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Visit The Kansas City Zoo this July 4th! Active and retired military individuals receive free admission all day Sunday. Military families will receive $1 off regular Zoo admission. |
North of the River . South Johnson County . South Kansas City . Westport/Plaza
Red, White and Zoo
Summer Concerts At Starlight
There are some great concerts coming up this summer at Starlight! July brings Santana with Steve Winwood, Counting Crows with Barenaked Ladies, REO Speedwagon with Pat Benetar, O.A.R. with Citizen Cope, and Chicago with The Doobie Brothers. Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne with David Lindley, and Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs will be featured in August. Visit www.kcstarlight.com for a listing of dates and to purchase tickets!
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Big Bugs Are Back!
Get jumpy at the thought of ants in your pants? Does a fear of bed bugs keep you awake at night? Don’t let bugs creep you out… come see Dave Roger’s Big Bugs at Powell Gardens. These fantastic oversized insect sculptures will be on display beginning May 29th through October 3rd. There are 11 unnaturally large sculptures, including a new 10-foot tall Daddy Long Legs and a trio of 700 pound ants! Plenty of play stations will be set up for kids, including a sandbox, a kid-sized ant hill, a caterpillar crawl, and photo stations. Indoors you can explore the Crawleseum, which gives you a chance to see live creepy crawly bugs up close. Plan to spend the day at Powell Gardens, and experience the wonderous events and beauty that make up this botanical bounty. Click www.powellgardens.org for more information, or call 816.697.2600.
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| A new Daddy Long Legs sculpture is new to Big Bugs. | Guests enjoy the Nature Trail at Powell Gardens. |
Tulips on Troost Benefit at Suburban Lawn & Garden
Suburban Lawn & Garden (135th & Wornall) will host an evening of beauty on June 4th from 5 to 8 p.m. to benefit Tulips on Troost, a grassroots initiative working to beautify, revitalize, and develop Troost Avenue and Our Town’s East side. The evening will feature live music, hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Guests will have the pleasure of enjoying a gorgeously-stocked greenhouse! Contact Maureen Lunn for more details – maureen@tulipsontroost.com or 816.523.5553.
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Jazzoo… What a Way to Chill!
| Jazzoo 2010 is coming June 4th! This annual event is held at the Kansas City Zoo… truly a unique event venue. Jazzoo offers eventgoers delicious food and drink from over 60 restaurants. Special Jazzoo cocktails and other libations are will be served, and there is headlining entertainment on the mainstage. This year’s headliner is The Orchestra, comprised of past members of ELO and ELO II, and they’ll wow the crowd with favorites such as “Living Thing”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, “Strange Magic”, and “Mr. Blue Sky”. Other musical acts include The Zeros, Change of Heart, Decoy, The Samantha Fish Blues Band, Everette Devan, DJ Kirby Ham, and Millie Edwards. Don your finest creative black-apparel and we’ll see YOU at the ZOO! |  |
