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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!

The National WWI Museum and Memorial – 2022 Night at the Tower

THE SNOWY PATH LESS TRAVELED: Local arts groups present an increasing array of holiday offerings

Wayside Waifs – 32nd Annual Strutt With Your Mutt

Powell Gardens – Under a Harvest Moon

Johnson County Library Foundation – 2022 Library Lets Loose

First Call – 10th annual Celebration Evening

Cheers To Volunteers! – Jim Keller

Kansas City Ballet Guild – 2022 Fall Luncheon

The Symphony League – Symphony Ball, “Royal Gala – Let’s Have a Ball”

Congratulations, Jillian & Pedro!

BOTAR – 2022 World Series of Barbecue

Congratulations, Meghan & Elijah!

REVIEW: Ballet’s revival of 19th-century classic shows solid professionalism

Paul's Perspective

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

Congratulations, Kathleen & Nicholas!

A Toast To Olde Tymes – Winifred Wittmann Lunning

The Symphony Ball “Royal Gala” – Benefactors’ Party

OPES Charitable Foundation – 4th Annual Green Tie Gala

The Lyric Opera Circle – 35th Year Celebration

Kansas City Young Matrons – Reassembly Day Tea

The BOTAR Ball – 2022 Presidents’ Tea

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Annual Kick-off Party

I’VE FALLEN BUT I CAN GET UP: Lyric Opera offers fresh view of Verdi’s most complex woman

Kansas City Zoo – Jazzoo