Category: Events

Holiday lighting show kicks off Friday night at Renaissance Festival grounds

Knights of Light, the third annual holiday lighting event at the Renaissance Festival, will kick off Friday, Nov. 25, at 130th and State Avenue, Bonner Springs.

Christmas lights and decorations will be placed at the festival’s buildings, celebrating with food entertainment, crafts and visits to Santa Claus.

The event will run from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays through Sundays until Dec. 18, then will be open from Dec. 21 through Christmas Eve, as well as Dec. 30 and 31.

There will be a party at 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve for guests 21 and older.

Tickets are $20 per adult and $12 for children ages 5 to 12, with free admission for children under 5.

Children will receive free hot chocolate and every attendee will get a gift bag and a chance to win a prize.

Dogs also can attend — admission is $5 for dogs.

Tickets and information are available at www.kcrenfest.com.

Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance to be Thursday morning

The Mo Better Blues Band will be performing at a Thanksgiving Breakfast Blues Dance at Lounge 42, at 4220 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kansas.

The blues dance, part of African-American heritage for decades, will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24.

Food will be available while it lasts, with the Kansas City Blues Society giving away a Blues Cruise.

Tickets are $20 at the door. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/events/583801920098621

Today’s public meetings

Special UG Commission meeting tonight on DA’s $1.7 million funding request

A special Unified Government Commission meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at City Hall in the UG Commission chambers, lobby level, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The meeting also will be on Zoom.

According to the agenda, a resolution is requested to authorize funding for digitization of district attorney case files. The effort was launched in order to track old cases that former detective Roger Golubski, who is under indictment, worked on.

Another item on the agenda is an update on winter warming shelters.

To connect to the Zoom meeting, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86733609953?pwd=WlFNSHNETGlpbFF5b3Z3QUZra0pHUT09

For more information on how to connect to the meeting, visit https://www.wycokck.org/Engage-With-Us/Calendar-of-Events/Meetings-Taskforces/Full-Commission-Special-Session.