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Saint Luke’s Foundation – 2022 Books & Boutiques

Kansas City Young Matrons – 2022 Magic Ball Patrons’ Party

The Family Conservancy – Brew for Books

Lyric Opera Circle – Lyric Opera Ball 2022, “Una Notte a Roma”

Cheers To Volunteers! Donna Jacobson

Cristo Rey Kansas City – Dancing with the Kansas City Stars

Children’s Mercy – 2022 Investiture Ceremony

Rachel’s Reads – May 2022

The Jewel Ball – 2022 Honorary Chairman

Jackson County CASA – 22nd annual Light of Hope Breakfast

Lyric Opera Circle’s Lyric Opera Ball – “Una Notte a Roma” Benefactor Party

Cheers to Volunteers! Steve Denny

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Festival marks 30th anniversary with Shakespeare’s most vibrantly accessible play

Crib Note – Benjamin Lawrence Winter and Charlotte Elizabeth Winter

BREAKING THE FUR CEILING: ‘Animal work’ trains actors to become their whole selves

Toast To Olde Tymes – The Labunski Family

Notre Dame de Sion – 36th Annual Gala Auction

Cheers to Volunteers! – Rachel Rindner

SIBLING REVELRY: Two Kanneh-Masons will bring their magic to the Harriman

Crib Note – Richard Joseph “Tripp” Nachbar III

Rose Brooks Center – Cabaret

KVC Health Systems – Friday Night Live Gala

Stanislav and Friends: A Benefit for Park University’s International Center for Music – Benefactor Party

Johnson County Library Foundation – 2022 Library Lets Loose

Benedictine College – 50th Annual Scholarship Ball

Cheers to Volunteers! Debbie Brock

Art Scene – Christianne Bohannon

HALO – Virtual Art Auction, “Defying the Odds

BACH TO THE BAYOU: Trumpeter follows famous kin into halls of greatness

2022 Paw Print Issue

Congratulations, Allie & Zach!

Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

Congratulations, Raelynn & Mitchell!

Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

Rachel’s Reads – April 2022

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault – Community Luncheon

Lyric Opera Circle – Lyric Opera Ball, “Una Notte a Roma”

Crib Note – Eleanor Emma Maughan

Children’s Mercy Hospital – Children’s Relief Association

Cheers to Volunteers! – Andrea Nelson

Alphapointe – Boots & Pearls: Wine & Whiskey

Crib Note – Calum Sinclair Osmundsen

LADIES, WITH AN ARABESQUE: Local dance companies defy national odds with increased gender parity

Congratulations, Cydney & Benton!

The K-State Alumni Association – 15th annual Wabash CannonBall

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival – Romantic Revels

Rachel’s Reads – March 2022

Trailblazing: Women’s Employment Network

Trailblazing: Women Leaders in College Sports

Trailblazing: United WE

Trailblazing: St. Teresa’s Academy

Trailblazing: Sheffield Place

Trailblazing: The Sewing Labs

Trailblazing: Safe In Harm’s Way

Trailblazing: Newhouse

Trailblazing: Madam President Camp

Trailblazing: Kansas City Women’s Chorus

Trailblazing: Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy

Trailblazing: Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties

Trailblazing: The Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri

Trailblazing: InnovateHER KC

Trailblazing: I AM 4: Thirteens

Trailblazing: Giving Hope & Help

Trailblazing: Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri

Trailblazing: Amethyst Place

REVIEW: Lyric Opera’s Jobs opera is fascinating, frustrating, and fun

REVIEW: Rep scores big with sharp commentary on race in America

BOYS’ CLUB NO LONGER: Women are brightening up classical music locally and globally

Trailblazers: Kansas City Women – Publisher’s Note

Trailblazers: The Women Behind The Independent

Trailblazers: KC Current

Trailblazing: Young Women on the Move

Trailblazers: Kansas City Rising Stars

MOCSA – 28th Annual Community Luncheon

Congratulations, Caitlin & Brody!

Crib Note – Grant Thomas Shaffer

Cheers To Volunteers! – KC Shepherd’s Center

The Independent – Celebrating The Stars!

A Toast To Olde Tymes – Anna Curry and E. Kemper Carter

Congratulations, Courtney & Chris!

JOBS WELL DONE: Tech giant is subject of Lyric Opera’s path-forging new production

The Children’s Place – Party for The Place: Pure Imagination

Cheers To Volunteers! – Brandy Reed

Kansas City Ballet – A Musical Evening with Ramona

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy – Civic Service Award Celebration

The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2021

Congratulations, Maggie & Kip!

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 48th Annual Snow Ball

REVIEW OF ‘MEMPHIS’: Black Rep/White Theatre at the J collaboration wins the heart, sets the mind thinking

Paul's Perspective

2022 Jewel Ball Chairman

Kansas City Ballet Guild – 2021 Nutcracker Luncheon

Art Scene – Mike Lyon

Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC – 2022 Human Relations Event

BEST OF SPRING 2022

PULLING THE STRINGS: Local groups use puppets for youth initiatives and standard theater

Rachel’s Reads – February 2022

Congratulations, Chloe & Douglas!

The National Baseball Hall of Fame – Buck O’Neil

University of Central Missouri – Sesquicentennial Celebration

Toast To Olde Tymes – Inez Grant Parker and Gerald T. Parker