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Below is a list of upcoming free events planned in Kansas City for the next month.

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Add "One Long Moment" to My Event Calendar

"One Long Moment"

Dates: Dec. 4-31 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Digital Labrador, 125 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

"One Long Moment"

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

Add First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District to My Event Calendar

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.

First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District - Crossroads Community Association

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

Add Blue Monday Jam: Dennis Winslett to My Event Calendar

Blue Monday Jam: Dennis Winslett

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

Blue Monday Jam: Dennis Winslett - The Blue Room

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

Add "Viata" Life in Romania, a photo essay by Andrea Nigh to My Event Calendar

"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.

Dracula's castle

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

Add Kevin Sink Photography Holiday Show to My Event Calendar

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.

Kevin Sink Photography

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

Add Mythmakers to My Event Calendar

Mythmakers

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

Mythmakers

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

Add Brian Ruskin Band to My Event Calendar

Brian Ruskin Band

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

Brian Ruskin Band - Phoenix Jazz Club

Live Jazz with the Brian Ruskin Band....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz

Add Let's Paint TV to My Event Calendar

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.

John Kilduff

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

Add Jonathan Borja, flute to My Event Calendar

Jonathan Borja, flute

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

Jonathan Borja, flute

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

Add Happy Hour @ Raglan Road to My Event Calendar

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.

Happy Hour @ Raglan Road

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

Add Retroactive to My Event Calendar

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.

Raglan Road

80's Tribute Band...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Add The Rent to My Event Calendar

The Rent

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

Raglan Road

Variety Dance Band...

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Add "Ecstatic Resistance" to My Event Calendar

"Ecstatic Resistance"

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

Grand Arts

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

Add Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater to My Event Calendar

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.

La Esquena

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

Add "Looking West" to My Event Calendar

"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.

Looking West

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

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Add "Habitat" to My Event Calendar

"Habitat"

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

Habitat

Photographs ...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Add Kansas City Symphony presents "TubaChristmas" to My Event Calendar

Kansas City Symphony presents "TubaChristmas"

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

Kansas City Symphony presents "TubaChristmas"

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

Add "Looking East" to My Event Calendar

"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.

"Looking East"

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

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Add Jeremiah Ariaz "Frontier " to My Event Calendar

Jeremiah Ariaz "Frontier "

Dates: Dec. 4-Jan. 7 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: La Esquina, 1000 W 25th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Jeremiah Ariaz "Frontier "

The exhibition features a new three projection video installation, Frontier, which was filmed in rural Kansas. Shot by three cameras aligned side by side, the piece presents a panoramic view of open sky and prairie, amidst which the artist attempts...

Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Add "Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" to My Event Calendar

"Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World"

Dates: Oct. 16, 2009-Feb. 19, 2010 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: American Jazz Museum, 1616 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.

"Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" - American Jazz Museum

A photo exhibit featuring over 100 images of jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman as they traveled the world on behalf of the U.S. State Department. The photographs, which span the m...

Admission: Free
Type: Exhibits,Free Events

Add Holiday Truck Show to My Event Calendar

Holiday Truck Show

Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Holiday Trunk Show

Featuring functional textiles by Joscelyn Himes. ...

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

Add Best Little Arts & Crafts Show to My Event Calendar

Best Little Arts & Crafts Show

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

Best Little Arts & Crafts Show - City of Independence Tourism

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

Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Add Victorian Christmas and Piano Recital to My Event Calendar

Victorian Christmas and Piano Recital

Dates: Sun., Dec. 6 | Location: East | Venue: Battle of Lexington & Oliver Anderson House, 1101 Delaware St., Lexington, Mo.

Victorian Christmas and Piano Recital

The Friends of the Anderson House will host a Victorian Christmas in the Anderson House. Pianist Spencer Hutson from the UMKC Conservatory will provide a recital at 1:30 pm....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Special Events

Add Santa's Winter Wonderland to My Event Calendar

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

Add "Nativities From Around the World" to My Event Calendar

"Nativities From Around the World"

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

Nativities From Around the World

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

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

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