Featured Events

• 01/27 The Wrestling Season at the Coterie
  The Wrestling Season at the Coterie

  Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 10:00 AM

  With only a wrestling mat and a referee, eight teenagers struggle with how others see them and the destructive power of rumors. Commissioned and premiered by the Coterie in 2000, it is one of the most important plays in the Coterie’s history, and more significant today than ever. January 24 - February 19, 2012: Preteen / Young Adult Series
• 01/27 Chinese New Year at the Nelson
  Chinese New Year at the Nelson

  Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 5:00 PM

  Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with performances and family-friendly activities throughout the Museum!
  
  Come ready to record your memories! Dress in authentic Chinese robes, “ride” our traditional rickshaw and pose with the Empress and Emperor or next to a dragon balloon sculpture, built by San Francisco performer Kat the Acrobat.
• 01/27 Family Fun Night: Paint, Glaze & Fire
  Family Fun Night: Paint, Glaze & Fire

  Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 6:00 PM

  FAMILY FUN NIGHT, 6 - 8 PM, RESERVATION REQUIRED
• 01/27 Long Story Puppet Show
  Long Story Puppet Show

  Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 6:30 PM

  Celebrate the famous equestrienne Loula Long Combs’ birthday with a special showing of the Long Story of Corinthian Hall puppet show by The Paul Mesner Puppets at 6:30 p.m. Friday, January 27th at the Kansas City Public Library’s Friday Night Family Fun Night at the Plaza Branch. We’ll celebrate her birthday with cake, punch and arts and crafts after the show! The Long Story of Corinthian Hall is underwritten by The Friends of Kansas City Museum.
• 01/28 Kansas Day Art Contest
  Kansas Day Art Contest

  Saturday, January 28, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

  Local artists are invited to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood by participating in our Kansas Day art contest. Details to come or call 913-299-0373.
  
• 01/28 Polar Plunge
  Polar Plunge

  Saturday, January 28, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

  Join hundreds of your new best friends at Longview Lake this winter for the 2012 Polar Plunge. It’s the kind of cold you want to catch! In addition to a refreshing swim, you’ll enjoy great food, great fun, and can even score some outstanding prizes. And of course, you will be supporting the best reasons for freezin’ – all money from this event makes it possible for thousands of Special Olympics athletes to train and compete year-round. Register at the Special Olympics Missouri website.
  

  
  

  Time: Registration begins at 9:00 a.m., with the plunge set for noon.
  

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