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Below is a list of upcoming free events planned in Kansas City for the next month.
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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: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.

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
Film Documentary "Accidental Army: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion"
Dates: Sat., Nov. 7 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.

From the battlefields of the Eastern Front to the far reaches of Siberia, caught up in the Russian Revolution, reaching Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, the Czech Legion fought its way home, halfway around the world. Introduced by Bruce Bendinger, ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events
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
"One Long Moment"
Dates: Dec. 4-31 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Digital Labrador, 125 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

A collection of photographs shot primarily in Europe, but includes photos taken in and around Kansas City by Tom Manning. The title, like the images, captures the quiet balance and stillness visible in so many of these fine prints. ...
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
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
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
First Friday Live Jazz
Dates: First Friday of Every Month | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Cupini's, 25 E 12th St., Ste. 105, Kansas City, Mo.

First Friday's start at Cupini's Downtown. We have live Jazz featuring a mandoline player, a $1.00 beer special and our renowned pastas, pizza's and panini's....
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
Hot House - Dance & Party Band
Dates: Fri., Nov. 6 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Hot House plays great songs from the 70's to the 90's. They are a high energy dance band with a touch of class to boot. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
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