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Sporting KC is in the playoffs, and one of the matches will be held Sunday, Nov. 11, at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
Tickets for Sporting KC’s first home playoff match on Sunday, Nov. 11, are on sale via SeatGeek.com.
Season ticket members have first right to their seats for all playoff matches, excluding the MLS Cup final, and can contact their client services executive for questions and further information.
Trunk-or-treat planned Oct. 30
A Halloween trunk-or-treat and a fire-juggling performance are planned from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the South Branch Library, 3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Jason D’Vaude will present the fire-juggling performance.
Safe Halloween event planned Oct. 31
A safe Halloween event is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Eisenhower Center, 2901 N. 72nd St., Kansas City, Kansas. The event is presented by the Leavenworth Road Association, Multiply Church and Wyandotte County Parks. For more information, call 913-788-3988 or email [email protected].
Alcott to hold Halloween event
The Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., is preparing for its annual Halloween event at the Alcott from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. The theme this year is the “Wizard of Oz.” The Alcott parking lot on Oct. 31 will be decorated with scenes from the “Wizard of Oz.” Visitors will walk through the gates and follow a yellow brick road. Artist Darryl Woods will be there and will have posters for children to select. Also, Sheryl Nance-Durst will volunteer her time to do face-painting. The Unified Government’s lead paint program will hand out information about the lead paint program. Children will receive a bag of candy at the event. Sponsors, partners and donors are needed for the Halloween program. Candy may be donated, and money will be accepted for the event’s expenses. Volunteers are also needed. For information, call 913-233-2787. The Alcott Arts Center is not yet ADA accessible. For more information, visit www.alcottartscenter.org/ or call 913-233-2787.
A large inflatable colon that was reported stolen in Kansas City, Missouri, will be returned to the University of Cancer Center today, according to officials.
The 10-foot inflatable colon, used for educational purposes, was found by Kansas City, Missouri, police at a vacant house at 7100 block of Virginia in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a KU Health Systems spokeswoman. Police got a tip and went by and found it, the spokeswoman said.
As of Monday night, no one was in custody for taking the colon, she said.
It was about 10 days ago that it was taken from a pickup truck bed in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
The item was worth more than $4,000 and was used in public educational displays, and was taken out frequently to community 5K events. It shows healthy polyps and cancerous polyps, and illustrates the stages of colon cancer. The inflatable colon is owned by the Cancer Coalition.
The stolen colon attracted much media attention, and then donations came in to help replace it. Now there have been enough donations to have three inflatable colons, the spokeswoman said.
People at the KU Health Systems and also in the public wondered why anyone would take a huge inflatable colon, and speculated that perhaps they wanted to use it as a bounce house, or perhaps it was a Halloween prank. However, at this time the motive for the colon theft isn’t known.