The Kansas City Rose Society and KC Parks Present Our 2016 Poetry Contest! Let the beautiful roses in the historic Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden inspire your child/student to write an original poem! Submissions are to be postmarked by April 30th, 2016. How to write: Each original poem MUST include the word “rose” at least […]
Ten years and counting! StoneLion Puppet Theatre will celebrate Mother’s Day with Kansas City’s largest community arts project and giant puppet show, Mother’s Day for Mother Earth. Larger than life puppets, professional actors, dancers, community participants and you will celebrate spring on the lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. This free event has attracted […]
The thousands of Kansas City area students who participate in Starlight Theatre’s performing arts education camps, classes and programs each year have a new place to call home when at the theatre. Starlight’s brand-new Education Pavilion, constructed on the site of its original 1950 Director’s Pavilion, provides 2,700 square feet of climate-controlled space for use […]
The care and repair of smiling children, snarling lions, creatures of the deep When you’re famous, calls come from all over the country. Cincinnati wants to know the schedule for maintenance. North Carolina asks how the water is dyed. And Nashville enquires about restoration techniques. Jocelyn Ball-Edson and Patrick McNamara often field such questions in […]
Congratulations to the Starlight Theatre Association who recently received a 2016 Citation Award from the Missouri Park and Recreation Association (MPRA). Citation Awards are given to not-for-profit or business organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to recreation and/or parks by preparing and sponsoring recreation and/or parks legislation; promoting recreation and/or parks on all levels; or […]
2015 was a championship year for our city and for Kansas City Parks and Recreation. Read all about it by downloading the 2015 Year in Review. Highlights include the Loose Park Rose Garden project, the Skywalk and Firefighter’s Memorial dedications, Cycle in the City, Cliff Drive reopening and much more. Also included is a list […]
Park Cleanups Taking Place at Swope Park & throughout Missouri on February 27 Watch a video from the City’s Weekly Report>> Wishes from Make-A-Wish Missouri usually fall into one of four categories: I wish to go…, I wish to have…, I wish to be…, or I wish to meet….But in Amelia’s case, this 8-year-old, who […]
The rich flora of North America, with its expansive grasslands, hosted an 8,000-year-old ecosystem that existed with the help of one vital element- fire. Sometimes by nature and perhaps more often by the indigenous people that lived here, fire kept the grasslands open and thriving. Fire is an essential component in native habitat management, but […]
Go Ape’s Second Treetop Adventure in Missouri set to open in Spring: Residents of the Kansas City metro area will have the chance to swing from the trees this spring thanks to a new partnership between Kansas City Parks and Recreation and Go Ape, the nation’s premier treetop adventure course company. Beginning construction in January of […]
The Kansas City Golf Association recently announced the Youth On Course program is expanding to the Kansas City area. Youth golfers participating in Youth On Course can play on 11 local courses that will offer $5 rounds of golf to registered youth and junior golfers. Three KC Parks courses–Swope Memorial, Heart of America, and Minor Park— […]
The fourth and final show in Starlight Theatre’s new Starlight Indoors series opens tomorrow night, Jan. 26. One-Man Star Wars Trilogy will play a limited engagement of eight performances at Starlight through Sunday, Jan. 31. Created and brought to life on stage by Canadian actor Charles Ross, One-Man Star Wars Trilogy is just what it […]
Kansas City, Missouri’s Forestry Division was recently awarded a TRIM (Tree Resource Improvement and Management) grant to establish Kansas City’s Wood Utilization Program by diverting a significant amount of wood material lost due to the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and converting it to high value wood products. Program As part of the City’s EAB program ash trees, which […]