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| Cowtown Ballroom Documentary Fundraiser with Pendergast, Kasey Rausch and Friends, Chet Nichols, Mad Libby and Howard Iceberg Record Bar | Fri., July 18 | Westport |
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El Torreon has been many things: a jazz club in the '20s, a punk club in the aughts and home to the Cowtown Ballroom, a short-lived but dynamic concert space. Open between 1971 and 1974, the Cowtown Ballroom booked Frank Zappa, the Flying Burrito Brothers and Van Morrison. The venue deserves a... More >> |
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| Letters to the World Writers Place | Fri., July 18, 7:30pm | Westport | |
Kansas City poet and teacher Christina Pacosz joins Minnesota poet LouAnn Shepard Muhm at the Writers Place (3607 Pennsylvania, 816-753-1090) for a 7:30 p.m. poetry reading from the anthology Letters to the World, a collection of some of the best work of the Wompo women's poetry listserv at... More >> |
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| Dexter Romweber Duo Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club | Fri., July 18 | Westport |
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Dexter Romwebers list of admirers includes Jack White, Neko Case and Cat Power all of whom testified to the legacy of the former Flat Duo Jets front man for a new biopic thats making the festival rounds titled Two Headed Cow. Its easy to imagine those artists... More >> |
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| Dave Stephens Band, Grand Marquis Crosstown Station | Fri., July 18 | Downtown |
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During the roaring '20s and the raucous '30s, jazz-rich Kansas City was the place to be. And, like ghosts from that era, the Grand Marquis of today's scene delivers KC's trademark sound bluesy, rough-and-tumble party jazz with such skill and old-school gusto, it's like being... More >> |
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| Vertigo C. Lee Kenagy Park | Fri., July 18, 8:40pm | East | |
Occasionally, great films can become so influential that they're eventually cannibalized by other films. After imitators have turned innovation into cliché, the original work might seem like just another incarnation of the familiar. Vertigo enjoys a lasting legacy, however. For instance,... More >> |
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| Children's Film Festival Hyde Park |
Fri., July 18, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Midtown | |
Each Friday night is filled with music and entertainment, refreshments, prizes and, of course, a movie! Sponsored by the Pilgrim Center, Inc., and in cooperation with the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association and the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department. Below is this year's... More >> |
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| Gaea Retreat Gaea Retreat Center |
Fri., July 18 more dates/times |
Eastern Kansas | |
Any good sheepherder knows that the best way to move a flock is to bait the animals with food. Lost Family Productions came up with an equally effective way to lure people to its Gaea Retreat: jam bands. The festival's promise of a spiritually charged "Earth awareness" experience would likely... More >> |
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| Strotherfest Holy Spirit Catholic Church |
Fri., July 18 more dates/times |
Lee's Summit | |
A summer festival with entertainment by The Elders & Liverpool as well as additional bands and acts. Other happenings include the "Top of the Summit" idol singing contest, a classic car show, craft fair, food, games and numerous kid's activities. More >> |
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| Spectacular World brought to YOU by Chris Kramer The Casbah Market | Daily from Sat., June 28 until Thu., July 24 | Lawrence | |
"Faux textile" mixed media and works on paper, displayed inside the Wonder Fair Art Gallery. More >> |
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| Cultural Cocktails Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:00pm-8:00pm | Midtown | |
With an exhibition of ancient Chinese art and a display of some vital contemporary art from across the African continent, it's not as though the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art isn't moving people through the "lensed" gallery spaces of its Bloch Building (4525 Oak, 816-751-1278). So what's your... More >> |
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| The Dick West Art Gallery Haskell Indian Nations University | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | Lawrence | |
Lawrence has one more reason to celebrate these days: Haskell Indian Nations University (155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, 785-749-8404) has opened a new gallery dedicated to exhibiting works by American Indian artists. The Dick West Art Gallery is named after Haskell alumnus Dick West (1912-96),... More >> |
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| La Bodega Happy Hour La Bodega |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 2:00pm-6:00pm more dates/times |
Midtown | |
50% off tapas, sangria, wines by the glass, well drinks, draft beer and domestic bottles. More >> |
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| Moon Marble Company Moon Marble Company | Every week Tuesday, Friday | West | |
The Moon Marble Company (600 East Front Street in Bonner Springs) is fronted by a large retail space stocked with colorful glass marbles 1 million of them, according to owner Bruce Breslow.
Ten years ago, he was a carpenter. After making some wooden game boards, he decided he needed... More >> |
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| 2 for 1 Lunch Special The Shady Lady | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | Midtown |
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| $3 Margaritas Granite City Food & Brewery | Every week Friday | North | |
| Columbus Park art openings 525 Gallery | Third Friday of every month | Downtown | |
| "All Shook Up" New Theater Restaurant | Daily from Thu., June 26 until Sun., August 31 | Overland Park | |
| McCormick Country Store McCormick Country Store | Daily | Northwest | |
| Vaughn Orchard & Country Store Vaughn Orchard & Country Store | Daily | Northwest | |
| Weston Bend State Park Weston Bend State Park | Daily | Northwest | |
| O'Malley's 1842 Public House O'Malley's 1842 | Daily | Northwest | |
| Classic Movie Night Hard Bean Café | Every week Friday, 7:00pm | Grandview |
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| College Night Orlandos South | Every week Friday | South Johnson County |
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| Live DJ Paddy O'Quigley's North | Every week Friday, Saturday | North |
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| "Dance All Night Long" Missie B's | Daily, 10:00pm | Westport |
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