Kansas City’s Big Picnic & Other Weekend Possibilities

‘Darby O’Still,’ the focal point of North Kansas City's Restless Spirits distillery, is a 500-gallon, onion-shaped, copper pot still specifically designed to produce Irish whiskey. (Photo: Jonathan Bender | Flatland)

This is the time of year when you gather the whole city for a picnic. Kansas City’s Big Picnic is Sunday on the lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak St.). The event will celebrate the Department of Parks and Recreation’s 125th anniversary and runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Enjoy live music, art…

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Happy Hour in the Gardens & Other Weekend Possibilities

Burnt ends piled high.

Sip beer from the KC Bier Co., munch on popcorn, and catch a flick on the rooftop terrace of the Central Library (14 W. 10th St.) tonight at 8 p.m. The Kansas City Public Library and The Pitch present the Off-the-Wall film series and tonight, “Wet Hot American Summer,” is on the big screen. The doors open…

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Willy Wonka & Other Weekend Possibilities

Chocolate bars

Grab a chocolate bar and head over to Gladstone’s Theatre in the Park’s presentation of Willy Wonka. The free outdoor show is at the Gladstone Amphitheatre (NE 76th Street and N Troost, Gladstone, Missouri) this weekend and it runs through Sunday. The curtain goes up at 8:30 p.m. nightly. The only way to keep your…

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Repeal 18th Bar & Bistro is Open & Other Weekend Possibilities

Drasko's food truck

Summer is here and it’s time to dine al fresco. Shawnee is hosting Parked, a food truck festival with fireworks and live music at Stump Park (4751 Woodland Drive, Shawnee, Kansas) tonight from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Werner’s, Drasko’s BBQ, Pita for Good, and the Taste of Brazil market will be among the food trucks…

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Gather & Grow & Other Weekend Possibilities

Fringe Beerworks

Get away from the city this week and discover life on the farm with Gather & Grow this Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. The third annual benefit for Boys Grow features food from chefs Howard Hanna, John Smith, and Ted Habiger, alongside beers from Brewery Emperial (the new downtown brewery that counts Habiger among its…

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