Tag: Kansas City Bucket List
Shatto Family Day at the Farm
June 21, 2014 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fun activities for everyone:
Take a tour the farm.
Pet the baby calves.
Milk a cow.
Learn how the milk is processed.
If the weather is cooperating … Enjoy a hay ride.
Enjoy free snacks (while supplies last!)
Prizes & Games!!!
Taste a sample of Shatto products.
Take a look in their retail store.
Sit back and enjoy the country setting.
Click here for more information!
Shatto Farm is located …
9406 N. Hwy 33, Osborn MO 64474.
The farm is on Highway 33, 4 miles south of US 36 and 6 miles north of Missouri 116, accessible from both I-35 and I-29.
Busker Festival at the City Market
This is a busker …
A street performer who practices their craft in public places, for gratuities.
Celebrate buskers at the City Market!
Saturday, June 21, 2014
8:00am – 1:00pm
Come on down to enjoy the “fresh, free, freaky, fun entertainment!”
Musicians, unicycling, juggling, fire twirling, aerial arts, stilt walkers, musicians, dancers, comedy, circus acts, balloon twisting, magicians, and more!!!
All performers are local!
Future Stages at Kauffman Center {FREE event} Sunday, June 22, 2014
Future Stages Festival
Kauffman Center
Sunday, June 22, 2014
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Free event!
The Future Stages Festival is an opportunity to experience a range of community performance on stage at the Kauffman Center and to enjoy interactive arts activities.
List of performances
5 Star Jazz Band (North Kansas City, MO)
City in Motion Children’s Dance Theater (Kansas City, MO)
Dr. Jan Kraybill (Independence, MO)
Global Rhythm Project of the Music/Arts Institute (Independence, MO)
The GRAMMY Museum’s Music Revolution Project (Metro-wide)
Heart of America Youth Ballet (Lee’s Summit, MO)
Kansas Bluegrass Association “Treblemakers” (Wichita, KS)
Kansas City Ballet’s ROAD Program Interactive Dance Class with Sean Duus & Ken Lovern (Kansas City, MO)
Kansas City Symphony Chamber Ensemble (Kansas City, MO)
Kansas City Young Audiences Community School of the Arts Dance Students (Kansas City, MO)
Lawrence Children’s Choir (Lawrence, KS)
Legacy School of the Arts (Olathe, KS)
Lucia Aerial Performing Arts (Leawood, KS)
The Metropolitan Strings Academy’s “Advanced Chamber Strings Orchestra” (Olathe, KS)
Miller Marley Entertainers (Overland Park, KS)
O’Riada Manning Academy of Irish Dance (Shawnee, KS)
Ottawa Suzuki Strings (Ottawa, KS)
Quixotic School of Performing Arts (Kansas City, MO)
Rock School KC (Olathe, KS)
Sinag-tala Performing Arts Troupe of Greater Kansas City (Overland Park, KS)
StoneLion Puppet Theatre (Kansas City, MO)
Soundz of Africa Dance Ensemble (Kansas City, MO)
Voices of Change- Young Men’s Choir (Kansas City, KS)
Starlight STARS of Tomorrow (Kansas City, MO)
List of activities
American Institute of Architects Kansas City – Learn how architects were involved in the design of Kauffman Center and participate in a design arts drawing project.
The GRAMMY Museum – Learn about GRAMMY Museum programs here in KC and get hands on to create your own instrument.
Kansas City Kite Club – Kite displays and kite making activity by the Kansas City Kite Club.
Kansas City Symphony’s Instrument Petting Zoo: Discover orchestral instruments through the Symphony’s Instrument Petting Zoo where kids can touch and play instruments under the guidance of Symphony staff and volunteers. Open from 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Prop-a-palooza: Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s Prop Master, Debbie Morgan, will give an insider’s look at how props are made! Learn how to make your own prop during presentations at 12:30, 1:45, 3:00 and 4:15 p.m.
Perform and Play with Lyric Opera of Kansas City: Learn to be an opera star with interactive theater games, vocal exercises and more! Classes at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Mattie Rhodes Center: Join Mattie Rhodes staff and volunteers to create Mexican Tissue Paper Flowers and learn about other cultural arts activities.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Participate in a visual arts activity in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park.
This is a free event, but you do need to register. Register here.
Happy National Pop Goes the Weasel Day!!!
Now you are going to be singing it all. day. long!!! 🙂
Kansas City’s Family Fun Activities for June 13th-June15th!
Here is a list of some of the fun activities going on around Kansas City this weekend!
Friday, June 13th – Saturday, June 14th
20th Annual Parkville River Jam
Festival on the Trails in Gardner
Friday, June 13th
CALF (Children’s Agriculture Learning Fest) Days at American Royal Complex
Hyde Park Children’s Film Festival
Light Up The Lawn Concert at Johnson County Community College {front lawn of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art}
Sand Cinema at Longview Lake Beach ~ Tonight’s movie: FROZEN!!!
Saturday, June 14th
Get Outdoors Lenexa {at Black Hoof Park ~ my FAVORITE park!!!}
National Marina Day at Lake Jacoma
Family Day At National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence
Farmstead Dairy Days at Deanna Rose Farmstead
GeoKids at Overland Park Arboretum
Brandon Draper’s Drum Safari at Wonderscope
Saturday Night Feeder at Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary
Sprint Family Fun Days ~ the ULTIMATE FIELD DAY!!!
Sunday, June 15th
Pops in the Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Dad’s get in free at the Kansas City Zoo
Art of the Machine Car Series at City Market
What are your plans?
Celebrating Father’s Day in Kansas City!
This Sunday {JUNE 15, 2014} is FATHER’S DAY! Don’t know quite what to do yet? Here are a few ideas …
Take Dad to the Kansas City Zoo. Guess what? He gets in FREE! He also gets some free treats around the zoo including a hot dog!!!
Does your Dad like games, jazz, and art? Take him to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and enjoy Pops in the Park!
Wonderscope is open and Dad’s get in FREE!
Paul Mesner Puppets, a scavenger hunt, and Gardens Gone Wild are all part of the fun at Powell Gardens!
Is a little miniature golf in the plans for Sunday? Dad’s get to play free putt-putt at Cool Crest!
So you think your Dad is a ROCKSTAR?!? Take him to the Grammy Museum Experience and, you guessed it … he gets in FREE!
For the car enthusiasts Dad … head on down to the City Market to enjoy the Art of the Machine Car series! This Sunday the Heart of America Z Car Club will be featured!
Start the day off with a yummy brunch! Check out the Brunch Guide for Father’s Day!
Or maybe BBQ is on the menu for the day? Which one will it be? Oklahoma Joe’s? Gates? Arthur Bryants? Jack’s Stack? Perhaps BB’s Lawnside Blues & BBQ and listen to Lee McBee and the Confessors!
Grab a frisbee and head to the park! Go fishing! Go on a hike! Enjoy a movie!
Whatever you do ~ ENJOY IT! Make sure your Dad’s day is filled with love, laughter, and fun!!!
Celebrate National Trails Day this Saturday (June 7th) at Johnson County Parks!
A Day in the Park is here! Celebrate National Trails Day at Johnson County Parks & Trails on June 7th, 2014!
FREE beach and boating fun at Shawnee Mission and Kill Creek Parks
10a-6p: Free admission to Shawnee Mission Beach
10a-7p: Free pedal boat and canoe rentals at Shawnee Mission Park Marina
12p-6p: Free admission to Kill Creek Beach
1p-5p: Free pedal boat & canoe rentals at Kill Creek Park Marina
Fun activities planned for Shawnee Mission Park
9a-12p: Paws in the Park – It’s a canine water party at the Shawnee Mission Park Beach
10a-2p: Free GPS unit check-out for Geocaching on the North Shore and Steamway trails
10a-2p: Wildlife presentations by Ernie Miller Nature Center staff at the marina
12p-2p: Meet the Park Police and explore the patrol car at the marina
11a-2p: Food & drink concessions available for purchase at the Shelter #3
12p-2p: Free sailboat rides and demonstrations by the JOCO Sailing Society
June 7th & June 8th … enjoy fishing, boating, and archery without a permit in all Johnson County Parks where these activities are located!
Fun at Old Shawnee Days!
It was a little late – but we made it! Old Shawnee Days!
The rain cleared and left an amazing evening! The temperature was just right. Unfortunately, there was a lot of mud! Oh well, it’s still Old Shawnee Days!
Having Tubs of Fun!
Flying bathtubs?!? 🙂
Spinning Dragons!
The Ferris Wheel at night.
3-2-1 Blast-off!
It’s not Old Shawnee Days if you don’t have a Sno-Cone!!!
Happy National Donut Day!!!
It’s the little things in life that make us happy! 🙂
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