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Pablo Sanhueza & The Subtropicals present Salsa Live! at The Levee every First and Third Thursday! Lessons at 930pm! $5 Cover for the only Salsa Night in KC’s Midtown/Westport/Plaza area! A gozar! Deemed as “Kansas City’s Heart & Soul of Latin Music” by JAM Magazine, Pablo Sanhueza is the regions premier Salsa & Latin Jazz percussionist and bandleader. As a...
Come out for the FREE dance lesson at 9:30 pm provided by Projekt Bachata ! Doors open at 9:30
At 11:00 AM on Friday, September 20th, we will walk out of our schools, workplaces, homes, and businesses to assert our right to good jobs and a livable future in the face of climate breakdown. This will kick off a day of action across KC to call on local governments and institutions to bring their actions in line with the...
Camp Leavenworth is a two-day festival in downtown Leavenworth, KS filled with live music, adventurous outdoor activities, a silent disco, fireworks and more! The live music schedule and list of activities can be found at campleavenworth.com. Friday, September 20: 5PM – 10PM Saturday, September 21: 11AM – 10PM LINEUP Ha Ha Tonka Big Time Grain Co. Drew Six Bob and...
Steve and Bonnie Harmston are this year’s featured artists. Together, their work on silkscreen prints showcases simplistic design of hand-cut shapes and stencil cutting that vividly reflects their travels through rural and natural areas. A sample of their work can be seen on the 2019 Plaza Art Fair banners currently hanging on the streets throughout the Plaza. The 88th annual...
Pablo Sanhueza returns with the Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra for the fourth year of Salsa en la Calle! This September event will feature special guests from the community as we celebrate Latin American Heritage Month!
In its 4th year, Salsa in the Streets returns to West 39th Street under the Direction of Kansas City’s living Salsa and Latin Jazz legend Pablo Sanhueza. Third Fridays April through September with the exception of August. 6p to 9p “The Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra is the premier Latin Music ensemble in the Midwest. Founded & Directed by Master...
Please join us on 3rd Friday in September as Kiosk Gallery presents “Pillars,” a solo exhibition of sculptural work by Patricia Orpilla. This body of work explores imagery related to time, particularly as it pertains to our relationships with loved ones. Artist Statement: “Pillars” is a recent body of work by Patricia that uses silk organza and wooden armatures to...
Victor & Penny perform with special guests, Annie Oakley at MTH Theater on Friday, September 20th. Enjoy a night of live music, storytelling, and two unique perspectives on traditional American music. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:30. Tickets are $15. https://tinyurl.com/VPAO920 Musical Theatre Heritage is located in Crown Center at 2450 Grand Blvd #301, Kansas City, MO 64108.
2017 Blues Music Award Nominee Guy King’s music is fresh and unique while maintaining a strong link to the musical masters that came before him. His natural musical abilities and his one of a kind blend of Blues, Jazz, Soul, and R&B, are some of what makes Guy King so special in the music world. https://www.guyking.net/
Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical account of growing up in South Africa during the apartheid era, “’Master Harold’… and the Boys” is a story of the fraught and complicated relationship between a white teenage boy and the two black men who work in his parents’ tea shop. A surprising and subtle reflection on how institutional racism and bigotry affects all of those...
Carmen Morales has a captivating style which incorporates opinionated quick wit and outlandish characters. Taking from family, friends and people from everyday encounters she transforms into these characters seamlessly, then adds hilarious commentary which leaves the audience doubled over in laughter. Thursday 9/19 7:30 Friday 9/20 7:30 and 10PM Saturday 9/21 7:30 and 10PM
Publicly accused of sodomy, renowned writer Oscar Wilde comes under legal scrutiny as a perpetrator of “the love that dare not speak its name”. Drawing on historic so6urce material, GROSS INDECENCY explores the moment that broke the greatest dramatist of the Victorian era. “A triumph… sweeps away cobwebs and distortions, allowing complex, credible human beings to emerge from history.” —Washington...
Friday Evening’s Featured Designers: Crystal Brakhage Designs House of Pamela Renee – Pamela Lucas Laura Citron Oak Park Mall – Eddie Bauer Rachel Pollak Designs Rissa’s Artistic Design – Clarissa Knighten Topping Designs – Duane Topping Truly Alvarenga Photo by: Atherton Photography
Every month at Bunker Center for the Arts we put on a charity show. This month our charity goes to Kansas City Community Gardens. We will have three KC comics: Celeste Torrence, Jake Redpath, and Aaron Naylor. Our headliner is Jozalyn Sharp all the way from Las Vegas!
Experience the Overland Park Arboretum like never before. For one weekend only, Terra Luna will be taking place. This is a one of a kind light and sound experience, bringing the arboretum to life.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF runs for 2 hours and 50 minutes with 2 10-minute intermissions. Please note that clove cigarettes and cigars will be utilized during this performance.
Soul music pours out of Lee Fields, as free and unstinting as God’s love. It has ever since the1960s, when he was a teenager in North Carolina sweating it out on juke joint stages, crumpled dollars hailing at his feet. “Lee” Fields is an American soul singer, sometimes nicknamed “Little JB” for his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown....
Ozomatli are an American six-piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles – including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others. The “Dioses del Baile,” or “Gods of Dance,” have created one of the most exciting,...
Sink your teeth into City Market at Grub Crawl, our annual tasting tour of City Market restaurants that’s sure to be better than ever! Saturday, Sept. 21, 6-8 PM. Sample your way around the market and enjoy live music between bites; participating locations include: Beignet The Bite Bloom Baking Company Blue Nile Cafe Bo Lings Brown & Loe Burrito Bros....
Live the Legend! King Henry VIII and his royal court invite one and all to his 16th Century European village featuring something for the whole family. Pay heed to the exploits of jousting knights on thundering steeds, roam the village shops for unique crafts, delight in entertainment on one of our 25 stages, and feast on delicious food and drinks...
Priceless Entertainment Presents: “Rock N Country Nights” With Seckond Chaynce *Celebrating Priceless Entertainment LLC’s 2 Year Anniversary* This night will be a mixture of Rock and Country acts and will end with a performance from Seckond Chaynce. Seckond Chaynce released his first all country album, Right From My Soul, in January and hit top 100 on the charts!! Come out...
Local artists and top-quality, affordable art will again be the focus of PeaceWorks-KC’s 29th annual UNplaza Art Fair, slated for 10a.m.-6p.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, and 10a.m.-5p.m., Sunday, Sept. 22. A tent city of some 100+ artists will be onsite at Southmoreland Park, immediately west of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, between Oak Street and Warwick Boulevard. All proceeds go to...
The 2nd Annual Emma Lengquist Puppy Parade is a family-friendly event, featuring costumes, vendors, prizes and a parade of dogs! All proceeds support Inclusion Connections PawsAbilities skills training and job placement program for young adults with developmental disabilities. Please bring your dogs, your friends and family! We LOVE dogs! Registration info at: PawsKC.org
Come join your family and friends and walk in honor of all on the autism spectrum! The theme is “Powered by Love,” and we’d love to see you there!
Please join us for the Waldo Fall Festival, Saturday, September 21, 2019 from 10am to 5pm. This family-friendly event is a FREE neighborhood festival that includes kids rides, games, face painting, food trucks, local music, and a host of vendors to meet and mingle with throughout the day. The festival is located in the CVS parking lot at 75th Street...
We’re kicking off 2019 Print Week with an exploration of relief printmaking. Open to printmakers of all ages! Learn how to create your own repeatable images using common materials.
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