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Celebrating Black History with Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey

Celebrating Black History with Chioma Anyanwu

Celebrating Black History Month with Exceeds Expectations

Palatable Pursuits – Fannie’s African & Tropical Cuisine

Cheers To Volunteers! – Concerned Mothers Group at High Aspirations

Celebrating Black History with aSTEAM Village

Celebrating Black History with Local Authors

Celebrating Black History with Christian dos Santos, International Center for Music at Park University

Celebrating Black History with The Village KC

Rachel’s Reads – February 2023

Celebrating Black History with Whitney Huell, Kansas City Ballet

Celebrating Black History with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Art Scene – Dean Mitchell

Celebrating Black History with The Independent’s Rising Stars

Celebrating Black History with The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City

Celebrating Black History with The Nia Project

Celebrating Black History with Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City

Harriman-Jewell Series – 1,000th Concert Celebration

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Luncheon

Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE: New play uses tender family story to address Kansas City’s racial history

YEAR OF LIVING MARVELOUSLY: Local arts groups emerge full-throttle from hibernation

Congratulations, Kathryn & Jason!

Rachel’s Reads – January 2023

Kansas City Young Matrons – Mistletoe Party

Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas – 72nd Annual Community Ball and Cotillion

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Land of the Sweets Nutcracker Ball 2022

Symphony League – Holiday Luncheon

Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy – Leading with Love

Newhouse – Imagine a Day Gala

Congratulations, Adele & Blake!

HALO – “Defying the Odds”: A HALO Art Auction Benefiting Homeless Youth

THE SHOE FITS: Kansas City will see two of the many Cinderella stories being offered today

A THOUSAND NIGHTS: Series marks milestone with brilliant soprano

Toast To Olde Tymes – Carolyn Oechsli Doughty

Lyric Opera Circle – Holiday Luncheon

2023 Jewel Ball Chairman

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City – Most Wanted Auction

The Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Ball Benefactor Party

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

Kansas City Ballet School – Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball

Congratulations, Brogan & John!

Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Kansas City Chapter – National Philanthropy Day

GET SMART: Actors Theatre leaps into a scary, exhilarating future

EMBRACING THE WORLD WITH SOUND: Kansas City’s contemporary-music scene is more vibrant today than ever

Toast To Olde Tymes – Robert Ellis Scott

The Saint Luke’s East Hospital – Fall Ball

The New Theatre Scholarship Guild – The Hollywood Party

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Art Deco Ball

Johnson County Community College Foundation – Some Enchanted Evening

Cheers To Volunteers! – Carrie McDonald

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

B.E. Smith Family Center – 40th Anniversary Tiny Tim Holiday Fantasy

Lyric Opera Circle – The Lyric Opera Ball

REVIEW: Ballet outdoes itself with annual holiday classic

Paul's Perspective

UMKC Friends of the Conservatory’s Crescendo

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art – Kemper Gala

Congratulations, Claire & Nelson!

Rachel’s Reads – December 2022

Night Out With MOCSA – GLITTERATI Cocktail Party and Auction

Lyric Opera Circle’s 35th Lyric Opera Ball – Honorary Chairmen

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy – Civic Service Award Celebration

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – St. Martin of Tours Mass and Reception

VOICES OF CLARITY: Choral Foundation’s Spanish-language choir gains momentum

Kansas City Pet Project – Love Finds A Way

Congratulations, Rachel & David!

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Committee of 100 Luncheon

Crib Note – Eliza Harrison McBride Black

SEND THE VERY BEST: Lyric reprises puppet version of holiday classic

Congratulations, Amal & James!

Truman Library Institute – Reception and Ribbon-Cutting

A Toast To Olde Tymes – Louis Edward Holland

Sheffield Place – Off the Wall

Rachel’s Reads – November 2022

Pathway To Hope – Night of Hope Gala

The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties – 2022 Dad’s Ice Breaker

Palatable Pursuits: Kitchen Must Haves

Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri – Tough Cookies

Congratulations, Amy & James!

Cheers To Volunteers! – Kathleen McCullough

New Roots for Refugees – The Gathering

Art Scene – Brady Legler

IN TRANSITION: In Kansas City and throughout America, women playwrights are telling new stories in new ways

The 72nd BOTAR Ball

Crib Note – John Oliver Robert Dunn

The Family Conservancy – 11th annual Blue Carpet Event

Kansas City Young Matrons – Civics and Honoring Day

REVIEW: Lyric presents distinguished production of Verdi’s well-worn tragedy

Paul's Perspective

KC Shepherd’s Center – 50th Anniversary and 5th Annual 70 over 70 Awards Celebration

Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties – 72nd Annual Community Ball and Cotillion

Jackson County CASA’s fourth annual Cocktails for CASA – A Night of Hope

Children’s Mercy – 2022 Dream Big Day

Cheers to Volunteers! – Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – Snow Ball Kickoff Meeting

Kansas City Ballet – 2022 Season Launch Party

Kansas City Ballet Guild – The Nutcracker Ball Invitation Assembly

The 2022 American Royal Livestock Show

The Whole Person – Night of Independence Awards Gala: The Super Ball

Congratulations, Caitlin & Brody!