Category: Events

At the Butterfly Festival

Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)
Scenes from the 17th annual Lawson Roberts Butterfly Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.
The location of the library is inside Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Photo by Steve Rupert)

Fundraiser scheduled tonight for KU Health System

Treads and Threads, an annual fundraiser for the University of Kansas Health System, will be held tonight at the Truman Sports Complex, Kansas City, Missouri.

The event includes a pre-party reception from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by live entertainment and fireworks from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The event includes creative black-tie attire, food and drink and the music group Alabama.

Guests will be in the area between GEHA field and Kauffman stadium at the Truman Sports Complex.

The event is a benefit for patient care.

For more information, visit https://www.treadsandthreads.org/.

Art show planned at Alcott Arts Center

Works by Jaidyn Cheyenne will be on display today at the Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo from Alcott Arts Center)

A pop-up exhibit is planned from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Works by Jaidyn Cheyenne will be on display. The artist’s statement:
“I am a creative artist, dabbling in all sorts of crafts that promote an overall joyful existence.

“While I am passionate about art, health, and nature; I intend to bring peace by creating pieces through my inner instinct. To help shift the perspective of living life with awareness and value of self with affirmation. The main mission is to provide individuals an experience of feeling with the use of intentional creation by use of color, thus providing a new approach to the potency of energy through all my works.”

The Alcott Arts Center is not ADA accessible.

For more information, call 913-233-2787 or see https://www.facebook.com/events/621868606221840/?privacy_mutation_token=eyJ0eXBlIjowLCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoxNjYzNDIwNjI1LCJjYWxsc2l0ZV9pZCI6MzU5MDM2MDAxOTY4NDMyfQ%3D%3D&acontext=%7B%22feed_story_type%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D

Jaidyn Cheyenne has an art show today at the Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo from Alcott Arts Center)
Works by Jaidyn Cheyenne will be on display today at the Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo from Alcott Arts Center)
Works by Jaidyn Cheyenne will be on display today at the Alcott Arts Center, 180 S. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo from Alcott Arts Center)