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• Holiday Choirs | Monday, Dec. 11-Sunday, Dec. 17 | Times vary | Crown Center, KCMO | Free | Beautiful music fills the halls of the Crown Center Shops as nearly 100 area school, church + community choirs perform.
• Travel Mug Make & Take | Monday, Dec. 11 | 3-6 p.m. | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, 15340 W. 119th St., Olathe, KS | $100 | Craft a unique mug that makes a great gift or a one-of-a-kind container for your favorite beverage.
• Yoga with Aly | Monday, Dec. 11 + Monday, Dec. 18 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Linwood Community Library, 19649 Linwood Rd., Linwood, KS | Free | Channel your inner zen at this yoga class.

• 2nd Tuesday Jam Session | Tuesday, Dec. 12 | 6 p.m. | Kansas City Bier Company, 310 W. 79th St., KCMO | Free | Enjoy German-style bier and Kansas City jazz music at this open jam session.

• Young Professionals Social Networking | Wednesday, Dec. 13 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Java Garage LLC, 1323 W. 13th St, KCMO | $10 | Grab a cup of joe at Java Garage and meet up-and-coming Kansas City professionals.

• Free Golf Clinic | Thursday, Dec. 14, Thursday, Dec. 21, Thursday, Dec. 28 | 5-6 p.m. | PXG Kansas City, 7517 W. 119th St., Overland Park, KS | Free | Golf gurus of all skill levels gather for free lessons from a PGA-qualified teacher.

1. The Savvy Oak Dough Bowl Candle is unique and smells amazing.
2. Holiday parties just got better with the savory Appalachian Trail Mix.
3. Glassware featuring our city’s skyline is a festive way to toast to the holidays.
4. Celebrate the city and state we all love with artwork great for any home or office.
5. Perfectly curated gift sets are excellent go-to presents for the holidays.

• Stadium matches are confirmed for the Copa America 2024 coming to KC this summer. Children’s Mercy Park will host Peru vs. Canada or Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday, June 25. GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will host the United States vs. Uruguay on Monday, July 1.

• The dog days are over for Leawood pooches and their paw-rents. A $50,000 donation formally accepted by the city council this week will go towards a new walking path in the city’s singular dog park. (Shawnee Mission Post)

• Next level taste — try “The New Heights Club” at Grill 32 (104 S 4th St., Edwardsville, KS), loaded with meat, cheese, veggies + topped with a helping of Kelce magic. It created the sandwich after Travis and Jason Kelce gave a shoutout to the local restaurant on their “New Heights” podcast. (FOX4)

• Alex Gordon, Royals World Series champion, will be inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Thursday, Feb. 15. The former Husker had a career .355 batting average, was a three-time All American at third base + led Nebraska to their first College World Series victory. (WOWT)

• Three restaurant spaces are proposed as part of the $140 million mixed-use Merriam Grand Station project. The former Kmart site at the intersection of Antioch Road and Shawnee Mission Parkway will host 361 luxury apartments and 14,000+ sqft of restaurant space by its completion in 2025. (Kansas City Business Journal)

• $4.5 million — that’s how much it cost to build the newly opened Arvest Bank branch at 31st and Prospect. This state-of-the-art building sits on the same site as its previous 70-year-old branch. (Kansas City Business Journal)

• The Geminids meteor shower is predicted to peak on Wednesday, Dec. 13 + Thursday, Dec. 14. According to NASA, this dazzling annual shower is considered “one of the best and most reliable.” Read up on where and when to catch the cosmic light show. (NASA)