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Celebration At The Station, Catio Party & Other Weekend Possibilities
Eat tacos. Help folks. Guadalupe Center is throwing a taco dinner between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday. It’s four fried tacos and Mexican rice for $7. The taco sale benefits the center’s youth recreation program. Place your order by calling 816-421-1015. A tradition that started on the West Side has come to the Crossroads….
Reflecting Motion, Weston WineFest & Other Weekend Possibilities
The 15th annual Troost Festival is from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday on Troost Avenue between 31st Street and Linwood Boulevard. The outdoor fest features live musical acts, dance troupes, art activities, food and crafts for sale. The Littlest Bake Shop (645 E. 59th St.) is just that, a tiny bakery serving gluten-free and…
Food Truck Friday, A Milk Bar & Other Weekend Possibilities
Food Truck Friday returns to Union Cemetery (227 E. 28th Terrace) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. this Friday. The initial lineup for the monthly food truck series, put on by the Union Cemetery Historical Society, is The Waffler, Taste of Brazil and Bop N’ Bowl (Korean bowls, fried rice and potstickers). Krokstrom (3601 Broadway)…
Cinnamon Rolls, Agave Cocktails & Other Weekend Possibilities
Going to a farmers’ market is like a hall pass for the weekend. Once you’ve filled your vegetable crisper, what you actually eat and drink doesn’t count. Stock up on vegetables, eggs and meat at the opening day of the Brookside Farmers’ Market (63rd and Wornall) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The Boulevard…
Cake & Wine, All The Sushi & Other Weekend Possibilities
Don’t overthink Friday. McLain’s Market Lawrence (1420 Crescent Road, Lawrence, Kansas) has Cake & Wine from 6 to 8 p.m. The bakery’s cake decorators lead the class ($65), which includes two glasses of wine, snacks and a two-layer, 6-inch white cake to adorn as you see fit. The flowers are starting to bloom and spring…
Tea Time, A Drinking Circus & Other Weekend Possibilities
Hummus and pita and baklava and oh, why are we not yet eating? Kinzi Mediterranean Cuisine is open at 5329 Johnson Drive in Mission, Kansas. Get gyros, falafel, kabobs or curry. Kinzi is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Genovese is now the 1856 Bar and Grill (941 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas). The…
Be Our Neighbor With A Cardigan-Inspired Beer & Other Weekend Possibilities
Slip on a cardigan sweater and meet your neighbors. Strange Days Brewing Co. (316 Oak St.) is hosting a watch party from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — the documentary about the life and career of Fred Rogers. Strange Days will debut Hoppy Cardigan, its hop-laden pilsner at the event. Kansas…
A Burger State of Mind & Other Weekend Possibilities
Football season is wing season. Since the football season has ended in Kansas City (sorry), perhaps you’d consider a different kind of wing? VegLife Kansas City is putting on the third annual plant-based Wing Bowl from 6 to 9 p.m. at the City Market. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance. They include…
The Elements of Sandwiching & Other Weekend Possibilities
Your restaurant week journey doesn’t have to end Sunday. It’s the final weekend for Kansas City Restaurant Week, but after Sunday, you won’t have to go back to ordering things a la carte. Friday kicks off the first weekend of the fifth annual Downtown Lawrence Restaurant Week. [FLEX-CONTENT] Restaurant week works a bit differently in Lawrence,…
KC Restaurant Week, Adventures in Dairy & Other Weekend Possibilities
You have 200 excuses to dine out this weekend. The 10th annual Kansas City Restaurant Week kicks off Friday, and more than 200 restaurants are offering prix fixe lunches ($15) and dinners ($33). Restaurant week runs through next Sunday. Check out a few unexpected spots in Jill Silva’s piece highlighting three female chefs you should…