🌳 Walk in the park

🎭 Have a laugh

• The Comedy Club of Kansas City
• The Rino
• Legends Comedy Club & Sports Lounge
• Improv Comedy Club
• Barrel of the Bottoms

🍹 Bring on the bars

🎨 Appreciate art

🍿 Watch and rewind

• Garden Thyme Marketplace Trade Show | Wednesday, June 21 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m. | Overland Park Convention Center, 6000 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS | Free | Shop 90+ local and regional artists’ garden-inspired creations including jewelry, pottery, art, and plants.

• Strawberry Hill Urban Hike | Thursday, June 22 | 4:30-7 p.m. | Splitlog Coffee, 548 Central Ave., Kansas City, KS | $38 | See the beautiful homes of Strawberry Hill, the Wyandot National Burying Ground, and hear stories of courageous enslaved people who escaped to freedom.
• Time Travelers Summer Series | Thursday, June 22 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Shawnee Town 1929 Museum, 11501 W. 57th St., Shawnee, KS | $3-$5 | Take a trip to 1929 with this interactive history lesson about downtown Shawnee.

• Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Friday, June 23-Saturday, June 24 | Times vary | Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, 87th St. Parkway & Lackman Rd., Lenexa, KS | $0-$5 | Watch as 150+ teams from across the country compete for the coveted title of Grand Champion.

1. Walk, bike, carpool, or ride the bus to reduce emissions.
2. Schedule your outdoor activities for before 10 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
3. Wait until after sunset to fill your gas tank.
4. Mow your lawn in the evening.

• Two new brunch restaurants are open in Johnson County. HomeGrown in Leawood serves coffee cake and baked oatmeal, plus soups and sandwiches for lunch. Another Broken Egg Cafe in Prairie Village offers Southern-inspired selections like shrimp and grits and crab cakes Benedict. (Kansas City Star)

• For the second month in a row, Kansas City topped RentCafe’s nationwide rental activity report, making it the most sought-after rental market in the US. The No. 2 spot? Overland Park, which climbed 78 spots since May. (FOX 4)

• Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics will invest $150 million to establish a new five-year mental health initiative. The plan, called Illuminate, was funded by public and private donations. Its core strategies include early intervention, specialty services, research, and inpatient care. (KMBC)

• TravelAwaits ranked Kansas City International Airport as the No. 1 airport in the US. The user-voted list shouted out KCI’s stress-free experience, beautiful art, and the nation’s “largest all-glass facility.”

• The Dorothy Day Log Cabin will receive new life as an artist residency thanks to a partnership between Platte County and the University of Missouri. The Parkville home was built in the middle of the 19th century, making it one of the county’s oldest standing buildings. (FOX 4)

• Out ahead of the Taylor Swift “Eras Tour” coming to Arrowhead on Friday, July 7-Saturday, July 8, Best Regards Bakery in Overland Park is taking preorders for “Swiftie inspired” desserts. Check out the decorated album cover cookies, chai sugar cookies, and party cake. (FOX 4)

• The Southwest “dirty soda” chain Swig plans to open six Kansas City locations by early 2024. Swig specializes in soft drinks with added fruit, syrups, and creamers. Lookout for the upcoming shops in Overland Park, Mission, Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit, and Liberty. (KMBC)

• North Kansas City’s Restless Spirits Distilling Company won two awards at the New York International Spirits Competition. Master distiller Benay Shannon took gold and silver awards for the company’s Gullytown whiskey, as well as being recognized as Missouri’s Distillery of the Year.

• The Des Moines-based Casey’s convenience store chain purchased 26 Minit Mart locations in the metro as part of its rapid expansion into Kansas City. The prospective stores equal more than double the chain’s current presence in the area, bringing the total 38. (KSHB)

• Work smarter, not harder, by hiring an investment advisor. These are the top five firms in the US.*

• It’s officially summer. To celebrate, shop our online store (Six & Main), where you’ll find many summer essentials such as new patio furniture by Palmetto Craft and delicious cocktail mixers by Simple Time Mixers. Now, that’s how you start the summer.

• The perfect outdoor string lights do exist, and they’ve got a secret weapon: solar power. Light up your yard with a 50-ft strand.*

• Back Alley Brass Band | 7-9 p.m. | City Market | New Orleans style brass
• Musication Station | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Union Station Grand Hall | “No Experience Required Sound Making Event”
• Urban Bucket Brigade Bootcamp | 1-2 p.m. | Loose Park Shelter | Outdoor drumming workshop
• Kansas City Symphony Mobile Music Box | 6 p.m.-7 p.m. | Merriam Community Center | Chamber music