×
Subscribe

Subscribe Today

Save almost 50% off the newsstand price!

In addition to receiving 26 issues of The Independent Kansas City’s Journal of Society, your subscription will include our annual publication, the Charitable Events Calendar and a subscription to our e-newsletter, The Insider.

Questions about your current subscription? Contact Laura Gabriel at 816-471-2800.

The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties – Community Ball and Cotillion

December 3rd is the date for The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties’ Community Ball and Cotillion. The debutantes and their escorts will learn the choreography during practice sessions before they showcase their fabulous performance at the 66th annual event.

DR1_0198
(First row) Megan Dailey, Emma Kelly, Grace Coker, Mary Margaret Sims, Lena Wencker, Kennedy Dockhorn, Reid Guemmer, Megan Gannon, Whitney Estes, Anna Beck, Sophie Menghini, Josie Menghini, Amanda Helt, Anna McClelland, Emma Chalk, and Anna Harding (second row) Alejandra Manoz, Christina McNamara, Mia Power, Gabby Kornis, Olivia Copeland, Natalie Arreguin, Lydia Allegri, Grace Wampler, Courtney McClelland, Claire Smeltzer, Helen Mary Kancel, Alexia Reyes, Audrey Parra, Bella Gray, Emma Sanders, Adyson Sanders, and Halia Whiles (third row) Brenden Hill, Ian Jones, Tyler Eccles, Jackson Blancarte, William McConwell, Matthew Schotte, Chase Tetrick, Nicholas Schlader, William Grier, William Herron, Jesse McCollum, Patrick Cahill, Chase Giese, and Dalton Ash (fourth row) Dallas Kincaid, Carter Selzer, John Campbell, Jake Rickert, Saahith Gondi, Spencer Walz, Ted Bynum, Paul Shamet, John DuBois, Connor Plattner, Spencer Kaifes, Spencer Burkard, and John Wilson St. Clair

Additional photos featured in the November 12, 2016 issue
Photo Credit: David Riffel

 

Features

Redefining Self-care And Mental Health For Women

In today’s fast-paced world, mental health stressors weigh heavily on the hearts and minds of women and children alike. Whether it’s the soaring cost of living, the turmoil of politics,…

Photography Project Defies Ageism and Youth Beauty Ideals for Women

Beauty standards have changed over the decades, continuously shaping the expectations that society has for women. In the 1910s, the hourglass figure with a cinched waist was de rigueur. In…

Rose Brooks Center – 37th annual Cabaret

Rose Brooks Center held its 37th annual Cabaret on February 25th at Loews Kansas City Hotel. Michelle Emanuel Johnson and Jeff Johnson were the event chairs. Guests enjoyed a special…

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival – ROMANtic Revels

ROMANtic Revels featured a Roman theme this year, complete with a sword fight scene by HASF actors in appropriate garb, bringing a taste of Julius Caesar to the evening! The…