After the Chiefs’ loss this past Sunday, we all need some love. Well, Kansas City, you’re in luck. This weekend’s full of opportunities to give and experience love in its many forms.
Love is in the Air!
Feb. 14
First off, we have dinner and a concert at the Magnolia in Brookside. Love is in the Air! starts with a three-course dinner catered by Inspired Occasions, then follows it up with a concert by the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra’s wind ensemble. After the music, attendees can mingle with the musicians and enjoy wine and chef-made desserts.
Single tickets to the event are $100. If you’d like a table for two, it’ll be $125 for each seat.
Broke-ology opening weekend
Feb. 14-16
Over at Copaken Stage in Power & Light, a play written by the late Kansas City, Kansas, native Nathan Louis Jackson will run throughout the weekend. Broke-ology, performed by Kansas City Repertory Theatre, is about a KCK family whose love persists through intense hardship.
Shows continue most days through March 2. Grab tickets quick—Valentine’s Day seats are already sold out.
Cupid’s Undie Run
Feb. 15
Kansas City’s Cupid’s Undie Run sets off from McFadden’s Sports Saloon in the Power & Light District this Saturday.
It’s a simple event. Register, party at McFadden’s, then don your undies for a “mile(ish)” run to raise funds for the research of neurofibromatosis—a condition that causes noncancerous tumors in the nervous system. A dance party follows.
Winterlude Jazz Festival
Feb. 15-16
More music—this time, two days of it. Winterlude Jazz Festival fills Midwest Trust Center on Saturday and Sunday. Ten jazz acts will take the stages in Polsky Theatre and Yardley Hall from 1 p.m. until evening each day. Musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center cap it off with New Orleans Songbook at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Day passes to the festival start at $35. See more ticket information here.
Because of Black History Month opening reception
Feb. 16
On Sunday at 3 p.m., Englewood Arts in Independence will hold the opening reception for the exhibit Because of Black History Month. The exhibit is a collection of vibrant works by textile artist Karen E. Griffin. “The colorful bold abstracts depict Africans’ voyage from the Motherland to America,” the exhibit’s description reads—and the lives and culture lost on the forced journey.