National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

A woman and child check out the National Toy and Miniature Museum.

A Free Farewell to Summer, the 40th Ethnic Enrichment Festival, And Other Weekend Possibilities

There are about 48 hours between leaving work on Friday and the time you start thinking about work once again on Sunday night. Weekend Possibilities is your roadmap for food, drinks and fun for the perfect Kansas City weekend. Friday August 16 6 – 10 p.m. Billed to ensure you feel the beat of the…

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This photo shows Arabella Grayson standing next to her private collection of African American paper dolls.

The Power of Play

To make a paper doll you need paper, utensils used for drawing and/or coloring, an imagination, and illustrated clothing for the doll. Now, go back 150 years and make that paper doll black. To the previous list of materials, add a hidden agenda, hatred and cruelty toward a certain people, and a narrow definition of…

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NASCAR at Kansas Speedway

The Weekender

Let’s get this out of the way quickly. Game 1 of the ALCS is Friday night. Game 2 is Saturday afternoon. Game 3 is Monday night. There’s your weekend. If you absolutely insist on doing something between all the nail-biting baseball, however, we – forgive the horrible pun – have all your bases covered. STRUMMING When you get a chance to…

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Toytisserie

Sarah Lugg Regan brings ‘Toytisserie’ to life

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures closed their doors to the public 18 months ago to renovate and redesign the exhibit space. When the museum reopens in August, a spinning metal ribbon covered with more than one thousand toys of all shapes and sizes will be the focal point of the new lobby space….

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