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KC Weekend Events Guide 5/18/2012

KC Weekend Events Guide 5/18/2012

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The Kansas City Weekend Events Guide is published every Wednesday and is a comprehensive resource to highlight all things big and small going on in the Kansas City Metro on any given weekend. From children and family activities to the arts, annual and charity events, to things for those 21 and over--you'll find it all here.

Note from the KC Guide: All events, times, and dates are subject to change without notice and we suggest you call before you go!

Have a great weekend, Kansas City!

Friday, May 18th, 2012


  • KidScape, JoCo Museum of History, Shawnee
  • Titantic Exhibit, Union Station
  • Oragami Friday at Nara
  • Downtown Art Annual, Power and Light District
  • 'Rodin: Sculptures from the Iris and B/ Gerald Cantor Foundation', Nelson Atkinsli>
  • Harold D. Smith, 'Colors of Jazz', American Jazz Museum
  • Lucky Strike Friday, Lucky Strike Lanes KC Power and Light
  • 'The Big Reveal' Kemper Museum of Art
  • Royals vs Diamondbacks, through Sunday
  • Live Music Kickoff, Wine Barn Winery
  • Street League Skateboarding, through Saturday, Sprint Center
  • 'And the Oscar Goes To'-- CHestnut Fine Arts, weekends through 6/17
  • Mystery Train presents, 'The Night of the Assassins', Golden Ox
  • 'Start Your Engines', Bingham-Waggoner Estate, Independence
  • Little Shop of Horrors, Copaken Stage, H&R Block
  • 'As Long As We Both Shall Live' American Heartland Theater
  • Friday on the Vine, 18th and Vine Jazz District
  • Happy Hour @ Snow and Company
  • Tbones vs NJ Jackals, through Sunday @ Community America
  • 'Jersey Boys' Music Hall, through May 20th
  • James and the Giant Peach, Coterie, through May 18th
  • Mosaic Friday, Power and Light
  • 'Life is a Cabaret' The Songs of Kander and Ebb, Quality Hill Playhouse
  • Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939, Nelson-Atkins
  • Downtown is Happy, Happy Hour @ P&L
  • KC Improv, Lucky Brew Grill
  • Ford Free Fridays Nelson Atkins
  • FREE Friday Wine Tasting , Gomer's Lee's Summit,201 North Hwy 291, 5-8pm.
  • Westport Live! 11pm Friday.

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

  • Metrowide Farmers' Markets are open
  • Saturday Family Workshops at Union Station
  • 'Evolution of Jazz', American Jazz Museum
  • Heart of America Jaguar Concours d'Elegance, Crown Center Square
  • BRGR LUV 4 Jazz 5k
  • Ventriloquism, Z-A, Pupperty Arts Institute
  • Hopfest Craft Beer Festival, The Well
  • Jamming at the Gem, Gem Theater
  • Opening: Fairy Houses and Forts, Powell Gardens
  • Tracing the Trumans, Harry S. Truman Library
  • Pantheon de la Guerre: From Paris to Chicago World's Fair, NWWI Museum
  • 'Ella: The First Lady of Song', American Jazz Museum
  • WOP 2.0 hosted by Rob Dyrdek, Mosaic
  • Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Union Station
  • Dueling Piano Show at Ernie Biggs, Westport, 8pm-1am.

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

  • Red Bull Manny Mania, 2pm, City Market
  • Sunday Jazz at Capitol Grill
  • Flying Fish Lounge, RA Sushi, Leawood
  • Sunday SIN night--Tengo Sed Cantina, 8pm.
  • Sunday Brew Jam at the 75th St. Brewery, 8pm-close.
  • Lucky Strike SIN night, 9pm.
  • DJ E Live Sunday at the Quaff, 1010 Broadway, 9-2:30am.

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