Kansas City Calendar

Apr 26 & 27: For the first time ever, Carlsen Center Arts Education puts an intimate story on Yardley Hall stage and limits the experience to 250 individuals per show. With so many shows focused solely on curriculum ties to math and science, the message of The Young King brings a human tenderness to our stage in a story about privilege, compassion and making ethical choices. The achingly beautiful and endearing language of Oscar Wilde joins the world of Slingsby Theatre from Australia.

April 28: Meet KCPT’s most popular PBS Kids character, Daniel Tiger at the Helzberg Penguin Plaza. Daniel Tiger will be stopping by from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Be sure to bring your camera and take a photo with Daniel Tiger!

Apr. 28: Watch our farmers sheer the sheep then help wash, skirt the wool, and help garden!

Apr. 27 & 28:Störling Dance Theater was established in 1996 and soon made its mark as one of the most prolific dance companies in Kansas City with reviews that included, " Störling-Enna's creativity seems to have no limits...". Their shows have been chosen as Top 15 for Kansas City as well as To 10 for the decade. Known for both the beauty they create as well as their creative storytelling ability, Störling Dance Theater includes some of the most powerful and broadly talented artists in the region. Don't miss Greatest Hits 2.0 as they revisit some of the work that made them famous as well as present new pieces including Heather Gray's "In Perpetuum".

Apr. 26 & 27: This year, CHADD, ADHDKC and Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics have joined forces to provide you with an extraordinary experience - a two day conference featuring the internationally recognized ADHD research pioneer, Russell A Barkley, PhD! And that’s just the beginning! You’ll be able to ask the questions that are on your mind, share insights, and laugh with people who share your journey. Take advantage of all of the formal and informal opportunities to get to know your fellow participants, organizers and speakers. We hope you take home lots of new ideas and good memories.

Apr. 19 - 27: The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous and haunting stories to emerge from the 20th Century. The memoirs of this young Jewish girl, forced to hide for nearly two years to escape Nazi persecution, are an essential part of how we remember one of the darkest periods of our human history. Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of the original, Pulitzer Prize award-winning script by Goodrich and Hackett draws from previously unpublished parts of Anne Frank’s real-life diary, allowing the audience to experience Anne in a way that breathes life into this passionate, complex young woman, allowing us to share her relatable experience of adolescence as a familiarly modern teenager.

thru May 6 at Crown Center: Will your child be a firefighter, a schoolteacher, a racecar driver, or maybe, President of the United States? In FUNVILLE, children experience grown-up occupations in a kid friendly setting. Let them forecast the weather, perform magic, work in a barbershop or ride a tractor. Whatever they choose, the most important job in FUNVILLE is to have fun.

thru May 28: THE ART OF THE BRICK is the first major museum exhibition to use LEGO bricks as the sole art medium. Sawaya transforms LEGO bricks into tremendous and thought-provoking sculptures, elevating the toy to the realm of art. Sawaya’s ability to transform this common toy into something meaningful, his devotion to spatial perfection and the way he conceptualizes action, enables him to elevate what almost every child has played with into the status of contemporary art.

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