Need some weekend suggestions, kids? We’ve got you covered!
Date: Sunday, July 21
Time: 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Location: The Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park
Address: 4525 Oak St., Kansas City
Price: Free admission
Kansas City comes together at the region’s biggest picnic with partner KC Parks & Rec! Enjoy live music, food trucks, art activities, and lawn games from the museum to Brush Creek. Explore the Walking Wall by Andy Goldsworthy and celebrate #WhereKCPlays during National Parks and Recreation month.
Date: Now through Wednesday, July 31
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Location: New Element
Address: 3740 Broadway Blvd., Ste. 300, Kansas City
Price: Free admission
The Gallery of Lost Thingsis artist Larissa Uredi’s first installation exhibition and will feature needle-felted sculptures, experiential and sensory artwork as well as original works on silk. The work will be up throughout the month of July with the opening reception on July 12th. Partial proceeds from work and art books sold will go to support water.org, a global and regional fighter for water and water access. Learn More!
Fantasmo vs. The Vampire Women
Date: Friday, July 19, through Saturday, July 27
Time: Times Vary
Location: Union Station City Stage
Address: 30 W. Pershing Rd., Kansas City
Price: $10.00 with a Fringe Festival button
Fantasmo vs. the Vampire Women is the latest audio theater adventure by Right Between the Ears. The plot, you ask? An evil coven of vampires is out to destroy the world—or possibly just Raytown. KC’s own real-life masked avenger Fantasmo battles the sexy bloodsuckers, plus lumbering robots with speech impediments, ravenous zombie hordes, and mad scientists. It’s the ultimate war between good and evil. It’s about things that go bump in the night. It’s also about an hour long. Get tickets!
Date: Saturday, July 20
Time: 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Location: Corporate Woods
Address: 9401 Indian Creek Pkwy., Overland Park
Price: $36
Break out your pink! The 8th annual Diva Dash 5K & Lil’ Princess Girl Run is set for this Saturday morning. Participants receive a race shirt, custom bib, and finishers of the 5K receive a large medal.
Date: Now through Friday, July 26, 2019
Time: Times Vary
Location: City Stage in Union Station
Address: 30 W. Pershing Road
Price: Individual ticket: $12 – Group Ticket (15+): $5.50
J.R.R. Tolkiens classic adventure tale comes to life on the Theatre for Young America stage. The little Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, goes on a magnificent quest to recover the treasure from Smaug the Dragon. He is helped along the way by Gandalf the Wizard and the mighty but small Thorin Oakenshield. In a dark and mysterious cavern he encounters the slippery Gollum and is saved by a magic ring that can make him invisible.