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May 28 June 3
Kansas City Symphony’s Celebration at the Station 1st Saturday at Shoal Creek Living History Museum in
Hodge Park
May 29
Memorial Day Activities at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial June 4
Fountain Rose Show & Rose Day at Laura Conyers Smith Rose
Garden in Loose Park
May 30
Native Plant Gardens at Loose Park June 7
Storytime in the Park in Hidden Valley Park
May 31
KC Parks Employee Departmental Service Awards June 9
Breakfast at Southeast Community Center Summer Concert Series at the Kansas City Museum

June 2 June 10
Jazzoo at the Kansas City Zoo Dragon Boat Festival & Races on Brush Creek
KC Park Plein Air Festival Exhibition Opening & Sale at Artzpalooza in Marlborough
Buttonwood Gallery Reading in the Roses at Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden
in Loose Park
June 2, 9, 16 and 23
Children’s Film Festival in Hyde Park June 13 - July 2
Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Southmoreland
Park: Twelfth Night
June 3 June 14

Party on the Prairie in Jerry Smith Flag Day Celebration at Missouri Korean War Veterans
Park Memorial in Washington Square Park
June 17
Urban Kids Fishing Derby at Spring Valley Lake
Bugs Extravaganza at Lakeside Nature Center
June 18 - 24
Taps at the Tower at the National World War I Museum
and Memorial

June 21
Storytime in the Park in Chouteau Greenway Park
July 1
KC Parks observed National Trails & Prairie Day with a Party on the
Prairie in Jerry Smith Park on June 3. Several hundred attendees 1st Saturday at Shoal Creek Living History Museum
participated in family and environmentally friendly activities amidst the
flora and fauna of Jackson County’s only remnant prairie. Guided trail
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hikes, bird walks, horse-drawn hay rides, plein air painters, scavenger
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hunts, live music and hot dogs were enjoyed by all!