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Below is a list of upcoming free events planned in Kansas City for the next month.
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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.
Kansas City native and "Saturday NIght Live" cast member Jason Sudeikis flips the switch Thanksgiving night....
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 St., 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 St., 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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