northeast | Venue: First Bank of Missouri, 5959 N Antioch Rd, Gladstone, Mo.

Join Mayor Carol Rudi and others for this holiday tradition. Annual events serves as a visual symbol of Gladstone's effort to assist those in need during the holiday season. Proceeds benefit Northland Christmas Store and Gladstone Neighbors Helpin...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Mayor's Tree Lighting Ceremony

Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Historic Excelsior Springs Shopping District, E Broadway St, Excelsior Spring, Mo.

Join us in the holiday spirit for the lighting of the Mayor's Christmas Tree with celebration and musical performances to enjoy....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Hall of Trees

Dates: Nov. 21, 2009-Jan. 2, 2010 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Hall of Waters, 201 E Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Walk through a winter wonderland of Christmas trees decorated beautifully by various businesses or organizations in Excelsior Springs....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Ongoing Events

Christmas at the Pharis Farm

Dates: Dec. 6 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Pharis Farm, 20611 EE Hwy, Liberty, Mo.

Tour the recently renovated Pharis farm home. Built in the 1850's, the two-story brick farm home will be decorated for Christmas. Refreshments will be served....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events

Neosho River

Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Kick up your heels at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill! Named after Toby's hit single "I Love This Bar," this exciting venue has it all. Sample some down-home cooking straight from Toby's kitchen, like fried bologna sandwiches or the Toby Keit...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Beer Pong with Country Club DJ

Dates: Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Dec. 4 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Named after Toby's hit single "I Love This Bar," this exciting venue has it all. Sample some down-home cooking straight from Toby's kitchen, like fried bologna sandwiches or the Toby Keith burger with sweet potato pecan pie. You can also sit back, e...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Holiday Fairy Princess

Dates: Nov. 21-Dec. 3 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Zona Rosa, 8640 N Dixson Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Drawing from longtime traditions, Zona Rosa features the Fairy Princess this holiday season in conjunction with the Kansas City Museum. The Fairy Princess first appeared in Kansas City, Mo. in 1935 in the toy department at Kline's Department Store....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

The Northern Lights at Zona Rosa Holiday Lighting Ceremony

Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Zona Rosa, I-29 & Barry Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Zona Rosa restores the local tradition of using crowns as holiday decor with a variety of lighted crowns featured throughout the center during the holidays. Zona Rosa will kick off the holiday season with a special lighting ceremony to spotlight the...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Major Events,Special Events

KC Game Fair 2009

Dates: Nov. 19-22 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Park Place Hotel, 1601 N Universal Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

The KC Game Fair is a new gaming convention bringing a number of long standing KC area gaming conventions under one roof and expanding the offerings to include games of most any type (excluding gambling). We will also be reaching out to KC metro and...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Mayor's Christmas Tree Walk

Date: 11/21/2009 | Time: 6:30pm | Location: Northwest | Venue: Jesse James Park Kearney MO

Come see the Christmas trees and lights around the lake, free hot chocolate and cookies. Christmas carols and a visit from Santa....

Admission: free
Type: Free Events

Chris Waage, bass trombone

Dates: Mon., Nov. 16 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Northland Cathedral, 101 NW 99th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Recital with Ron Steen, piano and John Jenkins, bass trombone J.S. BACH: Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 HANDEL: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in E Major, HWV 373/Op. 1, No. 15 G. MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen T...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Scott Duncan

Dates: Wed., Nov. 11 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Millie Edwards Trio

Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Gayland Titus

Dates: Wed., Nov. 25 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Souled Out

Dates: Nov. 13-14 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Our goal is to play the music you want to hear, get you on the dance floor and for everyone to have a great time. Whether it's a wedding, a club, a national venue, or just a backyard; we play with all of our soul and strive to entertain. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Midnite Revue

Dates: Nov. 20-21 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Midnite Revue is one of the only bands in Kansas City that can play all of your favorite hits from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and present....

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Neon Blue

Dates: Nov. 27-28 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music on the Casino Bar Stage each Friday and Saturday night....

Admission: FREE
Type: Dining & Nightlife,Free Events

Santa & Me Saturdays

Dates: Saturdays in December | Location: Southeast | Venue: Paradise Park Family Fun & Adventure, 1021 NE Colbern Rd., Lee's Summit, Mo.

Enjoy the joy and magic of the holidays with Santa & Me at Paradise Park. Children can visit with Santa as he listens to all their wishes and wants of the holiday season. Capture the special moment with your own camera. A picture with Santa is a mem...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities

World War II Series Talk

Dates: Thu., Nov. 12 | Location: Southeast | Venue: Trailside Center, 9901 Holmes Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

The topic is "Supplying the American War Machine.". While 16 million men and women were serving their country in WWII around the world, even more millions were working on the home front to supply the USA war machine. An excellent video documentar...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

SHBC Entrepreneurial Expo

Dates: Nov. 19 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Johnson County Administration Building, 111 S. Cherry St., Olathe, Kan.

Browse through 100 booths of KC Businesses, find local support agencies, network for free & win door prizes! Some of Kansas City's largest business owners, who started as small business owners, will be speaking at this event. The event is free to th...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events

Park Place Pre-Season Party

Dates: Nov. 19 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Park Place, 117th St. & Nall Ave., Leawood, Kan.

Park Place is hosting our first annual Pre-Season Party! Celebrate the start of the holiday season in style at Park Place with great food, live music, wine tastings, gift bags, and a Weekend at Park Place Grand Prize! ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events

The Ice Grand Opening Celebration

Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Park Place, 117th St. & Nall Ave., Leawood, Kan.

Jugglers, magicians, face-painters, balloon artists, the Boogie Heads interactive game, goodie bags, giveaways, and contests. Plus, a very special interactive performance by the Disney Crew. ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Ruel Joyce Recital presents Jeff Harshbarger

Dates: Nov. 9 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Johnson County Community College, Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kan.

Voted Kansas City's Best Bassist by Pitch Magazine in 2007, Harshbarger has had a varied career. A prolific composer and bandleader in his own right, he has recorded and performed across the globe with such varied groups as Bobby Watson, Curtis Full...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

"Almost, Maine"

Dates: Nov. 12-14, 20-22 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Polsky Theatre, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in Almost. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hil...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Theatre

"Almost, Maine"

Dates: Nov. 12-14, 20-22 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Polsky Theatre, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in Almost. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hil...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Theatre

Mark Cowardin's "From the Ground Up"

Dates: Nov. 8-Jan. 3 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom, 5500 W 123rd St., Overland Park, Kan.

Within the space of home exists an environment where simple, everyday objects and architecture shape our social and individual identities via memory, functionality, nostalgia and symbolic ritual. Our collective understanding of this place is periodi...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Chamber Choir and MadRegalia

Dates: Wed., Dec. 2 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Polsky Theatre, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

Classical Music...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

KU Vespers on the Road

Date: 12/04/2009 | Time: 7:30 p.m. | Location: Southwest | Venue: 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park KS,66210

Chorus, orchestra, and soloists. Free, open to public. RSVP with Box Office. Yardley Hall...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events

The Legends Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony

Dates: Nov. 21 | Location: West | Venue: Legends at Village West, 1843 Village West Pkwy., Kansas City, Kan.

The holiday season kicks off with The Legends Annual Lighting Celebration. The ceremony features live holiday music, the illumination of a 50-foot holiday tree, an appearance by Santa and much more....

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Christmas Around Town & Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting

Dates: Dec. 5 | Location: West | Venue: Downtown Shawnee, Johnson Dr. & Quivira Rd., Shawnee, Kan.

Join us for the annual Shawnee Christmas Around Town with free activities for children including arts and crafts, caroling, story telling and Santa Claus. Aslo includes the lighting of the Mayor's Christmas tree at City Hall. ...

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Special Events

Kyle Johnson, organ

Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: West | Venue: Bethany College, Presser Hall, 335 E Swensson St., Lindsborg, Kan.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital BATISTE: Offertoire de St. Cecilia in F Major, No. 4, Op. 10 RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F, Op. 3, No. 1 HANDEL: Largo from Xerxes ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

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