Select admission-free metro area activities, events, entertainment & exhibits January
ACTIVITIES
Película Familiar en Español, Jan. 7, 1:30 p.m., Kansas City Kansas Public Library, Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., KCK, all ages, Mi Amigo el Dragón, http://kckpl.evanced.info/eventcalendar.asp, Arlette Conrad, 913-279-2373
Dramatic Story Time, Jan. 8, 2 p.m., Kansas City, Mo., Public Library Plaza branch, 4801 Main St., KCMO, all ages, Coterie Theatre artists read from Naked!, Michael Ian Black’s book about a boy who refuses to wear clothes, registration required, https://www.kclibrary.org/node/20971/register, 816-701-3407
An Edible Discussion, Jan. 9, 6:30 p.m., Johnson County Library Corinth, 8100 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kan., adults, conversation & potluck featuring guest speaker from a local restaurant, bring potluck dish of dips or spreads, https://www.jocolibrary.org/events/arts-leisure, 913-826-4600
Storytime for Families, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., Midcontinent Public Library, Lee’s Summit Branch,150 NW Oldham Pkwy., Lee's Summit, Mo., early literacy experience with stories, songs & movement activities, http://www.mymcpl.org/events/calendar?audience=2234, 816-524-0567
Preserving Westport, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m., Public Library Plaza branch, 4801 Main St., KCMO, Historic Kansas City officials discuss future of the historic shopping, dining & entertainment district, registration required, https://www.kclibrary.org/node/20961/register
KC Zoomobile: Cold Weather Creatures, Jan. 10, 6:30 p.m., Midcontinent Public Library, Antioch Branch, 6060 N. Chestnut Ave., Gladstone, Mo., ages 3 & up, Kansas City Zoo’s David Martinez demonstrates cold weather creatures & how they survive freezing temperatures, registration required, http://events.mymcpl.org/register.php?eid=10176, 816-454-1306
Friday Night Family Fun, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m., Kansas City, Mo., Public Library Plaza branch, 4801 Main St., KCMO, all ages, Sky Parade Circus entertains with comedy & magic, reservations required, https://www.kclibrary.org/node/20972/register, 816-701-3407
Praising Girls: The Rhetoric of Young Women, Jan. 15, 2 p.m., Kansas City, Mo., Public Library Central branch, 14 W. 10th St., KCMO, associate professor & author Henrietta Rix Wood discusses her book about the activities of young women from 1895 to 1930, reservations required, https://www.kclibrary.org/node/20965/register, 816-701-3407
Exotic Animals R Us, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m., Kansas City Public Library Plaza branch, 4801 Main St., KCMO, all ages, learn all about animals, education program that brings the zoo to you, reservations required, https://www.kclibrary.org/node/20973/register, 816-701-3407
Tips for ACT Success, Jan. 21, 10 a.m., Kansas City Kansas Public Library, Main Library, 625 Minnesota Ave., KCK, teens & tweens, Laura Loveless presents basic test-taking strategies, http://kckpl.evanced.info/eventcalendar.asp, 913-279-2202
Colorín Colorado, Jan. 28, 9 a.m., Johnson County Library Oak Park, 9500 Bluejacket Street, Overland Park, Kan., ages 4-12, se ofrece a niños cuyos padres asisten a las clases de inglés de los sábados, los niños aprenden con múltiples actividades que han sido especial y específicamente diseñadas para ellos, https://www.jocolibrary.org/events/espanol, 913-826-4600
Conversando en inglés, Jan. 28, 9 a.m., Johnson County Library Oak Park, 9500 Bluejacket Street, Overland Park, Kan., Adultos interesados en practicar el idioma inglés están invitados a las clases de conversación que se llevan a cabo en la Biblioteca de Oak Park los sábados por la mañana, https://www.jocolibrary.org/events/espanol, 913-826-4600.
Maker Meet-Up, Jan. 31, 6 p.m., Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan., entrepreneurs, engineers, hobbyists & designers explore other peoples' projects and share challenges or goals, https://www.jocolibrary.org/events/arts-leisure, 913-826-4600.
EVENTS
Art & Hor d’oeuvres, Jan. 19, 5:30 p.m., Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan., reception with light refreshments to celebrate the artists and organizers of a new exhibit series, The Many in One and the opening of the exhibit, https://www.jocolibrary.org/newsroom/eat-meet-and-greet, 913-826-4600
MUSIC
Kansas City Jazz Revisited, Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m., Midcontinent Public Library, South Independence Branch, 13700 E. 35th St. South, Independence, Mo., (http://events.mymcpl.org/register.php?eid=10190, 816-461-2050) & Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m., Midcontinent Public Library, Antioch Branch, 6060 N. Chestnut Ave., Gladstone, Mo., (http://events.mymcpl.org/register.php?eid=eid-10222, 816-454-1306) Kent Rausch & members of Vine Street Orchestra present jam session & KC jazz history discussion, registration required
UMKC Conservatory of Music Doctoral Recital, Jan. 21, 2:30 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 5144 Oak Street, KCMO, tubist Victor Mortson performing works by Telemann, Newman, Forbes & others, http://conservatory.umkc.edu/calendar.cfm, 816-235-2799
UMKC Conservatory of Music Master’s Recital, Jan. 21, 5 p.m., White Recital Hall, James C. Olsen Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., KCMO, oboist Erin Graham performing works by Arnold, Ravel, Telemann & others, http://conservatory.umkc.edu/calendar.cfm, 816-235-2799
UMKC Conservatory of Music Doctoral Recital, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., White Recital Hall, James C. Olsen Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., KCMO, flutist Anthony LaBat performing, http://conservatory.umkc.edu/calendar.cfm, 816-235-2799
Concerto Aria Competition Final Round, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., White Recital Hall, James C. Olsen Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., KCMO, http://conservatory.umkc.edu/calendar.cfm, 816-235-2799
UMKC Conservatory of Music Artist’s Certificate Recital, Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m., White Recital Hall, James C. Olsen Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., KCMO, pianist Jordan Buchholtz performing, http://conservatory.umkc.edu/calendar.cfm, 816-235-2799
PERFORMANCE
Música e Historias con Karen y Amado, Jan. 14, 10:15 a.m., Johnson County Library Oak Park, 9500 Bluejacket Street, Overland Park, Kan., ages 4-10, los niños disfrutarán de las historias interactivas, con algunos elementos de teatro y movimientos creativos, https://www.jocolibrary.org/events/espanol, 913-826-4600
Billy Goats Gruff, Jan. 28, 10 a.m., Midcontinent Public Library, Colbern Road Branch, 1000 NE Colbern Road, Lee’s Summit, Mo., Lisa Jorgensen presents this puppet & musical show about 3 Billy goats, registration required, http://events.mymcpl.org/register.php?eid=10288, 816-525-9924
EXHIBITIONS
Surveillance, now thru Jan. 29, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gallery L11, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO, works in this exhibition dating from 1864 to 2014, fall under categories of spying/hidden camera, photography of the forbidden, military surveillance, areas of heavy surveillance, & mapping satellites & drones, also included: examples of counter-surveillance, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/surveillance/
Ribbons Across the Land: Building the U.S. Interstate Highway System, thru Feb. 11, Linda Hall Library, 5109 Cherry St., KCMO, all ages, an exhibition on the system’s history & engineering & construction to mark the 60th anniversary of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 establishing the nation’s interstate highway system, http://www.lindahall.org/exhibitions/, 816-363-4600
Gas, Food, Lodging, now thru Feb. 11, Linda Hall Library, 5109 Cherry St., KCMO, all ages, an exhibition recalling the story of Route 66 – once the symbol of the romance of the open road, http://www.lindahall.org/exhibitions/, 816-363-4600
The Four Gospels: An Armenian Masterwork, now thru Feb. 27, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gallery P6, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO, example of traditional Armenian manuscript illumination, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/
Coloring Space, Jan. 7-March 19, Kansas City, Mo., Public Library Central branch, 14 W. 10th St., KCMO, exhibit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the arts-nurturing Charlotte Street Foundation with the work of acclaimed painter and longtime Kansas City Art Institute instructor Warren Rosser, https://www.kclibrary.org/exhibits/coloring-space
Acts of Nature: Contemporary Decorative Arts, now thru April 30, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building, Gallery L7, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO, exhibition explores a selection of artistic responses to the natural world around us, offering ceramic & glass works from the early 20th century to recently acquired contemporary jewelry, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/
The 1930s in Prints, now thru May 21, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gallery 214, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO, features 33 woodcuts, wood engravings & linocuts given to the Nelson-Atkins by the Woodcut Society during the 1930s, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/
Emperors, Scholars & Temples, now thru July 9, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gallery 222, 4525 Oak Street, KCMO, presenting rarely seen objects from the Nelson-Atkins Chinese collection, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/exhibitions/
