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Twilight Tour
Dates: Dec. 6 | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Vaile Victorian Mansion, 1500 N Liberty St, Independence, Mo.
See the Vaile Mansion all lit up for the evening in Christmas splendor for a Victorian Christmas Wedding. ...
Admission: $5 adults, $2 children
Type: Special Events
Twilight Tour
Dates: Dec. 6 | Location: Not Specified | Venue: Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W Pacific Ave., Independence, Mo.
See the Mansion all lit up for the evening in Christmas splendor. The theme this year is "A Dickens of a Christmas." We will have very special live music and free refreshments will be offered to all. ...
Admission: $5 adults, $2 children.
Type: Special Events
Country Club Plaza Lighting Ceremony
Dates: Nov. 26 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Country Club Plaza, 47th & J.C. Nichols Pkwy, Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City native and "Saturday NIght Live" cast member Jason Sudeikis flips the switch Thanksgiving night....
Admission: Free
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Major Events,Special Events
Country Club Plaza's Season of Lights
Dates: Nov. 27, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Country Club Plaza, 47th & Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

With the flip of a switch, over 80 miles of multi-colored bulbs illuminate the Country Club Plaza district as nearly 300,000 spectators applaud the start of the holiday season. The lights remain on through mid January....
Admission: Free
Type: Holiday Activities,Major Events,Ongoing Events
Wednesday Wine Fest
Dates: Every Wed. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Boozefish Wine Bar, 1511 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Boozefish Wine Bar brings you a fun night out every Wednesday, with great wine, good people and a fun atmosphere....
Admission: $15 per person.
Type: Dining & Nightlife
"Miss Witherspoon"
Dates: Dec. 4, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

When life becomes too frightful to endure, Veronica opts out for eternal peace. Instead, she finds herself in the Bardo (a Tibetan Buddhist netherworld) with an overly cheery spirit guide who forces her to reincarnate in a dizzying array of roles fr...
Admission: $20-$30.
Type: Theatre
"Farragut North"
Dates: Nov. 13-Dec. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Stephen, a 25-year-old hotshot press secretary, has built a career that men twice his age envy. During a tight presidential primary, however, the backroom scheming of more seasoned operatives and a seductive teen staffer eclipse his meteoric rise. A...
Admission: $20-$30.
Type: Theatre
Live Music Sundays
Dates: Every Sun. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Capital Grille, 4740 Jefferson Street, Kansas City, Mo

Live Jazz music every Sunday. ...
Type: Ongoing Events
Happy Hour
Dates: Tue.-Thu. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Blue Stem, 900 Westport Rd, Kansas City, Mo.

Half off all food on the lounge menu and drink specials. ...
Admission: No cover
Type: Dining & Nightlife
"Wolfgang Laib: Without Place - Without Time - Without Body"
Dates: Sept. 26, 2009-Jan.17, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

Wolfgang Laib is known for his Pollen Fields, Milkstones, Rice Houses, Ziggurats and more, and many world-wide exhibitions including a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in 2001 acknowledge his importance. "Without Place - Without Time - Without ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Major Events
Manicure & Cosmo Night
Dates: Every Wednesday | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Boozefish Wine Bar, 1511 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

The first Wednesday of every month you will get a manicure (by Persona Day Spa) and a cosmo. ...
Admission: $20
Type: Ongoing Events
"The Poetics of Space"
Dates: Apr. 10, 2009-Mar. 14, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's book La poétique de l'espace (The Poetics of Space) (1958), this exhibition features photographs from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection that focus on the spatial dynamics of our architectural ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits
"A Christmas Story: The Musical"
Dates: Nov. 20, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Spencer Theatre, 4949 Cherry Street Kansas City, Mo.

"A Christmas Story" has been adapted as a new musical for the stage and is quickly becoming one of the most highly anticipated shows in the theatrical world. The show will be directed by Rep Artistic Director Eric Rosen. This classic holiday tale ce...
Admission: $20-$60.
Type: Holiday Activities,Major Events,Theatre
Megan Birdsall
Dates: Nov. 25 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Megan began singing Jazz in Kansas City in 2002 as a featured vocalist with Greg Richter and David Basse at The New Point. She soon became favored by many other KC notables including Dan Doran, Rob Whitsitt, and Mark Lowery. Later that year she fron...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
"WYETH: Three Generations of Artistry"
Dates: Sep. 17-Nov. 29 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The artwork by the Wyeth family, America's iconic art family, will be the focus of the exhibition WYETH: Three Generations of Artistry this fall at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Together, the artists of the Wyeth family-N. C. Wyeth, Andrew ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events
"Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood"
Dates: Sept. 26, 2009-Feb. 21, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

Since photography's inception in 1839, children have been popular subjects for the camera. We look to pictures of children as collective memories of childhood itself-a phase of life to which we can never return. This exhibition explores our fascinat...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits,Free Events,Major Events
Kelly's Happy Hour
Dates: Mon.-Fri. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Kelly's Westport Inn, 500 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Join us for Happy Hour Monday-Friday in the oldest building in the city. From 3-7pm domestic drafts are $2 and Boulevard drafts are $2.50. Cheers!...
Type: Dining & Nightlife
Paul Mesner Puppets presents "Bark, George"
Dates: Nov. 11-22 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: PMP Studio, 1006 E. Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

"Bark, George," says George's mother, and George goes: "Meow," which definitely isn't right, because George is a dog. And so is his mother, who repeats, "Bark, George." And George goes, "Quack, quack." What's going on with George? Find out in this f...
Admission: $9.00 adults, $7 children
Type: Theatre
Julia Othmer
Dates: Nov. 23 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.

Othmer's music is described as "raw and thoughtful - piano-driven." She's a singer-songwriter of jazz-rock with a well established following, and her debut album Oasis Motel was licensed to ABC's Army Wives and Big Shots; to the DVD release of Part...
Admission: $15
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Andrew Trim CD Release Party
Dates: Nov. 28 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Jardine's Restaurant & Jazz Club, 4536 Main St, Kansas City, Mo.
Andrew Trim is one of the upcoming bandleaders performing in the Denver/Boulder, Colorado Jazz Scenes. In addition to his bands - The Trim Organ Trio, and the Andrew Trim Quartet/Quintet's - Trim performs with the Denver/Boulder bands Baseless Accu...
Admission: $3
Type: Kansas City Jazz
Brio Happy Hour
Dates: Daily | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Brio Tuscan Grille, 502 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Happy Hour...
Admission: No cover.
Type: Dining & Nightlife
Prix Fixe Menu
Dates: Sun.-Thu. | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Brio Tuscan Grille, 502 Nichols Rd, Kansas City, Mo.

Choice of soup or salad ($1.00 charge for Lobster Bisque),
choice of Grilled Salmon, Tuscan Grilled Pork Chops or Chicken Milanese and choice of Dolchino Dessert. ...
Admission: $22.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
Type: Dining & Nightlife
Daily Lunch Specials
Dates: Daily | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Joe's Pizza... Buy the Slice, 4058 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
$5.00 - 2 Slices and a Large Drink
$5.00 - Slice, Salad and a Large Drink
Buy a Medium for the Price of a large
...
Type: Dining & Nightlife
"Starr Miniature Collection: The Fashionable Sitter"
Dates: Jun. 13, 2009-Jan.10, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is internationally recognized for its outstanding collection of more than 33,500 objects. From ancient times to modern day, this encyclopedic museum is one of the best in the country, offering visitors the opportunity...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits
"Still Life: 19th and 20th Century Prints and Drawings"
Dates: Jun. 13, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is internationally recognized for its outstanding collection of more than 33,500 objects. From ancient times to modern day, this encyclopedic museum is one of the best in the country, offering visitors the opportunity...
Admission: FREE
Type: Exhibits