Archives for “Weekend planner”
Tweet We’ve got what looks to be a beautiful weekend lined up for a calendar chock-full of fun events: Friday, Sept. 23: YMCA members can head over to the annual fall BBQ potluck at the Harmon Park Pavilion from 5-7 p.m. Lancer Football 5th Quarter and Bonfire: Get pepped for Saturday’s Homecoming game against Olathe [...]
Tweet On the off chance an awesome jazz festival in your own backyard isn’t enough to get you excited for the weekend, fret not: the events calendar is chalk full of good times. September artist reception: The Prairie Village Arts Council welcomes its featured artist of the month, Michael Doyle, with a reception at city [...]
Tweet There are a couple of fun events on the books tonight we thought it would be worth passing along: The Prairie Village Public Pool is having one of its annual night swims, keeping the gates open until 10 p.m. Normal admissions pricing and procedures are in place. But, you know, it’s night instead of [...]
Tweet Well, Village people, we’ve got good news and bad news. First the bad: the world may end tomorrow. There’s just no getting around it. But on the plus side, if Family Radio’s Harold Camping somehow managed to miscalculate Judgment Day yet again, there are a lot of really great activities planned for tomorrow: First, [...]
Tweet We’re hoping the weather cooperates for a couple of big events in the heart of Prairie Village tomorrow: The annual Steps for the Cure 5K run and 1 mile walk starts at the Village Shops at 8 a.m. More than 700 participants are expected to take to the course. (If you haven’t registered yet [...]
Tweet Okay. So the forecast calls for a li’l bit of rain today. And maybe some tomorrow. That’s the bad news. The good news is it’s not going to rain all weekend. And it’s supposed to get up to 77 degrees tomorrow. A 77 degree early spring day?!? Wowsers. What to do? Fret not! We’ve [...]
Tweet Blazow! Consider your weekend planned: With the weather finally making a turn for the better, it might be a good time to get a training run or two under your belt for the bevy of local 5K runs on the spring calendar: the Springtime in the Village 5K April 16; the Corinth Dragon Dash [...]
Tweet With Chrismas Eve just a week away (!!!), there are a handful of fun holiday activities on the docket this weekend — and some Lancers basketball as well. Friday, December 17 The Lancers look to remain unbeaten this season as they head to 2-1 Olathe East. The game starts at 7 p.m. at 14545 [...]
Tweet A few fun ideas for your weekend: Decorate for the holidays. Take a page from Mike Babick and the houses on Candy Cane Lane and get your house decked out. Or at least get a Christmas tree if you haven’t already. Here’s a list of local lots. Kick off SM East’s boys basketball season. [...]
Tweet Just a couple of thoughts on places to go and people to see over the long holiday weekend: Feel like you could use a little fresh air and exercise to compensate for the two cups of gravy you consumed at Thanksgiving dinner? The annual Luminary Walk at the Overland Park Arboretum, 8909 West 179th [...]
Tweet So you’re looking for advice on what to do this weekend? Frankly, if you’re anything like us, you’ll be quadrupling your average weekly caloric intake over Thanksgiving, so you probably plan on spending a lot of time on the treadmill in an effort to preempt massive weight gain. But there should be time to [...]
Tweet Alas, for the first time in more than ten weeks, there’s no Lancers football to look forward to this weekend. But there’s still plenty of entertaining to be had. Friday, November 12 The SM East theatre department has opened its season with Machinal, the story of a woman and her lover who plot to [...]
Tweet Three words: GO LANCERS GO! Friday, November 5 The Lancers make their 2010 playoff debut against 6-3 Olathe South. Robby Moriarty, Adam Lowe, and the rest of the Lancers squad probably wouldn’t mind having, like, a ton of people there cheering them on. So head out to SM North Stadium for the 7 p.m. [...]
Tweet Those leaves in can wait to be raked for a few days — there’s too much good stuff going on this weekend to waste any time on yardwork. Friday, Oct. 29 Benefit concert for Walker family: Check out some live music from Rock Band Academy in the Mission Valley multipurpose room, and help raise [...]
Tweet Looks like a weekend of fun, fun-sized candy bars, and fundraising. Friday, Oct. 22: SM East vs. SM West. 7 p.m., SM South Stadium. After having been named Hy-Vee’s High School Game of the Week, you can bet that the Lancer and Viking faithful will be out in full force. But bring a Columbia [...]
Tweet If the thought of going to the last weekend of the Renaissance Festival or heading downtown for the haunted houses 1.) seems like a lot of work, and/or 2.) doesn’t sound like much fun, check out these (sort of ) local happenings instead: Friday, October 15: Shawnee Mission East homecoming. The Lancers try to [...]
Tweet From football, to frontiersmen, to fabrications of fancy art, there’s a li’l something for everyone around the area this weekend: Friday, October 8: Prepare yourself for an aerial display. Lancers quarterback John Schrock leads the Sunflower League in passing yards heading into tonight’s game against Olathe Northwest. The game starts at 7 p.m. at [...]
Tweet Fall weather looks like it has officially arrived — and with it comes a slate of great family-friendly events around the area: Friday, October 1: Head over to Larrytown and watch the Lancers try to get to 4-1 as they take on the Lawrence Free State Firebirds. The game starts at 7 p.m. at [...]
Tweet Whoa. I mean. I hope you didn’t have other plans. Because the weekend calendar is chalked full of entertaining diversions. Dogs. Beer. Banjos. Football. Face painting. Something for everyone, really. So, let’s start with… Friday, August 27: Get an early glimpse of this year’s football Lancers at the annual pre-season scrimmage. The pad-mashing starts [...]
Loading ...