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Tweet Nearly 900 people hit the course around Corinth Elementary Saturday morning for the 9th annual Dragon Dash 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run. A warmer-than-average May morning made that last mile plenty challenging for the novice runners on the course (myself included), but it didn’t slow down 27 year old Joffroi Holcombe, who put in [...]
Tweet It was another collection of fashionable and festive headwear at Tavern in the Village’s annual Kentucky Derby Day Party Saturday, with die-hard horse racing fans — and several more who picked up the sport just for the day — cheering as I’ll Have Another charged down the final leg of Churchill Downs for the victory. [...]
Tweet The weather is getting more and more ideal for kids and bikes. And this time of year, Headstrong for Jake founder Otis Clough knows it’s especially important for to kids know the rules of the road. Headstrong for Jake honors the memory of Fairway teen Jake Clough, who was in a serious bike crash [...]
Tweet In more than 20 years at Belinder Elementary, Principal Karen Faucher has seen a few things change. When she started, the card catalog was students’ best reference tool. Today, she says, the amount of resources kids have at their disposal is mind boggling. “They have all the information they need at the tip of [...]
Tweet Kansas City Christian community members and area residents got the art fair season off to a good start at the inaugural Art Event at KCC this past weekend. More than 600 people packed the opening night party Friday, with live music and gourmet eats drawing a crowd. Organizers say they were able to raise [...]
Tweet Back for the its 11th year, the Prairie Village Earth Fair came to SM East Saturday, providing environmentally focused fun for young and old.
Tweet From gas consumption to recycling to carbon footprints, there are dozens of messages floating around these days about how to be a friend to the environment. This year, the organizers of the Prairie Village Earth Fair want to help people connect the dots. The 11th annual event returns to SM East this Saturday, and [...]
Tweet You might not guess it from looking at them, but like their plentiful peers the hippo and the bear, dragons are actually quite good runners. So to celebrate their mascot’s unsung abilities on the track — and raise funds for the school’s foundation, Corinth Elementary is gearing up for its annual Dragon Dash. The ninth [...]
Tweet If all the bustling of the season has left you behind schedule, fret not: there’s still time to get a handsome Christmas tree for your house. Both the Prairie Village Lions Club and Boy Scout Troop 199 are still holding their annual tree sales. This year, the Lions Club has moved from its previous [...]
Tweet Brighton Gardens’ dining and activities area was filled Sunday with the scent of freshly baked gingerbread and the sight of smiling youngsters and their parents. For the third year in a row, Prairie Villagers turned out for the Prairie Village Municipal Foundations’ annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party. Mely Ballard, owner of Mely’s Yogurt and [...]
Tweet Nearly 400 kids and parents came out for the seventh annual Trail of Tricks and Treats Halloween celebration at Fairway’s Peterson Park Sunday night. Costumed kids got to decorate pumpkins, play games, and enjoy food and drinks. As you might imagine, there were some pretty creative costumes. Among them, this Missouri River noodler: And [...]
Tweet Around 100 neighbors gathered outside the Prairie Village Community Center Sunday afternoon for the Prairie Village Homes Association’s inaugural Family Fall Festival. Eric the Magician entertained with balloon art: Docents from the Kansas City Zoo equally delighted and terrified kids with bats, lizards, cockroaches and snakes: And families worked together to prepare for Halloween [...]
Tweet For two days over the weekend, the usually bucolic Shawnee Indian Mission historical site in Fairway transformed into a bustling 1840s school. Trappers sat outside their teepees. Blacksmiths stoked a fire. Musicians plucked banjos. The 25th annual Fall Festival featured a busy mix of historical reenactors, Native American dancers, and craftsman — and a call [...]
Tweet Ladies: Need a haircut? Well don’t go rushing to the salon just yet. Because next week the Village Shops will cutting 100 inches of hair to be donated to Locks of Love. The stylists from Studio B and Bijin Salon and Spa will be cutting hair at a “Chop Your Locks of Love” event [...]
Tweet It was a veritable teeming den of Prairie Panthers at the start of Saturday’s inaugural Prairie Pride 5K, one of three fundraising events the Prairie PTA will be putting on this year. Things got off to a fast start with a number of the shorter-legged Panthers dashing across the start line for the 1 [...]
Tweet An advanced warning to everyone who lives near SM East: You’re likely to hear a bunch of explosions on Friday night. But you probably shouldn’t worry too much about them. The Lancer Gridiron Club has put in – and had approved – an application to run a fireworks display at the Friday night Homecoming [...]
Tweet Be afraid, pink crustaceans current skating along merrily under the sea off the Maine coast. Because the Shawnee Mission East International Club is hosting its annual Lancer Lobster Landing. The group will fly in fresh, live Maine lobsters for pick up Saturday, Oct. 15. The order deadline is Monday, Oct. 10. The group will [...]
Tweet Chances are it was harder than normal for St. Ann’s kids to sit through church on Sunday. Because a perfect September afternoon for the school’s carnival awaited. St. Ann’s families packed the school’s gym and parking lot for the annual event, which raises funds for the Parent Teacher Organization. In recent history, the 8th [...]
Tweet Prairie Village: Prepare yourself for a political coup and a takeover of our major infrastructure. Tomorrow at 2 p.m., the city will be officially renamed Lancer Village. And our main thoroughfare will be overrun by marching teenagers and floats. Indeed, it’s time for the annual Lancer Day Parade! The parade, which will make its [...]
Tweet Listen up, hops heads, because tomorrow night offers a rare opportunity: drinking beer and helping a good cause. Johnny’s Tavern is hosting its second “Jazz Tavern Tasting” event to benefit the Prairie Village Jazz Festival (which, if you’re keeping track at home, is a mere two weeks away). For $10 at the door, you [...]
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