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		<title>4/10/2009 - 3/14/2010 Kemper Museum - The Poetics of Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA['The Poetics of Space

Inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's book &quot;La poetique de l'espace&quot; (The Poetics of Space) (1958), this exhibition features photographs from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection that focus on the spatial dynamics of our architectural and natural surroundings.  Through photographs by William Christenberry, Lynn Davis, Walker Evans, Todd Hido and Aaron Siskind, among others, the exhibition reveals the mysterious and poetic worlds dwelling within domestic, urban, and natural spaces.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday: 10AM-4PM
Friday-Saturday: 10AM-9PM
Sunday: 11AM-5PM
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		<title>10/13/2009 - 3/12/2010 Indoor Playground</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Indoor Playground 
Fridays Added!
The weather outside may be frightful, but it is sure delightful in our Indoor Playground! Mission Parks &amp; Recreation Department offers developmental toys, balls, inflatables, and a number of other toys and playground equipment. This is one program you will not want to miss! 
 
Parents must supervise their children at all times. A ratio of one adult to three children is required, unless prior approval has been established by Scott Deschenes, Recreation Program Supervisor. If you wish to bring more than 3 children, call Scott Deschenes prior to arrival at 913-722-8228.


T/W/TH/F     9:30-11:30 a.m.     CCNGym     
8101.109     10/13-3/12*
 
Fees:  $2.00 per child 
Punch Card $18.00 (save 25%) 
Children 6 Month of age and under and parents are free! 
* No program 11/19, 11/26, 11/27 and 12/22-1/3  
Program runs through March 12, 2010']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8958</link>
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		<title>10/16/2009 - 2/19/2010 American Jazz Museum - Jam Session: American's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World

A photo exhibit featuring over 100 images of jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman as they traveled the world on behalf of the U.S. State Department.  The photographs, which span the mid-1950s through the 1970s, highlight various diplomacy trips to Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America.']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=9084</link>
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		<title>11/21/2009 - 2/24/2010 Truman Presidential Library - Capture the Moment: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs Exhibition</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Capture the Moment: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs Exhibition

Of the millions of photographs seen in newspapers each year, only two Pulitzer photography prizes are given - one for spot or breaking news and the other for feature photography.  Capture the Moment includes all of the winning images starting in 1942 - the year of the first photography award - through the 2004 winners.  Iconic images include Joe Rosenthal's 1945 winning photograph of the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima, and the Rocky Mountain News' staff spot news photographs of the Columbine tragedy.  The exhibition will run through Februrary 24, 2010.']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8830</link>
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		<title>12/11/2009 - 3/7/2010 Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art - Hand Print Press Exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Hand Print Press - 15 Years

A collective of regional printmakers, the Hand Print Press has been a force for promoting printmaking in the region for the past 15 years.  Throughout its history, the Hand Print Press has produced nine portfolios.

Each portfolio demonstrates the diversity of artistic expression of member artists, as well as the broad range of processes used by printmakers working today.  Traditional etching, woodcut, lithography and combined techniques are all represented within the portfolios, along with newer processes such as photo etching and digital imaging.  This exhibition draws works from the group's past and current portfolios.']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=9028</link>
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		<title>1/1/2010 - 4/30/2010 Union Station - Ink and Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to Gutenberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Ink and Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to Gutenberg

This exhibition features authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, the origins of written language and a working life-size reproduction of one of the world's most significant inventions in the last millennium - the Gutenberg printing press with movable type.  Visitors will see more than 100 artifacts including 5,000 year-old clay tablets, Hebrew Torahs, ancient Greek texts, Medieval Latin manuscripts, original pages from Gutenberg's Bible and rare English printed Bibles.  Ink and Blood links thousands of years of growth in the Western world preserved through the ink of scribes and printers and the blood of martyrs.']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8719</link>
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		<title>1/8/2010 - 2/21/2010 American Heartland Theatre - &quot;Glorious! The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins&quot;</title>
		<description><![CDATA['&quot;Glorious!  The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins&quot;

A charming musical based on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an eager but hopelessly inept American soprano, who built a whole career out of unintentionally butchering beautiful music.  From opera arias to English folk songs, she gathered fans in the process and actually sold out Carnegie Hall.  At the pinnacle of her improbable fame, in the mid-1940s, she even charmed real artists like Cole Porter, who may have admired her chutzpah as much as they relished the sheer ludicrousness of her performances.  Glorious! is not to be missed.  &quot;People may say that I can't sing but no-one can ever say I didn't sing.&quot;  That was Florence's retort to critics and she was right, she certainly did &quot;sing&quot;.  Ms. Jenkins recorded nine arias on five 78-rpm records in her lifetime, which have been reissued on three CDs.  You'll have to hear it to believe it, but she really is the worst singer in the world! (Cli...']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8540</link>
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		<title>1/20/2010 - 2/14/2010 KC Rep - Around the World in 80 Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Around the World in 80 Days
Written and directed by Laura Eason
Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne
A Co-Production with CenterStage

Jules Verne's beloved classic is transformed into a theatrical epic by Laura Eason and the Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago, one of the greatest physical theatre companies in the wold and originators of &quot;Metmorphoses&quot; and &quot;The Arabian Nights.&quot;

The staid and resplendently wealthy Phileas Fogg has taken a gentleman's wager that the world cannot be crossed in 80 days.  So confident is he in his calculations that it is possible that he wagers his entire fortune on the fact that he and his unreliable but ever-faithful valet can pull of this dazzling feat.  Follow Fogg in a whirlwind race aboard steamships, locomotives, and pachyderms as he discovers countless exotic locales, from Calcutta to Hong Kong.  Will bandits, an act of chivalry, a herd of buffalo, or an unrelenting inspector from Scotland Yard keep him from his imp...']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8595</link>
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		<title>1/22/2010 - 2/21/2010 Quality Hill Playhouse - Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein

Richard Rodgers' work with Lorenz Hart was witty and romantic, but with Oscar Hammerstein he was the eternal optimist.  We'll see the two sides of this fascinating composer in this intimate cabaret revue with our piano, bass and drums combo.']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8750</link>
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		<title>1/26/2010 - 2/28/2010 Coterie Theatre - LIfe on the Mississippi</title>
		<description><![CDATA['Life on the Mississippi
World Premiere musical from Mark Twain's memoir
Music by Denver Casado
Book and Lyrics by Douglas M. Parker
Directed by Jeff Church with musical direction by Daniel Doss

Young Samuel Clemens leaves home in Hannibal to be a cub pilot on a Mississippi steamboat in 1858 and unexpectedly finds himself learning about life...and death...and love...and writing!  All while navigating his way from boy to man and from Samuel Clemens to Mark Twain.

Based on Twain's autobiographical coming-of-age memoir, the author's experiences on the Mississippi echo in a number of his works, including &quot;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer&quot; and &quot;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.&quot;

&quot;When I find a well-drawn character in fiction or biography, I generally take a warm personal interest in him, for the reason that I have known him before - met him on the river.&quot; - Mark Twain in his memoir, &quot;Life on the Mississippi&quot;']]></description>
		<link>http://www.opcvb.org/dynamic/event_finder.html?id=8723</link>
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