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The Verse - Volume 42
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Community Corner - What's Happening Around Town
Upcoming Events check out www.visitkc.com for more details
Featured Event
Date: 10/18/2008 | Time: 7:30 am | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Runners will start at Union Station and finish at the Historic Freighthouse District (22nd and Baltimore). The 26.2-mile course winds through neighborhoods, parks and historic districts. Runners will experience all of the major landmarks of Kansas C...
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Date: 10/18/2008 | Time: 7-9:30 pm | Location: Southwest | Venue: The Culinary Center of Kansas City, 7920 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, Kan.
In California Wine Country, the food is as important as the wine. And here is our chance to share some of our favorite recipes from two wine country culinary meccas - The French Laundry and Bouchon, two restaurants created and operated by Thomas Kel...
Admission: $75 all-inclusive.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/16/2008 | Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Epperson Auditorium Vanderslice Hall Kansas City Art Institute 4415 Warwick Blvd. Kansas City Mo.
Most recently author of "Train Time: Railroads and Imminent Landscape Change" (University of Virgina Press, 2007) and "Landscape and Images" (University of Virginia Press, 2005), John R. Stilgoe conducts research on subjects ranging from national cr...
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/23/2008 | Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Epperson Auditorium Vanderslice Hall Kansas City Art Institute 4415 Warwick Blvd. Kansas City Mo.
n 1997 Martin Venezky started his San Francisco-based design firm Appetite Engineers. The firm's client list has included Sundance Film Festival, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Reebok, Simon & Schuster, Princeton Architectural Press and Chronic...
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: East | Venue: George Owens Nature Park, 1601 Speck Rd, Independence, Mo.
Children of all ages but specifically for ages 3-9 are invited to visit this non-scary event sponsored by the Powerhouse Theatre Foundation and Independence Parks and Recreation. Set on trails at George Owens Nature Park, children will be transporte...
Admission: $2 per person
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/16/2008 | Time: 6 pm | Location: East | Venue: National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.
Take a covered wagon ride , followed by a guided walk among the wagon swales made by wagons and animals on the grounds of the historic Bingham-Waggoner Estate. Weather permitting, limit of 15 people. ...
Admission: $12 adults, $9 ages 6-17. Reservations required.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/18/2008 | Time: 10 am & 2 pm | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Science City at Union Station, 30 W Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo.
This program is in Science City's new Burns & McDonnell Engineerium - a real engineering lab where kids can work with innovative and high-tech computers and robotics equipment. In this workshop, explore the world of LEGO Mindstorm robotics, as you ...
Admission: $14.95 for members, $29.95 for non-members (one adult, one child), plus $10 each additional person.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 09/20/2008 - 11/02/2008 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Worlds of Fun, 4545 Worlds of Fun Ave., Kansas City Mo.
Dare to explore nine extreme haunts by night. Enjoy spooky shows. Visit Trick-or-Treat Town & Camp Spooky for daytime scare-free family fun. Take an end-of-season spin on your favorite rides. All included with admission to the park....
Admission: $38.99, Sat.-Sun.; $24.99, Fri. after 6 p.m., Sat. after 4 p.m., & Oct 30; $19.95,Sun. after 3 p.m.
Type: Major Events,Special Events
Dates: 10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 | Time: 6:30 pm | Location: East | Venue: Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Hwy. 50, Kingsville, Mo.
Visitors are invited to arrive in costume for a guided tour of the Gardens. There will be plenty of fairytale characters throughout and opportunities to collect treats. ...
Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3 children 5-12.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 | Time: 6-10 pm | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Paradise Park Family Fun & Adventure, 1021 NE Colbern Rd., Lee's Summit, Mo.
At dusk the ghosts come out, the ghouls take over. The Haunted Castle Maze features spooky themed visuals, black dungenous maze walls, and a true challenge to the maze hunter in all of us. ...
Admission: $5.95 plus tax.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Northwest | Venue: Reynolds Ave, Ft Leavenworth, Kan.
Walking tour of the "haunted" houses at Ft Leavenworth. Picture ID required upon entering the Fort. Reservations are necessary....
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/18/2008 - 10/19/2008 | Time: 9:30 am-8 pm | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Kansas City Zoo, 6800 Zoo Dr., Kansas City, Mo.
Celebrate the season at the Kansas City Zoo. Fun, games and activities for all ages. ...
Admission: $9.50 adults, $8.50 seniors, $6.50 children ages 3 through 11, children 2 and younger are Free. After 5 p.m., $5 per person.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/17/2008 | Time: 11:30 am | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
The kids are back in town with all new rip-roarin’ rodeo action! The American Royal Invitational Youth Rodeo Series returns in 2007 with an all new format! There will be a total of six matinee performances with student athletes competing in tradit...
Admission: $5.
Type: Major Events,Major Events,Special Events,Special Events
Dates: 10/20/2008 - 10/24/2008 | Time: 11:30 am | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
The kids are back in town with all new rip-roarin’ rodeo action! The American Royal Invitational Youth Rodeo Series returns in 2007 with an all new format! There will be a total of six matinee performances with student athletes competing in tradit...
Admission: $5.
Type: Major Events,Major Events,Special Events,Special Events
Date: 10/19/2008 | Time: Dusk until 8 p.m. | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Hwy. 50, Kingsville, Mo.
Take a self-guided walk through the Gardens by the eerie light of dozens of uniquely carved Jack O’ Lanterns for a spooky evening of Halloween fun....
Admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3 children 5-12.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/16/2008 - 10/17/2008 | Time: 4-9 pm, Thu.; 10 am-9 pm, Fri. | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center Exhibit Hall, 2323 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo.
A prelude to the Waddell and Reed Kansas City Marathon, Thursday activities include marthoning legend Dick Beardsley, health experts, entertainers, exhibits and more....
Admission: Free.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/23/2008 - 10/25/2008 | Time: 9 am | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
The American Royal Marketplace offers a unique Western and Southwestern shopping experience. Vendors from around the country will be selling boots, hats, belt buckles, jewelry and much more....
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/15/2008 | Time: 8 pm | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Californos, 4124 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Come watch the Presidential Debates at Californos! Sept 26 - Foreign Policy Focus Oct 7 - Town Hall Format Oct 15 - Domestic Policy Focus...
Admission: No cover charge.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/20/2008 - 10/26/2008 | Time: 11 am-10:30 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Raglan Road will be participating in the Kansas City Power & Light District's first Restaurant Week. We will be offering a 2-course lunch $15 and a 6-course Dinner for $30. The trip around Ireland will include a sample of our most popular traditiona...
Admission: $15-$30.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/16/2008 | Time: 2 pm | Location: East | Venue: National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.
The experiences of the famed Donner Party captured the hearts and minds of 1840’s America. In this 30-minute gallery walk, you will come to understand the tragedy and its place in the opening of the west....
Admission: $5 adults, $4.50 seniors, $3.50 ages 6-17.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/23/2008 | Time: 2 pm | Location: East | Venue: National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.
The experiences of the famed Donner Party captured the hearts and minds of 1840’s America. In this 30-minute gallery walk, you will come to understand the tragedy and its place in the opening of the west....
Admission: $5 adults, $4.50 seniors, $3.50 ages 6-17.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/17/2008 | Time: 6-10 pm | Location: East | Venue: Independence Square, 112 W. Lexington, Independence, Mo.
enjoy local artists as galleries, some shops and restaurants around the Square stay open late - 3rd Fridays from May through October. ( ) ...
Admission: Free.
Type: Special Events
Date: 10/23/2008 | Time: 7 pm | Location: East | Venue: National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific, Independence, Mo.
Fourth in a five part lecture series on tombstones around the world, presented by John Mark Lambertson, director of the museum. This lecture visits the graves of a wide spectrum of notables who are commemorated in death by tombstones varying from su...
Admission: $5 per lecture, $20 for 5 lectures.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/17/2008 - 10/18/2008 | Time: 6-10 pm | Location: Southeast | Venue: Paradise Park Family Fun & Adventure, 1021 NE Colbern Rd., Lee's Summit, Mo.
Enjoy a good old-fashioned tractor-pulled hayride sitting on bundles of straw, hearing stories, playing games and huddling close together with family and friends. ...
Admission: $5.95 plus tax.
Type: Special Events
Dates: 10/23/2008 - 10/25/2008 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
This new event will be held in conjunction with the Pro Rodeo and is brought to you by Purina Mills....
Admission: Free.
Type: Major Events,Special Events
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