CULTURAL CALENDAR

Events sponsored by Cultural Crossroads or in which Cultural Crossroads is a participant appear in bold type. Information can be obtained by contacting culturalcrossroads@hotmail.com – for all other events, contact the presenting organization for information. Websites are included, as available, for additional information. If a link does not automatically connect, copy and paste the site in your browser window.

To have an event considered for this calendar, contact culturalcrossroads@hotmail.com with name, date, time, cost, sponsoring organization and contact.


JANUARY 2012


Friday, January 27 and
Saturday, January 28
Chinese New Year Celebration
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Information at www.nelson-atkins.org


Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30 pm
Shen Yun — Classical Chinese Dance and Music
Music Hall, Kansas City, Missouri
Tickets: 816-513-5000 or www.ticketmaster.com


FEBRUARY, 2012

February is Black History Month and there are numerous events throughout the city, which cannot all be listed in this calendar. There are also numerous pre-Lenten festivals in various traditions. Please check your favorite search engine for events.


NOTE: See February 26 for special Cultural Crossroads event!


Thursday, February 2, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
“Take Five Tour”
American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18th St, KCMO
Free tour: for reservations, call 816-474-8463
Event repeats on February 21.


Friday, February 3, at 8:00 pm
Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater
Johnson County Community College
Tickets available through www.jccc.edu


Saturday, February 4, at 10:00 am
Institute of Interfaith Dialog Monthly Discussion Series
Universal Sufism with Ira Sirkar Harritt
Raindrop Turkish House
9903 Pflumm Road, Lenexa, KS 66215
RSVP to 913-438-8300 or kansascity@interfaithdialog.org


Tuesday, February 7, at 6:00 pm
The Final Sendoff: African-American Funeral Homes
Central Library, 14 West 10th Street, KCMO
Free admission, but call 816-701-3407 for reservations,


Wednesday, February 8, at 1:00 pm
Vital Conversations
Antioch Branch Library
An ongoing program of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council.


Thursday, February 9, at 7:00 pm
Songs of the Black Pioneers
Platte City Branch Library


Saturday, February 11, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Frozen Charlotte: the MUST HAVE doll of 1860
Alexander Majors House Barn, 8201 State Line Road, KCMO
Admission $6.00; call 816-444-1858 for information.


Saturday, February 11, starting at 9:00 am
1750s Traditional Mardi Gras
Fort Osage, 107 Osage St., Sibley, MO
Re-enactors represent celebration of 18th Century French settlers
Admission charged; call 816-503-4860 for information.


Monday, February 13, at 2:30 pm
World Geography
Lee’s Summit Branch Library


Wednesday, February 15, at 6:00 pm
Freedom Seekers: Stories from the Western Underground Railroad
Plaza Branch Library
Reservations: call 816-701-3407


Saturday, February 18: German Mardi Gras festivities
Maskenball, Holiday Inn, Overland Park, KS
German Fasching Mardi Gras, Sacred Heart Church, Topeka, KS
Advance tickets required by February 12. For reservation information, see listings at Kansas City Calendar of Events


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm<
BENEFIT DANCE FOR WESTPORT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
All Souls UU Church, 4501 Walnut, KCMO
Live music by Continental Drift. Refreshments. .
Admission: $10.00 per person. All proceeds to Westport
Presbyterian Church, which suffered a devastating fire in December.


Sunday, February 19, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Trad Jam Session
Irish Museum and Cultural Center, Union Station, KCMO
Information at www.irishcenterkc.org


Thursday, February 23, at 2:00 pm
Spotlight on Native America
South Independence Branch Library


Thursday, February 23, at 7:00 pm
Flavors of Thailand (adult program)
Lee’s Summit Branch Library


Friday, February 24, from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Diversity and Inclusion Summit — Project Equality
Education Center at Penn Valley Community College
Information at www.projectequality.org


Saturday, February 25, and Sunday, February 26, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Beadwork Demonstrations by Haskell Indian Nations University students
American Indian galleries, Nelson-Atkins Museum


Saturday, February 25
Higginsville Black History Month Celebration Event
Higginsville, Missouri
Call 816-456-6654 for information


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 AT 2:00 PM
GENERAL MEETING OF CULTURAL CROSSROADS
Plaza Library, 4801 Main, KCMO (large meeting room)
What do you want to see for the future of Cultural Crossroads
and the Kansas City community? Let’s share our ideas.


EXHIBITS


Through January 29, 2012
Olde World Christmas
Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center
720 North Fourth Street, Kansas City, KS
Information at www.strawberryhillmuseum.org


Through February 12, 2012
Jose Guadalupe Posada: Voice of the Mexican Common Man
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kirkwood Hall 4525 Oak St., KCMO www.nelson-atkins.org

Through May 20, 2012
“New Immigrants and the American Dream”
Johnson County Museum
Overland Park, KS
Information at www.jocomuseum.org


Opening January 27
New Chinese Galleries
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kirkwood Hall 4525 Oak St., KCMO www.nelson-atkins.org

Events not sponsored by Cultural Crossroads are reported by request of the sponsoring organization/venue or through research for community information purposes and Cultural Crossroads assumes no responsibility for any such events.

For more information on events and classes at libraries, see these websites:
MidContinent Public Library System: www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/programs
Kansas City MO Library System: www.kclibrary.org
Olathe KS Library System: www.olathelibrary.org
Johnson County KS Library System: www.jocolibrary.org
Kansas City KS Library System: www.kckpl.lib.ks.us


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