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Benedictine College – 50th Annual Scholarship Ball

2022 Issues

Cheers to Volunteers! Debbie Brock

2022 Issues

Art Scene – Christianne Bohannon

2022 Issues

HALO – Virtual Art Auction, “Defying the Odds

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

2022 Paw Print Issue

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Allie & Zach!

2022 Issues

Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Raelynn & Mitchell!

2022 Issues

Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – April 2022

2022 Issues

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault – Community Luncheon

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Crib Note – Eleanor Emma Maughan

2022 Issues

Children’s Mercy Hospital – Children’s Relief Association

2022 Issues

Cheers to Volunteers! – Andrea Nelson

2022 Issues

Alphapointe – Boots & Pearls: Wine & Whiskey

2022 Issues

Crib Note – Calum Sinclair Osmundsen

2022 Issues

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

Art Scene

Congratulations, Cydney & Benton!

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival – Romantic Revels

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – March 2022

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Women’s Employment Network

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Women Leaders in College Sports

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: United WE

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: St. Teresa’s Academy

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Sheffield Place

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: The Sewing Labs

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Safe In Harm’s Way

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Newhouse

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Madam President Camp

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Kansas City Women’s Chorus

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: The Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: InnovateHER KC

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: I AM 4: Thirteens

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Giving Hope & Help

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Amethyst Place

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

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

Art Scene

Trailblazers: Kansas City Women – Publisher’s Note

2022 Issues

Trailblazers: The Women Behind The Independent 

2022 Issues

Trailblazers: KC Current

2022 Issues

Trailblazing: Young Women on the Move

2022 Issues

Trailblazers: Kansas City Rising Stars

2022 Issues

MOCSA – 28th Annual Community Luncheon

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Caitlin & Brody!

2022 Issues

Crib Note – Grant Thomas Shaffer

2022 Issues

Cheers To Volunteers! – KC Shepherd’s Center

2022 Issues

The Independent – Celebrating The Stars!

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Courtney & Chris!

2022 Issues

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

Art Scene

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

2022 Issues

Cheers To Volunteers! – Brandy Reed

2022 Issues

Kansas City Ballet – A Musical Evening with Ramona

2022 Issues

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy – Civic Service Award Celebration

2022 Issues

The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2021

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Maggie & Kip!

2022 Issues

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 48th Annual Snow Ball

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Kansas City Ballet Guild – 2021 Nutcracker Luncheon

2022 Issues

Art Scene – Mike Lyon

2022 Issues

Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC – 2022 Human Relations Event

2022 Issues

BEST OF SPRING 2022

Art Scene

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

Art Scene

Rachel’s Reads – February 2022

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Chloe & Douglas!

2022 Issues

The National Baseball Hall of Fame – Buck O’Neil

2022 Issues

University of Central Missouri – Sesquicentennial Celebration

2022 Issues

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

2022 Issues

Lyric Opera Circle – 2021 Holiday Luncheon

2022 Issues

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Ball Benefactor Cocktail Party

2022 Issues

GIRLS JUST WANNA SOLVE CRIMES: Rep presents new female-centered Holmes play

Art Scene

Congratulations, Laura & Adam!

2022 Issues

HALO – Defying the Odds: A Livestream HALO Art Auction

2022 Issues

The 2020 And 2021 Jewel Ball

2022 Issues

The Independent’s 2022 Class of Rising Stars!

2022 Issues

Rachel’s Reads – January 2022

2022 Issues

The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas – 71st Annual Community Ball and Cotillion

2022 Issues

The HALO Foundation – #ArtDoesGood

2022 Issues

Congratulations, Heather & John!

2022 Issues

The Folly Theater – 2021 Folly Frolic

2022 Issues

Cristo Rey Kansas City – 16th Annual Dancing with the Kansas City Stars

2022 Issues

Family Health Care KC’s Champagne & Chocolate

2022 Issues

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 48th Annual Snow Ball

2022 Issues

Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Ball

2022 Issues

SLEEPERS, AWAKE: New composition inspires inclusion while challenging classical status quo

Art Scene

The American Royal – 2021 Season

2022 Issues

The Association of Fundraising Professionals, GKC Chapter – 2021 National Philanthropy Day Awards Reception and Program

2022 Issues

The 2021 Jewel Ball Debutante Tea

2022 Issues

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City – 2021 Most Wanted Auction

2022 Issues

VIEW FROM THE TOP: Kansas City violinist’s career takes a giant leap with three competition victories in a row

Art Scene

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 48th Annual Snow Ball Parish Parties

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Art Scene – Rachael Blackburn Cozad

December 18, 2021 Issue

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