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Lovely Things Group Exhibition
Date(s): Feb. 4 - Mar. 28 | Time: 10am | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Try to imagine uncovering a treasure chest, prying it open, and sticking your hands deep into a pile of Emeralds, Rubies and Pearls.... Diamonds, Sapphires and Fiery Topaz. Every girl's fantasy, yes? That's what it's like for me when I open my gem ...
Type: Exhibits
Celebrate a Birthday with CoCo!
Date(s): Ongoing | Time: 10am-9pm | Location: Not Specified | Venue: CoCo Key Water Resort, 9103 E 39th St., Kansas City, MO 64133

At CoCo Key, a Celebration Coordinator takes care of all the details! Birthday party package options are available to include: - swim time inside the water resort - a private celebration room - meal - cake - arcade cards Birthday party p...
Admission: Starting at $15 per child
Type: Ongoing
"Pattern ID"
Date(s): Feb. 11 - May 8 | Time: 11 am-4 pm, Tue.-Thu.; 10 am-9 pm, Fri.-Sat.; 11 am-5 pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111

Over the last two decades, artists have increasingly turned to pattern and dress as a language with which to communicate who they are and where they come from. The experiences of culture clash, immigration, and multi-ethnicity in our globalized worl...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
"Two Jews Walk Into War"
Date(s): Mar. 5 - 27 | Time: 7:30 pm, Tue.-Thu.; 8 pm, Fri.-Sat.; 3 pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64111

KIBITZING IN KABUL Funny, poignant and first introduced in our In-Progress New Play Readings, Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last two surviving Jews in a dilapidated old synagogue in Kabul during the Taliban regime's final days. The only thing that bind...
Admission: $22.50 - $32.50
Type: Theatre
Flashpoint
Date(s): Jan. 27 - Mar. 22 | Time: 9am | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Gould Evans Associates, 4041 Mill St., Kansas City, MO 64111

The Flashpoint series captures “the origin of ignition as water hits pigment in a violent explosion of brilliant color”. Sculptural work by DiPiazzo will also be on display. She is currently a resident artist at the Arts Incubator in the Kansas City...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
"The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker"
Date(s): Jan. 15 - Jun. 5 | Time: 10am-4pm, Wed.; 10am-9pm, Thu.-Fri.; 10am-5pm, Sat.; Noon-5pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Metzker's photographs strike a unique balance between formal brilliance, optical innovation, and a deep human regard for the objective world. This show will survey the key aspects of Metzker's long career: Chicago (1956-59); Europe (1960-61); Philad...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
RMB City Opera
Date(s): Jan. 4 - Jun. 5 | Time: 15 minutes after the hour, every hour during museum hours. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111

RMB City Opera highlights RMB City's virtual cityscape. It includes many emblematic sites such as Tiananmen Square and the Beijing Olympic Stadium. During the video, the viewer enters the city, soaring through and amongst its architectural wonders. ...
Admission: FREE; tickets required
Type: Ongoing
All In The Family
Date(s): Feb. 4 - Mar. 28 | Time: 9am | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Community Christian Church,4601 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64112

A Group Show of the Artists of Community Christian...
Type: Special Events
3rd Annual Kansas City Tip-Off: Little Big Town
Date(s): Wed., Mar. 9 | Time: 6pm | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111

Platinum-selling and 2011 GRAMMY-nominated country band, Little Big Town, will be performing. They are known for their #1 Country Billboard Album chart debut The Reason Why and radio hits "Boondocks," "Bring It On Home" and "Little White Church."...
Admission: $32.65
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance,Top Events
33rd Annual Westport St. Patrick's Day Run
Date(s): Mar. 12 | Time: Race starts at 10:00 am | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Harris-Kearney House, 4000 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111
4-mile run and walk in the heart of Westport. ...
Admission: $25-$30
Type: Sports
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Seven Friday's of Lent
Date(s): Mar. 11 - Apr. 22 | Time: 11 am | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: McCormick & Schmick's Seafood, 448 W 47th St., Kansas City, MO 64112

Join us for your Lenten Seafood Fridays. ...
Type: Special Events
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Mardi Gras Happy Hour
Date(s): Mar. 8 | Time: 11 am | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: McCormick & Schmick's Seafood, 448 W 47th St., Kansas City, MO 64112
Join us for our Annual Mardi Gras Happy Hour Specials! ...
Type: Special Events
Paul Mesner Puppets presents "Jack and the Beanstalk"
Date(s): Mar. 2 - 20 | Time: 10am & 1pm, Mon.-Fri.; 2pm, Sat. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Paul Mesner Studio, 1006 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64109 .

This classic fairy tale is set in the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma in the 1930's. Because of his mother's spendthrift economics, Jack is forced to sell his beloved bovine, Bossy, in exchange for three magic beans. ...
Admission: $9 adults, $7 children.
Type: Just for Kids,Theatre
"James Naismith's Original Rules of Basket Ball"
Date(s): Mar. 5 - Jun. 12 | Time: 10am-4pm, Wed.; 10am-9pm, Thu.-Fri.; 10am-5pm, Sat.; Noon-5pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111

James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that launched a cultural...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Sports,Top Events
Women Doll Artists and Entrepreneurs
Date(s): Mar. 12 | Time: 1:30pm | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Toy & Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak St., Kansas City, MO 64112

Join us for a talk with collections coordinator Mary Wheeler about the triumphs of women doll artists and entrepreneurs represented within the museum's collection....
Admission: Free with cost of admission
Type: Special Events
Boozefish Lunch
Date(s): Daily | Time: 11am-2pm | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Boozefish Wine Bar, 1511 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111

We are now open for lunch....
Admission: $10 minimum on credit cards.
Type: Ongoing
"Wilde Irish Prose"
Date(s): Mar. 12 | Time: 7:30p | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Rd., Kansas City, MO 64111
Westport Center for the Arts presents "Wilde Irish Prose," its second annual celebration of Irish culture, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo. This year's lived staged reading featur...
Admission: $10 adults/ $7 for students and seniors
Type: Theatre
"The Sacred Tripod: Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism in Harmony"
Date(s): Feb.19-Aug.14 | Time: 10am-4pm, Wed.; 10am-9pm, Thu.-Fri.; 10am-5pm, Sat.; Noon-5pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111

In traditional China, the Three Teachings (sanjiao) "Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism" were likened to the legs of the ancient sacred tripod known as ding. This analogy underscored the fundamental role of each of the religions in Chinese society. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
Marsha Ambrosius
Date(s): Sat., Mar. 12 | Time: 7pm | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 64111

Floetry's Marsha Ambrosius and her band will perform in Kansas City for the first time as a solo artist to benefit the LEGACY Foundation.Special Guests – Langston : Reggie B & the Solution : Miles Bonny : Holsey Turner : Simeon Taylor ...
Admission: $40 GA Bar Room Seating – Limited seating in bar area & standing room
Type: Concerts,Top Events
"Celebrating 50 Fabulous Years with America's Favorite Doll"
Date(s): Thru 2011 | Time: 10am-4pm, Wed.-Sat.; 1-4pm, Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Toy & Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak St., Kansas City, MO 64112

Fashion diva, career girl, and friend, Barbie® defines girlhood like no other doll. Celebrate her 50th birthday with a look back at her early years and learn how she became an international icon!...
Admission: $7 adults, $6 seniors & students, $5 children 5-12, children under 5 are Free.
Type: Exhibits
"The Abstract Autograph"
Date(s): Feb. 25-Nov. 20 | Time: 10am-4pm, Tue.-Thu.; 10am-9pm, Fri.-Sat.; 11am-5pm, Sun | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111

The American Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1950s inspired a consideration of the gesture of painting, a “reading” of the emotions of physical movement. There is, however, a great tension between the personal, embodied approach to abstract a...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
Kansas City Fudge Demonstrations
Date(s): Ongoing | Time: 10am until Close | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Chip's Chocolate Factory, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Make your visit to Kansas City even "sweeter" by visiting us and watching a demonstration of how Kansas City Fudge is made. Did we mention FREE samples as well? Watch and learn as we make the most creamy, delicious fudge you've ever enjoyed - righ...
Type: Ongoing
Private Chocolate Factory Tour
Date(s): Ongoing | Time: 10am until Close | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Chip's Chocolate Factory, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Are you looking for something exciting and unique for your group? Come on down to Chip's for an education in chocolate and experience the "sweeter" side of Kansas City. Learn about the history and creation of chocolate, hand-making fudge, sample de...
Admission: $5 per person, Reservations required.
Type: Ongoing
"No Way To Treat a Lady"
Date(s): Mar. 4 - Apr. 17 | Time: Call for showtimes | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Based on the best selling novel by William Goldman (The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and adapted as a movie of the same name, this uproarious, sexy musical gives new meaning to the phrase "knock 'em dead." A serial killer is o...
Admission: $15.50-$33.50
Type: Theatre
Crown Center Ice Terrace
Date(s): Now until Mar. 13 | Time: Thru Jan.: 10am-9pm, Sun.-Thu.; 10am-11pm, Fri.-Sat. Feb.-Mar.: 10am-9pm | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Kansas City's only public outdoor ice skating rink opens for its 38th season of great skating fun! ...
Admission: Admission $6 or free for adults over age 60 and children under age 5. Skate rental: $3 or skaters may bring their own skates.
Type: Ongoing