Once Again, They Show Missouri for Kansas

Yes sir and ma’am, once again, there is an online article, this one describing weekend winter getaways and they show Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri as being Kansas.

The Best Weekend Trips to Take This Winter 

in Every State

What they show for Kansas.

I love the media.

And while I don't want to be mean, I feel pretty certain, for a winter getaway in Kansas, they don't mean get away to Kansas City, Kansas.

Just saying.

Then, when it comes to Missouri, they recommend a Winter getaway of Branson.

I have no idea what they're supposed to be showing here, from Branson but at least, hey, they stayed in the state, right? And got it correct?

Hilarious.  I love it.

So to have a great weekend getaway in Kansas----get outta’ the state.

Right.

I’m sure Convention and Visitors Bureaus all across Kansas will love that.

Last note: On no other state or recommendation did they get the state and corresponding picture and recommendation incorrect regarding that state’s getaway.

Great Kansas City News!!

Yes! Great Kansas City news!

Tomorrow, Friday the 13th at 8:45 pm they will be turned back on!

How cool is that?

Photo credit and source:

Kansas City's Original Hex FX Aerials

Kansas City On Parade

Some videos I found.




Have a great weekend, y'all.

Kansas City and our Supermoon, featured prominently

If you hadn't heard or seen, last Saturday evening we experienced what they call a "Supermoon" effect. The moon was 13 or 14% bigger in appearance, depending on the source you read, and brighter, all because it was 16,000 miles closer to Earth, in its orbit than usual.

With that, naturally, photographers from all around the world took to their cameras. As luck would have it, a local photographer, one Charlie Riedel, shot that beautiful orb over our own Kansas City downtown and NPR, National Public Radio, picked it up on their website as one of a dozen great shots of it:

Around The Earth, That Moon Was Pretty Super

And so, here's the pic (click on it for larger, easier, better viewing):

So kudos to the photographer, Mr. Riedel, and to you, Kansas City.

You look pretty darned good.

Celebration at the Station this weekend

Celebration at the Station airs Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 8pm on KCPT. 

Located at Kansas City’s Union Station, music is by the Kansas City Symphony with Michael Stern, music director. This year  they're also featuring Oleta Adams, Musicorps and host Jim Birdsall with Charles Bruffy, chorus director.

Bank of America Celebration at the Station is the largest FREE Memorial Day Weekend event in the Midwest. The Kansas City Symphony, led by Music Director Michael Stern, performs patriotic favorites against the backdrop of Kansas City’s historic Union Station. The event concludes with their wonderful, annual fireworks display. The Kansas City Symphony is grateful to Bank of America for making this gift to our city possible.

This year's Celebration at the Station will also have a variety of food truck vendors on-site, offering a wide array of food and beverage options! Including The Moose Truck,New York Dawg Pound, Cajun Cabin, Monk's Roast Beef, Kona Ice-Trucks, Jerusalem Cafe Hookah Bar, Jazzy B's and CoffeeCakeKC.

Kansas City's slogan across the ages

"Tear that shit down"

Next up--our current Kansas City International Airport.

With direct, explicit thanks to photographer and fellow Kansas Citian Eric Bowers for the title and quote and to his friend for Nicolas Bock's photo from Facebook today.

Kansas City--you don't know what you got 'til it's gone.

 

Took paradise, put up a parking lot?

 

(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

"Hey, everybody!  I know!  Let's all move out to 175th!"

Coming up, Kansas City!

 

Links: Uptown Theater

 

 https://www.facebook.com/uptowntheater?fref=ts

One last reminder for today's open house at the Kauffman

Here's your chance, then:

Holiday Open House    

Happy Holidays!

The Kauffman Center wishes you and your family a warm and festive holiday season. Since many Kansas Citians have guests in town we are offering a great opportunity to bring your friends and family to see the Center.

Join us for a free holiday open house today, Wednesday, December 26th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

• Both performance venues will be available for the public to view.
• Tour Ambassadors will be on hand to answer your questions.
• The Kauffman Center Gift Shop and Box Office will be open until 4:00 pm.
• Street parking can often be found and the Arts District garage is also available.
• No reservations are necessary.

Link: http://www.kauffmancenter.org/

You've never been to the Kauffman Center?

Here's your chance, then:

Holiday Open House    

Happy Holidays!

The Kauffman Center wishes you and your family a warm and festive holiday season. Since many Kansas Citians have guests in town we are offering a great opportunity to bring your friends and family to see the Center.

Join us for a free holiday open house on Wednesday, December 26th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

• Both performance venues will be available for the public to view.
• Tour Ambassadors will be on hand to answer your questions.
• The Kauffman Center Gift Shop and Box Office will be open until 4:00 pm.
• Street parking can often be found and the Arts District garage is also available.
• No reservations are necessary.

The Kauffman Center is closed December 24th and 25th. After our open house closes on December 26th, the building will be closed through January 1st.

We look forward to seeing you on December 26th!

Link: http://www.kauffmancenter.org/

Kansas City Southern "Union Express" Train tonight at Union Station

The Holiday Express train is free and open to the public. At each stop, The KCS Charitable Fund will make a contribution of gift cards to the local Salvation Army to provide warm clothing and other necessities for children in need.

Beautiful train, great cause. Go, enjoy.

You're invited!

...to First Friday's "Firster Thursday" hosted by Chipotle Mexican Grill at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center from 6pm-8pm on Aug 6th! — with Emmett Merrill at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center.

You and a guest are invited to a reception at the Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center on Thursday, September 6 (tonight!) from 6 to 8 pm at 2012 Baltimore, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.

You'll enjoy the opening celebration of Emmett Merrill's exhibition entitled "Drought Cultivation" celebrating the rural heartland with carnitas tostadas and Patron Margaritas provided by Chipotle.

Top 10 Labor Day Weekend Events

Stolen, wholesale, from the Visit KC.com website:

With everything going on in KC this Labor Day weekend, you'll need the
extra day to fit it all in. Check out these 10 fun and affordable ideas:

KC IRISH FEST • Go green and celebrate KC's deep Irish roots at Crown Center.

KC RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL • Say huzzah to seven weekends of 16th-century fun.

KC WATERPARKS • Enjoy one last, splashy weekend at Schlitterbahn and Oceans of Fun.

TITANIC EXHIBITION • Honor the ships 100th anniversary with Union Station’s tribute. FINAL DAYS

SPORTING KANSAS CITY • Watch the US Open Cup champs take on Toronto at Livestrong Sporting Park.

HAUNTED HOUSES • Scream season returns to the Haunted House Capital of the World.

FIRST FRIDAY • Head to the Crossroads Arts District for a huge outdoor art walk. Free.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS • Watch the boys in blue take on the Minnesota Twins. Save on tickets.

POWELL GARDENS • Explore Fairy Houses & Forts, an enchanting garden adventure. SAVE on tickets.

SANTA-CALI-GON DAYS • Hit the trails for one of the nation's largest free festivals.

Kansas City, from MSN

Link to original post: http://rediscover.msn.com/city/253392723

Terrific, really inexpensive concert Saturday evening

There is what should be a wonderful live performance this Saturday evening, downtown, at the Czar Bar at 7 pm.

The guitartist, singer, songwriter and performer is Jay Brannan (Google him and/or look him up on YouTube). He writes and performs his own, original pieces but I thought I'd put up this piece, above, to show what he can do with more familiar work. Also, even in this, his own bedroom, without expensive sound equipment, he sounds terrific.

A good--no, great--time should be had by all and tickets are only 8 to 10 dollars, the way they should be--affordable.

If you look, too, he just got back from playing Europe and he's playing New York and more of Europe again this Fall, too.

Even the cheapest of the cheap in this town can afford this one.

Links: http://www.czarkc.com/event/106691/

https://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/events/140057929454771/

http://www.ticketfly.com/event/106691/

Kansas City in time-lapse video

Save the date--for the Folly Theater

Bill Shapiro of KCUR and "Cyprus Avenue" fame, is sponsoring a fundraiser for our own Folly Theater again, God bless him. This time, he's having singer/songwriter Sam Baker Saturday, August 25 at 8 pm, in case you missed last evening's show. Besides being able to enjoy Mr. Baker's wonderful, soulful, heartfelt music--live, at that--you can help a terrific and very worthwhile cause, our own Folly Theater.

Finally, the tickets are extremely reasonable, beginning at only $10 each with the best seats in the house going for only $20 to $35, a real bargain.

They go on sale this Monday morning. You can find more information at the first link below, especially. Phone the Folly box office this Monday at 816-474-4444

It's Mr. Shapiro's goal to fill all 1,082 seats that night.

Let's help make it happen.

Links: http://www.follytheater.com/siteresources/apps/calendar/eventview.asp?id=315

http://www.sambakermusic.com/

Side/final note--if you absolutely have to, go here for tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Sam-Baker-tickets/artist/1392489

Entertainment overnight

Huge arts weekend coming up

Yes sir, this should be a big arts weekend here in town this week.

For starters, it should be one of the biggest, if not the biggest First Fridays in the Crossroads District downtown for a few reasons.

The weather is supposed to be perfect or near-perfect with temperatures in the 70's. That alone will get a lot of people out.

Then, there's the fact that this is Pride weekend and there is a block party planned. That will be on the streets on McGee in between 10th and 12th Street. You can find out more about that here: http://www.gaypridekc.com/index_main.php.

Additionally, as if that isn't enough, there is a Zombie Walk For Hunger fundraiser through the District that same evening, just to add some fun to it all, along with a good cause.

Next up for the weekend is the annual Prairie Village Art Fair.

Again, great weather, open streets, lots of art and friends mingling. It should be very successful.

Then, Friday and Saturday there's something called Dancefestopia going on down at the Richard L. Berkeley Riverfront Park.

You can get tickets for it here: http://www.myticketspot.com/ResultsGeneral.aspx?stype=0&kwds=Dancefestopia

As if that isn't enough, Saturday, there is a grand opening of the Arts Asylum, a 32,000 square foot performing and visual arts center containing 22 studio spaces and a performance hall sanctuary. It's a former church at 9th and Harrison Streets (exact address: 1000 E. 9th). It begins at 7:30 pm. For more information, go here: www.theartsasylum.org.

There is a Festa Italiana at Zona Rosa that runs all 3 days, up North. For events, to to www.unicokc.org.

Finally, at least here--as if that isn't enough--there is the Ric Rac Roundup Craft Fair this Sunday in Westport in the parking lot of 300 Westport. That is just East of the old Corner Restaurant, right on the corner of Broadway and Westport. There are to be 27 vendors with arts, crafts and, of course, food.

So there you are, at least a small bit of what's going on this weekend in Kansas City on what promises to be a very comfortable, beautiful one, to boot.

Go, enjoy!

Have a great weekend, y'all.

Countdown to July 20

I can hardly wait.

Link: http://www.kcsymphony.org/ContentCtl/ViewAct/TodaysNews/115

Didn't Aretha look great the other night?

See more of her here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/08/3602131/aretha-franklin-performs-at-the.html#slide-1