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Tweet SM East crowned half of this year’s Sweetheart court during Friday’s boys varsity basketball game against SM Northwest. Amy Cosgrove, a two year member of the Cross Country team and Choir, was named Sweetheart Queen. She is also the chair of the SHARE program Reach Out and Read. The Queen’s court is as follows: [...]
Tweet SM East students are in the process of voting for this year’s Sweetheart King and Queen. The Queen will be introduced at halftime of the Feb. 11 Lancers boys basketball game against SM Northwest. The King will be introduced at the Sweetheart Dance the following night. This year’s nominees are: Queen nominees Angela Clem, [...]
Tweet The 25th Annual lighting of the Mayor’s Holiday Tree will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at Corinth Square. Mayor Ron Shaffer will be joined by Dickens Carloers, the St. Ann’s Elementary School Choir, dancers from Dancerz Unlimited, and, of course, Santa Claus, for the evening’s festivities. The Corinth merchants will also [...]
Tweet It was a perfect fall morning for a run — particularly if you were wearing a bulky Halloween costume to keep you warm. The Trick or Treat Trot 5K that started and finished at Corinth Square on Saturday brought out a mix of serious runners and people who were serious about their Halloween attire. [...]
Tweet When Rebekah Tobin saw the patient’s chart she could hardly believe it. On the unit where she worked as a nurse at St. Luke’s, Tobin was used to dealing mostly with older patients, so seeing a 32-year-old with lung cancer was strange enough. But when she realized the name belonged to her friend and [...]
Tweet SM East senior Betsy Blessen was crowed Homecoming Queen during halftime of the Lancers’ game against Blue Valley North on Friday. Blessen won a school-wide vote held earlier in the week. She’s been a Student Council class representative for four years, on the cross country team for two, and has participated in Pack of [...]
Tweet Brookside Optical at the Village Shops is set to host a grand opening celebration Friday, Oct. 22 with food, music, drinks, a “contest that should knock everyone’s socks off,” and a grand prize giveaway of a 10-day trip for two. But the celebration won’t be all fun and games — it will do some [...]
Tweet The fourth annual Prairie Village State of the Arts gala brought out the largest crowd in the event’s history (more people have been showing up since they started serving wine a couple of years ago). Attendees enjoyed the pleasant fall evening sampling appetizers and beverages on the patio in front of City Hall, and [...]
Tweet This year’s nominees for the SM East Homecoming Queen and King were introduced at a student assembly today. Voting for a Queen and King will take place next Monday through Wednesday, and the winners will be announced during halftime of the Homecoming Game, Oct. 15 at SM South. Queen candidates: Samantha Bartow, Betsy Blessen, [...]
Tweet By all accounts, the first Prairie Village Jazz Festival, held Sept. 11 in Harmon Park, was a big success. The lineup drew praise from critics and more than 5,000 people attended. But if the event’s organizers have anything to do with it, next year will be bigger and better. The organizers have put in [...]
Tweet The annual Plaza Art Fair brings exhibitors to Kansas City from across the country — and even around the world. But if you’re looking for some home-grown creations this weekend, be sure to swing by and take a look at Rusty Leffel’s photography. The Mission Hills native, who will be displaying at the Plaza [...]
Tweet Oh, man. What a great weekend for watching football we just had. Assuming you aren’t a Jayhawks fan, that is. In any case, the joy of another season of pigskin pomp is upon us — so to honor the occasion, and reward some of our loyal readers with a chance to enjoy the thrill [...]
Tweet The hair was unkempt. The jeans tight. The music…indescribable. 1980 marked the closing of a decade’s worth of wild times in the U.S. And here in Prairie Village, some children of the era are getting ready to reminisce. One month from tomorrow, the Shawnee Mission East class of 1980 will be holding its 30 [...]
Tweet There’s still time to get tickets for the annual Renovation Sensation homes tour, with proceeds going to benefit SM East’s SHARE programs. The tour homes will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow. Find out more here.
Tweet I sure hope your feelin’ jazzy, Prairie Village: Friday, September 10: Watch the football Lancers try to extend the early season momentum they built up with last week’s season-opening 24-0 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest as they take on Lawrence High School. The game starts at 7 p.m. at North Stadium. Saturday, September 11: [...]
Tweet As this sweltering season draws to a close, a group of local environmentalists are encouraging Prairie Villagers to turn their attention to a resource that’s the natural antidote to a long, hot summer day in Kansas: water. This year’s annual community environmental forum, to be held at Village Presbyterian Church on Thursday, October 7, [...]
Tweet The organizers of the first-ever Prairie Village Jazz Festival have release the lineup for the event, scheduled for next Saturday, September 11, from 3 to 9 p.m. Featured artists are as follows: Killer Strayhorn, Sons of Brasil, David Basse & Orchestra 2010, Eldar Djangirov Trio, and The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra with a special [...]
Tweet If you’re driving around the area after lunchtime and hear a horn section blasting out an upbeat version of “Magical Mystery Tour,” don’t be alarmed: it’s likely just the annual Lancer Day Parade making its way down Mission Road. The parade, which starts at 2 p.m., features festive floats and music to get the [...]
Tweet There was plenty of end-of-summer fun around town this weekend, including the SM East football scrimmages, with the freshmen and sophomores up on the practice field…: …and the varsity and JV squads down on the main gridiron: Just up the hill at Harmon Park on Saturday was the annual Dog Days in PV gathering, [...]
Tweet Organizers of the Prairie Village Jazz Festival are hosting a beer tasting event at Johnny’s this Saturday to raise money for the first ever PV Jazz Fest, which is scheduled to be held at Harmon Park on September 11. The “Jazz Tavern Tasting” will feature a vareity of seasonal and new beers from Goose [...]
Tweet So. The weather didn’t exactly cooperate. But hopefully whoever is in charge of such things will look more favorably on the Jayhawks’ football season that he or she did on the fifth annual KU Kickoff Rally. Thousands of KU fans came to Corinth Square Friday evening for the popular event, but new head football [...]
Tweet University of Kansas first-year football coach Turner Gill will be the highlighted speaker at tonight’s 5th Annual KU Kickoff Rally at Corinth Square, 83rd Street and Mission Road. Head Women’s Basketball Coach Bonnie Henrickson, Assistant Basketball Coach Kurtis Townsend and former KU Quarterback Todd Reesing will also address the crowd. The festivities begin at [...]
Tweet It was hot on Saturday, if you didn’t notice. But that didn’t stop the Prairie Village Police Department from going all out in the Johnson County Law Enforcement Summer Games, a fundraising event for the Special Olympics. Officers from the Leawood, Lenexa, Fairway, Merriam, Olathe, Overland Park, Prarie Village, Shawnee and Spring Hill departments [...]
Tweet Just a reminder that there’s still time to buy tickets for the Eldar concert at Indian Hills Country Club this Saturday — proceeds go to benefit the Prairie Village Jazz Festival. Friday, August 6: The Jeff Jenkins Band plays on the patio at BRGR from 9 p.m. to midnight (no admission cost) The Corinth [...]
Tweet Eldar Djangirov was just 10 years old when he moved from his native Kyrgyzstan to the Kansas City area, his family drawn here by the city’s rich jazz history, seeing it as a fertile ground for the piano prodigy’s maturation. At 12, he became the youngest person featured on the NPR show Piano Jazz. [...]
