🎪 Festivals

🐠 Family fun

⚽ Home games

🗺️ Bonus: Be a tourist

• 2023 Conversations with the Kansas Chamber | Tuesday, Aug. 29 | 5-7 p.m. | The Venue, 4800 W. 135th St., Leawood, KS | $50 | Discuss concerns from the Kansas business community and hear from business leaders, elected officials + candidates for public office.

• Strategic Conversations on Hiring and Retention | Wednesday, Aug. 30 | 9-11 a.m. | Thompson Barn, 11184 Lackman Rd., Lenexa, KS | $45 | Join this interactive conversation about innovative hiring + retention strategies.
• Beginner Dungeons and Dragons | Wednesday, Aug. 30 | 6-8 p.m. | Redux Society, 215 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, MO | Free | Learn the starter set, how to create your character, and what bits you’ll need.

• Elexa Dawson | Thursday, Aug. 31 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, MO | $15 | Enjoy an intimate house concert with Kansas-based artist Elexa Dawson.
• Grand Horizons | Thursday, Aug. 31-Sunday, Sept. 3 | Times vary | City Stage at Union Station | $20-$48 | Enjoy this Tony Award-nominated play depicting the surprisingly amicable, and hilarious, end of Nancy and Bill’s 50-year marriage.

• Light Up the Lawn: Kat King | Friday, Sept. 1 | 8:30 p.m. | Midwest Trust Center, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS | Free | Jam out with this KC-based indie-pop/rock group.

• There are new bubbles to burst. Boba Love is coming to Lenexa — at 15131 W. 87th Street Pkwy. The new boba shop serves boba tea, of course, but also offers fun snacks like bubble waffles. It will open this September. (Shawnee Mission Post)

• Chick this out. Dave’s Hot Chicken opens its second KC metro location at Westley apartments (4111 Broadway Blvd., KCMO) this October. Its menu features chicken with no heat all the way to reaper levels of heat. Plus, enjoy sides like mac-and-cheese + seasoned french fries. (City Scene KC)

• US Motor Works is opening a $19.2 million fulfillment center in Liberty. The automotive parts company’s new facility will be 167,000 sqft and located in Heartland Meadows Industrial Park. Its projected opening is January 2024. (Kansas City Business Journal)

• Last weekend, Overland Park held the first professional pickleball tournament in the Midwest. The four-day tournament brought in $1.4+ million in revenue and attracted 1,100+ players from 42 states and four countries. The tournament will return in 2024. (FOX 4)

• $164.3 million. That’s how much revenue the 2023 NFL Draft generated for Kansas City. The event broke the record for highest home viewers of an NFL Draft, had the highest ranking since 2015, and was the most viewed NFL Draft of all time on social media.

• If you tune your TVs to KCTV5 today at 9 a.m. you just might catch something special — like City Editors Bella and Charmaine chatting it up with lifestyle host Jillian Carroll. If you do get a chance to watch, take photos and tag us on Instagram.

• Grab your gals and head to the ballpark on Saturday, Sept. 2 for the KC Royals’ Ladies Night. Cheer on the boys in blue as they take on the Boston Red Sox. Bonus: Get to the stadium early to explore exclusive vendors and don’t miss a belt bag giveaway. Grab tickets.*

• How many cards are in your wallet? Make your answer “one.” Earn a $200 sign-up bonus simply by spending $500 in your first three months with this card. Pair that with 0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for your first 15 months — oh, and unlimited cash back.*

• 10 packs of seeds
• 10 pounds of organic fertilizer
• Low cost vegetable plants, berry plants, fruit trees, and gardening tools available for purchase
• Ability to rent a plot
• Workshops
• An online knowledge bank
• Low cost tiller services — they’ll even come to your home.