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A recent renovation brings technology to the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. The new interactive touch tables engage adults and children and help spark the desire to learn more about the history of WWI. The exhibit featuring the importance of mules and other animals is not to be missed.

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You’ve probably heard the phrase, “A Sea of Lights.” It’s especially appropriate this time of year. And we have a literal sea of lights for you to enjoy! Now through Jan. 1, 2024, enjoy a “waterful” holiday treat. Can you say, “HO-HO-HO-H20?”

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Missouri History Today December 2, 1897: Westport Joins Kansas City

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Missouri History Today November 30, 1956: Clay County Introduces New Health Facility For Kansas City Area

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Missouri History Today November 15, 1929: Ed Asner, Missouri’s Emmy-Winning Star, Makes His Debut

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Did you ever want to run away and join the circus as a kid? Good news: While you can’t actually join the circus, you can run away and enjoy it! The reimagined Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is coming to Missouri Nov.10–12, 2023!

October 22 Kansas City Snowstorm Meteorology Charts Low Pressure System Via National Weather Service

Missouri History Today October 22, 1996: Winter Fury: Power Outage Hits Kansas City

October 4 Rainfall Analysis Kansas City Via National Weather Service

Missouri History Today October 4, 1998: Kansas City Deluge: Flash Flooding Shocks Chiefs-Seahawks Game

September 19 Flash Flooding Kansas City Via National Weather Service Credit National Weather Service

Missouri History Today September 19, 2013: Sudden Deluge Strikes Kansas City

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Ten years ago, Missouri Life took a look back to what was happening in 1973 across our state, in the nation, and around the world. Take a trip back in time and remember when these things were happening as Missouri Life wrote about them in 2013.

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Missouri History Today August 17, 1927: Lindbergh Memorializes New Kansas City Airport

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The moment George Brett charged out of the dugout will be forever etched in the minds of baseball fans. Brett just hit a two-run home run against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the ninth inning to give the Royals the lead. The Yankees challenged the play, claiming the slugger had used too …

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Hillary Clinton’s choice of a running mate was closely watched. She selected Tim Kaine on this day in 2016. Kaine attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Columbia before launching his political career. Although he never served as Vice President, Kaine became a United States senator in Virginia. Based upon content …

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Are you a big Beatles fan? Maybe the Brit band was part of the soundtrack of your youth. Or maybe you’re a younger fan of the Fab Four. Either way, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Don’t “ miss your chance to see an amazing Beatles tribute that’s a theatrical thrill.

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There have historically been many Missourians who’ve championed civil rights: Grace Bumbry, Elizabeth Keckley, Frankie Freeman, James Beckwourth, and others. But one in particular is the focus of a significant celebration worth attending.

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Those of a certain age are familiar with the Western Heritage Award-winning TV series Rawhide. Every Friday night for six years, a crew of seasoned cowboys drove herds of Texas cattle toward the railhead at Sedalia, Missouri.

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Electric Park was an amusement park in Kansas City constructed by Joseph Heim and his brothers Michael and Ferdinand Jr. in the early 1900s. Dubbed “Kansas City’s Coney Island,” Electric Park became the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Disney World.  The circle swing was a new attraction in 1907. After the accident in its first season …

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Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote “Kansas City” 13 years before the Beatles’ release. Neither of them had ever been to Kansas City, but they were so inspired by the works of Kansas City blues legend Big Joe Turner they felt compelled to write the song. It first became a hit in 1952 when Little …

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Do you get jazzed about jazz? Hopped up about history? Thrilled by theater? Here’s a great chance to indulge all of these passions. One Missouri city’s celebrating its playwriting talent in a Theatre Lab Festival starting May 18.

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Like the title of Missouri native Tennessee WIlliams’ famous work, streetcars became objects of desire after their 2016 debut in Kansas City. Approved by voters in 2012, when KC was in search of ways to update its transit system and make downtown more accessible without cars, the streetcars were an almost instant success. They run …

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Come Visit Missouri State’s Latest Attractions

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TWA announced in its employee newsletter, Skyliner, that it had achieved a first quarter profit and reduced net losses for its historically unprofitable first three months of the year. TWA had been playing catch up — its first regularly scheduled jet flight took place on November 23, 1959 — a year after its main rivals.  …

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You may have gone dancing at a club, a reception hall, under a tent, in a gymnasium, even in a barn – but chances are, you’ve never gone dancing at a site like the one in Kansas City where a USO-style dance is being held on Saturday, April 22.

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Kansas City’s Westport Cafe has become a popular spot for diners who appreciate the restaurant’s simple approach to French cuisine, its comfortable ambience, and its hearty Sunday brunch. Meet the talented team behind Westport Cafe’s success.

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Space, the “final frontier,” according to Star Trek. Another popular astronaut (albeit an animated one), Buzz Light Year declared “to infinity and beyond.” Light years away, space will actually be quite close on Saturday, April 6, 2023, in Kansas City.

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The largest city in the state of Missouri had modest beginnings but grew into a major metro area, thanks to its location at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers.  The city’s convenient location had a major impact on westward migration during America’s early years, while also helping the city become a major transportation …

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What happens when you drive a road roller over inked wood blocks and paper? You make massive prints hot off the pavement! You’ve probably never seen this kind of printmaking before. But we can tell you where you can watch it.

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Art is a powerful means of expression. It gives voice to its creator’s thoughts and emotions and can move those who view it in many ways. Art can make us feel happy or sad, peaceful or agitated. But what if art could also be a powerful force for good?

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On February 19, 2013, $10,000 per bottle of wine and other items went up in flames when a worker broke a gas line at J.J.’s up-scale restaurant in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza. Somehow, only one person died in the explosion.