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Crib Note – Isabelle Madeline LaVita

2022 Issues

Awesome Ambitions – 25th Anniversary Celebration

2022 Issues

Kansas City Pet Project – 10th Anniversary Gala / Love Finds A Way

2022 Issues

2022 Summer Celebrations

2022 Issues

2022 Class Of Rising Stars – Mark Nuss

2022 Issues

Palatable Pursuit: Pizza And Negronis

2022 Issues

2022 BOTAR President – Amy Ball Polen

2022 Issues

A Toast To Olde Tymes – E. Geneve Lichtenwalter

2022 Issues

THE HEAT IS ON: Symphony completes first season of guest conductors

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BEST OF FALL 2022

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Arts & Recreation Foundation of Overland Park – Stems: A Garden Soirée

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Bonnie & Jack!

2022 Issues

Band of Angels – Art That Blows

2022 Issues

NAVO MEANS NEW / NAVO MEANS MUSIC: Performing-arts ‘collective’ vies for attention

2022 Issues

Welcome House – Groundbreaking Ceremony

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Olivia & Anthony!

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – August 2022

2022 Issues

Off To College – Class of 2022

2022 Issues

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art – Kemper Gala 2022: PRISMATIC

2022 Issues

The Folly Theater – Groundbreaking Ceremony

2022 Issues

Cheers to Volunteers! Betsy O’Brien

2022 Issues

The 2022 Jewel Ball

2022 Issues

Crib Note – Bea Attaway Beckman

2022 Issues

2022 Class Of Rising Stars – Gene Willis

2022 Issues

The UMKC School of Medicine – 50th Anniversary Benefactor Party

2022 Issues

Saint Luke’s Health System – Lifetime Legacy Award

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

2022 C&C Group Alphapointe Pro-Am

2022 Issues

KidsTLC – Open Golf Tournament

2022 Issues

The Folly Theater – “Jolly for the Folly” Garden Party

2022 Issues

Jackson County CASA – Carnival for CASA

2022 Issues

Opes Charitable Foundation and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Green Tie Gala

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

KISS THE BRIDE, THEN EXIT LEFT: Top 10 stage weddings (that actually have happy endings)

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2022 Class Of Rising Stars – Missy Andeel

2022 Issues

The Jewel Ball – Debutante Tea

2022 Issues

Family Health Care’s – 11th annual Tacos & Beer on the Boulevard

2022 Issues

Toast To Olde Tymes – Tie The Knot

2022 Issues

BECOMING ONE: Dance artists craft unprecedented ‘collaborative choreography’ for Moving Arts

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Congratulations, Hadley & Michael!

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Heather & John!

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Elizabeth & Ted!

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – Tie The Knot

2022 Issues

Tie The Knot – Love The Happily Ever After

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Emily & Brandon!

2022 Issues

Art Scene – Tie The Knot

2022 Issues

Flight Paths And Footwear: Chance meeting on airport jetway sparks lifelong romance

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Congratulations, Aja & James!

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Julie & Griffin!

2022 Issues

The Kansas City Symphony – Spring Luncheon

2022 Issues

The Jewel Ball – Prelude Party

2022 Issues

The Belles of the American Royal – 2022 BOTAR President

2022 Issues

The Folly Theater – Folly Golf Tournament

2022 Issues

The Kansas City Country Club – CRA 100th Anniversary

2022 Issues

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 41st Annual Ben and Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic

2022 Issues

American Royal – ProRodeo

2022 Issues

AdventHealth Kansas City Foundation – Charity Pro-Am

2022 Issues

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City – Kids Night Out

2022 Issues

Art Scene – Glenn North

2022 Issues

Wayside Waifs – Fur Ball Gala

2022 Issues

Life Unlimited – Hats Off to Mothers

2022 Issues

METTLE FOR MEDALS: Winners of international competitions bring prestige to area music schools

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Kansas City Symphony League – Cocktail Reception

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – June 2022

2022 Issues

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault – Community Luncheon

2022 Issues

Lyric Opera Circle – Spring Luncheon

2022 Issues

Park University International Center for Music – Stanislav & Friends 2022

2022 Issues

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Spring Luncheon

2022 Issues

Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey – 2022 Gala Benefit

2022 Issues

MUSIC TO OUR EARS: Youth orchestra inspires hope, spurs students to broad-based achievement

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Health Partnership Clinic – Opening Doors

2022 Issues

Kansas City Young Matrons – 2022 Magic Ball

2022 Issues

Truman Library Institute – 2022 Wild About Harry

2022 Issues

Toast To Olde Tymes – Frank Fitzhugh Buckner Houston

2022 Issues

The University of Central Missouri Alumni Foundation – An Evening of Appreciation

2022 Issues

Saint Luke’s Foundation – 2022 Books & Boutiques

2022 Issues

Kansas City Young Matrons – 2022 Magic Ball Patrons’ Party

2022 Issues

The Family Conservancy – Brew for Books

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Cheers To Volunteers! Donna Jacobson

2022 Issues

Cristo Rey Kansas City – Dancing with the Kansas City Stars

2022 Issues

Children’s Mercy – 2022 Investiture Ceremony

2022 Issues

2022 Class of Rising Stars – Keith Stanfield

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – May 2022

2022 Issues

The Jewel Ball – 2022 Honorary Chairman

2022 Issues

Jackson County CASA – 22nd annual Light of Hope Breakfast

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Cheers to Volunteers! Steve Denny

2022 Issues

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

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Crib Note – Benjamin Lawrence Winter and Charlotte Elizabeth Winter

2022 Issues

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

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Toast To Olde Tymes – The Labunski Family

2022 Issues

Notre Dame de Sion – 36th Annual Gala Auction

2022 Issues

Cheers to Volunteers! – Rachel Rindner

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Crib Note – Richard Joseph “Tripp” Nachbar III

2022 Issues

Rose Brooks Center – Cabaret

2022 Issues

KVC Health Systems – Friday Night Live Gala

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Johnson County Library Foundation – 2022 Library Lets Loose

2022 Issues

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