Arts & Culture
Downtown Days Festival & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Downtown Days Festival is Friday through Sunday in downtown Lee’s Summit. There will be a talent show, live music, science demonstrations, a beer tent and lots to eat (KC Kona Ice, The Filling Station) and drink (Keck’s Longhorn Root Beer). Cobbler Night is back at Dolce Bakery (3930 W. 69th Terrace, Prairie Village, Kansas)…
Browne’s Irish Street Faire & Other Weekend Possibilities
Browne’s Irish Market (3300 Pennsylvania Ave.) is hosting an Irish Street Faire from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday. The festival will feature performances by The Elders and Eddie Delahunt, as well as an Irish whiskey tent and Browne’s Reubens. Tickets are $20 (free admission for those under 12 years old). Good things happen when you…
Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s Naturalistic Legacy
By Christopher G. Olszewski Our area certainly has some distinctive architecture, including the art deco Power & Light Building in downtown Kansas City and the massive new Church of the Resurrection sanctuary in Leawood, Kansas. Before those bricks were laid, one of the world’s most famous architects left his mark on Kansas City. During a…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Music and Movies, Rooftop-Style
Hundreds of area music and film lovers will ascend atop the Central Library this Friday night for the season’s first 2018 Off-the-Wall Film Series: Summer Cinema Mixtape. The annual summer film series, co-presented by the Young Friends of the Kansas City Public Library, provides an intersection between music and film through a collection of beloved…
Beefsteak & Other Weekend Possibilities
Not all happy hours are the same. Kansas City Community Gardens (6917 Kensington Ave.) hosts a Yard Games Happy Hour from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday night. They’ll have oversized versions of Jenga and Connect Four, as well as beer from Stockyards and Boulevard. Tickets are $5, and you can purchase food from The Casual…