47th Annual ARSC Conference (Kansas City, Missouri on May 15-18, 2013)
Kansas City Events & Places of Interest
Places of Interest In and Around Kansas City
Home of world-renowned barbecue, cool jazz, and hot nightlife, the city also boasts a vast array of museums, a stellar new performing arts center,
and more fountains than the city of Rome!
For more information, check out visitkc.com.
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Area Record Stores
Zebedee's RPM Music Revolutions
1208 W 39th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 960-6900
Categories: Music & DVDs, Vinyl Records
Vinyl Renaissance & Audio
1415 W 39th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 765-0014
Categories: Music & DVDs, Vinyl Records
Prospero's Books
1800 W 39th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-9673
Categories: Bookstores, Music & DVDs, Vinyl Records
Half Price Books
1002 Westport Rd
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 931-5377
Categories: Books, Mags, Music & Video
Vinyl Renaissance
10922 Shawnee Mission Pkwy
Shawnee Mission, KS 66203
(913) 962-0014
Categories: Music & DVDs, Vinyl Records
Dining
Local Arrangement Area Restaurants
As an added bonus, you can use this interactive map which includes only the restaurants that are within walking distance (1 mile) of the conference hotel. Scroll down and you will see the listing of each of the restaurants with all of the associated information. The map is sorted by Cost ($-$$$$) so if you want to eat cheap, you can select the single dollar sign, and only those restaurants will display in the map.
Select Area BBQ Joints
Brookside
Country Club Plaza
Crown Center
Kansas City Power & Light District
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Westport
Music and Other Events
See also Kansas City calendar of events.
Plaza Live!
Check out music from the best local and regional acts during the Plaza Live! Court Yard Concert Series, with concerts all summer long, May 2, 2013-September 29, 2013. Concerts are held in Mermaid Courtyard (M) by Michael Kors, Penguin Courtyard (P) across from Brio, Neptune Courtyard (N) by Houston's, and Valencia Courtyard (V) by Banana Republic every Thursday from 5 - 8pm, Friday from 6 - 9pm, Saturday from 2 - 5pm and Sunday from noon - 3pm.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Tours
Public Tours for individuals and small groups of 10 or less people are $5 per person. Reservations are required. To reserve your spot call the Box Office at 816-994-7222 Ext. 3 or click here to book your tour online.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
There is a performance on Fri. May 17, 8:00; Sat. May 18, 8:00; and Sun. May 19, 2:00 of "Mahler, Mozart & Brahms" with Asher Fisch (Mahler "Blumine" Movement from Symphony No. 1; W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17; Brahms/Schoenberg Piano Quartet). There are still some tickets available Friday evening (as of the end of January), and many are available for the Sunday matinee. Please call the box office at: 816-994-7222 or book online.
Coterie Theatre
Bud, Not Buddy, April 9 – May 24, 2013
It's the Great Depression, and times could be hard for Bud after the loss of his mother. But nothing can stop Bud (not 'Buddy') from finding the man he believes to be his father—jazz composer and musician Herman E. Calloway -- in this comic "Oliver Twist" story through the Midwest. Based on the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King award-winning book.
Screenland Crossroads, 1656 Washington, Kansas City, MO
Rocky Horror Picture Show with Fishnets and Floorshows at the Screenland, May 18, 10:00 p.m. Screenland has a preshow, allow (and encourage!) dressing up and participation, and are putting together a shadow cast for a floorshow. Tickets are $8.00 with Prop Bags available at only $3.00. Buy your tickets online at Screenland.com or in person at their box office. Screenland offers a full snack bar complete with BAR!
Plaza
Café Trio— Alice Jenkins on piano
Chaz at the Raphael
Community Christian Church
Oak Bar at the Intercontinental
Plaza III
Season 52
Unity Temple on the Plaza – Spirituality and All that Jazz
Midtown
All Souls Unitarian Church
Californos
Davey's Uptown Rambler Club
Jazz : A Louisiana Kitchen on 39th
Kelly's in Westport
Levee
Mike Kelly's Westsider
Record Bar
Riot Room
Uptown Theater
Downtown
Argosy Casino
Brick
Coda
Folly Theater
Harrah's Voodoo Lounge
Harry's Country Club
Hotel Phillips — 12 Baltimore in the Hotel Phillips
Isle of Capri
Kill Devil Club - 61 E 14th St (14th & Main St, SE Corner, upstairs)
Knuckleheads events – Open Jam hosted by Levee Town, Sundays, 2:00
Majestic - 10th and Broadway, featuring a jazz brunch on Sundays
Phoenix – Lonnie McFadden, Fridays, 4:30
18th and Vine
Blue Room
Danny's Big Easy
Gem Theater
Kansas City Blues & Jazz Juke House
Mutual Musicians Foundation — The tradition jams on Fri. and Sat. nights.
1:30 a.m. until the people go home.
Archives, Libraries, and Museums (select list)
American Jazz Museum
Arabia Steamboat Museum
Hallmark Visitors Center
Harley-Davidson Vehicle & Powertrain Operations Plant
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Jesse James Farm & Museum
Kemper Museum of Contemporary
LaBudde Special Collections (UMKC)
Linda Hall Library
Kansas City (Kan.) Public Library
Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library
Johnson County Library
Kansas City Art Institute
Kenneth Spencer Research Library (KU)
KU Libraries
Marr Sound Archives (UMKC)
Mid-Continent Public Library
The National Archives at Kansas City
The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Rockhurst University
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City
Shopping
Brookside
The City Market
Country Club Plaza
Crown Center
Legends Outlets Kansas City
Westport
Zona Rosa
Cultural and Recreational Venues
Kansas City Zoo
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Oceans of Fun
Powell Gardens
Sprint Center
Starlight Theatre
Union Station
Worlds of Fun
Sports
American Royal Complex
Arrowhead Stadium
The College Basketball Experience
Kansas Speedway
Kauffman Stadium
