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August 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1	2	3 Storytelling at Trailside Center 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	4 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO	5 Fun in the Sun and Beatin the Heat: An Intergenerational Sharing and Celebration 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS Fun in the Sun and Beatin the Heat: An Intergenerational Sharing and Celebration 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS
6 Water Ways Exhibit at Eudora Community Museum 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS Water/Ways Smithsonian Exhibition 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	7 Ambassador's Monday--The Buffalo Soldiers 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Raytown,MO	8 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	9 Freedom's Frontier Board of Trustees Meeting 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	10 Time Travelers Summer Children's Program 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Shawnee,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	11 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Museum After Hours-Captured: the Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Topeka,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	12 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS
13 Deep Water in the Tabernacle 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Ottawa,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Reconstruction and Industrial Development along the Kaw – Post Civil War 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	14 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	15 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Eudora and the Civil War 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	16 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Gallery Talk: Underground Railroad and Freedom Rings 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM \| Clinton,KS Eudora and the Civil War 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	17 Solar Eclipse Presentation 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM \| Kansas City,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Unholy Rebellion: The Civil War Diary of Charles Adam Wetherbee: 1861–1864 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	18 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Oak Hill Cemetery Tour 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	19 1920's Book Club at the Farmhouse 10:00 PM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS Genealogy and History Fair 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Manhattan,KS Crosby Kemper Award Presentation and Festivities 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO 8 more events on this day
20 Battlefield Tour With John Brown and His Free State Militia 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM \| Wellsville,KS SOLAR ECLIPSE WEEKEND AUG 19-20-21-2017 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM \| Richmond,MO Partisan Paintings: George Caleb Bingham and the Election of 1844 (Missouri Valley Sundays) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO 3 more events on this day	21 Total Eclipse of the Battlefield 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM \| Lexington,MO SOLAR ECLIPSE WEEKEND AUG 19-20-21-2017 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Richmond,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	22 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	23 Babe Ruth's Baseball 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM \| Shawnee,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	24 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	25 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Final Friday: Local Stories of the Underground Railroad 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	26 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO
27 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	28 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	29 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	30 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	31 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \| Bonner Springs,KS

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections

See the new exhibiting highlighting favorite artifacts and their fascinating stories. On view through the end of the year. details>>

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Lexington Community Fair

Have you ever wanted to see a small town Fair with soap box derby races, ice cream socials and rides? Visit our website for daily schedules of events. details>>

Friday, August 25, 2017

Music in the Park

Enjoy free Friday night concerts featuring a variety of musical genres in Downtown Lee’s Summit. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets for seating. This... details>>

Friday, August 25, 2017

Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections

See the new exhibiting highlighting favorite artifacts and their fascinating stories. On view through the end of the year. details>>

Friday, August 25, 2017

Final Friday: Local Stories of the Underground Railroad

This event is part of the annual Civil War on the Western Frontier activities in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. At 6 p.m., Bill Wagnon of the Ritchie House in Topeka... details>>

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Downtown Days Festival

Downtown Days, presented by Lee’s Summit Medical Center, is a family-friendly festival featuring live entertainment, arts and crafts, a carnival, delicious food vendors, a kids’ area, and much more! Meet (and get autographs) from your favorite local athletes and mascots at the Sports & Autograph Booth, sponsored by Security Bank of Kansas City!

Date:	Friday, June 02, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM Saturday, June 03, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM Sunday, June 04, 2017 - 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location:	Downtown Lee's Summitt Lee’s Summit, KS 64063 get directions
Website:	Downtown Days Festival
Cost:	The festival features FREE entertainment all weekend long at the Depot Stage, sponsored by Longview Funeral Home & Cemetery.
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All times are Central unless otherwise specified

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1	2	3 Storytelling at Trailside Center 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO	4 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO	5 Fun in the Sun and Beatin the Heat: An Intergenerational Sharing and Celebration 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS Fun in the Sun and Beatin the Heat: An Intergenerational Sharing and Celebration 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS
6 Water Ways Exhibit at Eudora Community Museum 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS Water/Ways Smithsonian Exhibition 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	7 Ambassador's Monday--The Buffalo Soldiers 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM \| Raytown,MO	8 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	9 Freedom's Frontier Board of Trustees Meeting 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	10 Time Travelers Summer Children's Program 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Shawnee,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	11 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Museum After Hours-Captured: the Extraordinary Adventures of Colonel Hughes 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Topeka,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	12 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS
13 Deep Water in the Tabernacle 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM \| Ottawa,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Reconstruction and Industrial Development along the Kaw – Post Civil War 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	14 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	15 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Eudora and the Civil War 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	16 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Gallery Talk: Underground Railroad and Freedom Rings 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM \| Clinton,KS Eudora and the Civil War 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM \| Eudora,KS	17 Solar Eclipse Presentation 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM \| Kansas City,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Unholy Rebellion: The Civil War Diary of Charles Adam Wetherbee: 1861–1864 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	18 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Oak Hill Cemetery Tour 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	19 1920's Book Club at the Farmhouse 10:00 PM - 11:30 AM \| Shawnee,KS Genealogy and History Fair 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Manhattan,KS Crosby Kemper Award Presentation and Festivities 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO 8 more events on this day
20 Battlefield Tour With John Brown and His Free State Militia 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM \| Wellsville,KS SOLAR ECLIPSE WEEKEND AUG 19-20-21-2017 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM \| Richmond,MO Partisan Paintings: George Caleb Bingham and the Election of 1844 (Missouri Valley Sundays) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM \| Kansas City,MO 3 more events on this day	21 Total Eclipse of the Battlefield 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM \| Lexington,MO SOLAR ECLIPSE WEEKEND AUG 19-20-21-2017 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM \| Richmond,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	22 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	23 Babe Ruth's Baseball 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM \| Shawnee,KS Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	24 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO	25 Music in the Park 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lee’s Summit,MO Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Final Friday: Local Stories of the Underground Railroad 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS 1 more event on this day	26 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Lexington Community Fair 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM \| Lexington,MO
27 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	28 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	29 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	30 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS	31 Hidden Treasures: Staff Favorites from the Watkins Collections 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM \| Lawrence,KS Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM \| Bonner Springs,KS