9/1/2009
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7/31/2010
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"Puppets - Depression to Recession"
Description:
A collection of puppets made by W.P.A. artists at the Nelson Atkins Museum during the depression and loaned by Jean Baldwin and James Seidelman are the featured exhibit. Also on display is a collection of puppets by Ray Moore from Tennessee and some unusual needle "felted" puppets by Pam Corcoran of Wisconsin. Tue-Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. $3 adults, $1.50 children to age 16 (extra fee to make puppet). (816) 833-9777 or www.hazelle.org.
Location:
Puppetry Arts Institute, 11025 E. Winner Road
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3/4/2010
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Manifest Destiny
Description:
2 pm Regular Museum Admission.
Guided Tour - Explore the concept of manifest destiny and how it shaped the world view of people of mid-19th century America.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/6/2010
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Treasures of the Mattes Library
Description:
10:00 am. Regular museum admission rates.
The Merrill Mattes Research Library at NFTM is the finest trails research facility in the region. The holdings contain thousands of primary and secondary source materials, including original diaries, letters, journals, and maps. Come and investigate with us the stacks and see a few of our rarest items.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/11/2010
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Manifest Destiny
Description:
2 pm Regular Museum Admission.
Guided Tour - Explore the concept of manifest destiny and how it shaped the world view of people of mid-19th century America.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/13/2010
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"Mr Ug-Caveman" Puppet Show
Description:
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. $5. (816) 833-9777
Location:
Puppetry Arts Institute, 11025 E. Winner Road
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3/13/2010
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Block of the Month Quilt Workshop
Description:
10:00 am. $20 per person. Includes fabric kit. Advance reservations are required.
Quilter Sharron Gregg facilitates this wonderful quilt workshop that will recreate the beautiful commemorative NFTM quilt hanging in our museum store, only on a smaller scale. Each month participants will work on two squares. Fee includes fabric kit, threads, and templates. Bring your own needles, scissors, and thimble.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/13/2010
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Talkin' Truman - "Tales from the Truman Home"
Description:
The Truman Library has teamed up with the National Park Service to present a public program about the history and renovation of the Trumans' lifelong home at 219 N. Delaware Street. 11 a.m. (800) 833-1225
Location:
Truman Presidential Museum & Library, 500 W. 24 Highway
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3/14/2010
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Frederick Swann Organ Recital
Description:
50th birthday celebration of the Auditorium organ. Freewill offering. 3 p.m. (816) 833-1000 x 2324
Location:
Community of Christ Auditorium, 1001 W. Walnut
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3/18/2010
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Manifest Destiny
Description:
2 pm Regular Museum Admission.
Guided Tour - Explore the concept of manifest destiny and how it shaped the world view of people of mid-19th century America.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/19/2010
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Englewood Art Walk
Description:
Third Friday of each monthin Englewood Shopping District. Seven galleries. Refreshments at Stone Bridge Coffee House. 5-9 p.m. (816) 252-3372
Location:
10900 E. Winner Rd
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3/19/2010
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Heart of America Glass Collectors Show
Description:
Depression Era Glass and Pottery Show and Sale on Friday, March 19 from 3-7 p.m. and Saturday, March 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sermon Community Center, Noland & Truman Rods. It will feature Depression Glass, Elegant Glass, Cambridge, Fenton, Fostoria, Heisey, Imperial, Morgantown, Seneca, Tiffin, Fiesta, Franciscan, Hall, Melox, and more. Win one of the hourly prizes. Register to win the fabulous door prize! www.hoagc.org or call (816) 308-7495.
Location:
Sermon Center, 201 N. Dodgion (SE Corner of Truman & Noland Rd.)
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3/20/2010
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"Sugar 'n Spice and Everything NIce" Annual Spring Luncheon and Fashion Show
Description:
Beginning at noon, guests will be served a catered lunch as men, women and children model the latest fashions provided by Dillard's. Cost: $25 per person. Advance reservations: Bingham-Waggoner, 461-3491.
Location:
Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W. Pacific
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3/20/2010
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Heart of America Glass Collectors Show
Description:
Depression Era Glass and Pottery Show and Sale on Friday, March 19 from 3-7 p.m. and Saturday, March 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sermon Community Center, Noland & Truman Rods. It will feature Depression Glass, Elegant Glass, Cambridge, Fenton, Fostoria, Heisey, Imperial, Morgantown, Seneca, Tiffin, Fiesta, Franciscan, Hall, Melox, and more. Win one of the hourly prizes. Register to win the fabulous door prize! www.hoagc.org or call (816) 308-7495.
Location:
Sermon Center, 201 N. Dodgion (SE Corner of Truman & Noland Rd.)
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3/20/2010
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John Colter, Mountain Man
Description:
2:00 pm
Clint Winn, historian and first person interpreter, brings intrepid froniersman John Colter to life in this special program.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/20/2010
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Motives for Westward Expansion: Who Went West and Why
Description:
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Two day-class - college credit available
For cost and enrollment forms go to Ottawa University website at www.ottawa.edu, under Programs, Teacher Education/PEP.
Thousands of people journeyed west on the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails during the 19th century, and their actions precipitated the rapid expansion of the United States into a country that spanned the entire continent. During this two-day class your will learn about the reasons for going, life on the trails, and lasting legacies of this chapter in our nations history. We will also explore the central rold played by Independence in the opening of the west.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/21/2010
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Motives for Westward Expansion: Who Went West and Why
Description:
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Two day-class - college credit available
For cost and enrollment forms go to Ottawa University website at www.ottawa.edu, under Programs, Teacher Education/PEP.
Thousands of people journeyed west on the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails during the 19th century, and their actions precipitated the rapid expansion of the United States into a country that spanned the entire continent. During this two-day class your will learn about the reasons for going, life on the trails, and lasting legacies of this chapter in our nations history. We will also explore the central rold played by Independence in the opening of the west.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/25/2010
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Manifest Destiny
Description:
2 pm Regular Museum Admission.
Guided Tour - Explore the concept of manifest destiny and how it shaped the world view of people of mid-19th century America.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/26/2010
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Independence Tourism Hospitality Training
Description:
From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, attend a customer service interactive workshop designed for the hospitality industry, interested businesses, residents and historic site volunteers, sponsored by Independence Tourism.. Classes, a Tourism video, role playing, lunch on the Historic Square (included in cost), and a bus tour of 3-4 historic attractions are all a part of the day's activites as Independence gets ready to welcome visitors! Cost is $25 with volunteers at historic sites admitted free. Call 325-7112 for information and to receive a registration form.
Location:
National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific
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3/27/2010
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12/31/2010
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Memories of Korea Exhibit at Truman Library
Description:
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. the exhibit will help visitors feel the impact of the Korean conflict and legacy through the eyes of those who lived there, who fought there, and who were permanently changed by what happened there. Organized around four cultural themes - culture and history, antecedents, war, and legacy, the exhibit will explore the rich culture of Korea; the political winds that led to the first battle of the Cold War; forgotten and newly declassified details that shed new light on the conflict; and the story of the war's aftermath, now six decades long. Call (800) 833-1225. www.trumanlibrary.org
Location:
Truman Presidential Museum & Library, 500 W. 24 Highway
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3/27/2010
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Wedding Vaile Tea Party & Vintage Fashion Show - SOLD OUT
Description:
* SOLD OUT * From 2 to 4 p.m., guests will be entertained by harp music as they stroll through the elegant mansion and savor tea sandwiches, wedding cake, tea and punch served on crystal and china. Decorartions will feature spring flowers and decor fit for a spring wedding. Wedding dresses and clothes from the nineteenth century to the 1970s will be informally modeled and staff dressed as a Victorian maid and butler will be in attendance. Guests are invited to dress in period attire or hats. Tickets: $20 per person and reservations to Jean Kimball at (816) 305-3712.
Location:
Vaile Mansion, 1500 N. Liberty
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