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• KC Craft Ramen x Shishimaru | Thursday, Feb. 29-Sunday, March 3 | KC Craft Ramen, 6830 W. 119th St., Overland Park, KS | $16.50 | It’s exchange season at KC Craft Ramen as professional chefs from Nagoya, Japan bring their expertise and authentic flavors to metro tables for one week only.

• 5-year Anniversary Celebration | Friday, March 1 | 10 a.m.-7 p.m. | Monarch Books & Gifts, 7713 W. 151st St., Overland Park, KS | Free | Celebrate the store, staff, and loyal customers like you with raffles, a prize wheel, a scavenger hunt, and books, of course.
• Death of A Gangster Murder Mystery Dinner and Show | Friday, March 1 | 6-9 p.m. | The Heritage Center, 109 Delaware St., Leavenworth, KS | Join the Dunn family for the mafia wedding of the century alongside a silent auction and a 50-50 raffle.
• Phantastic Punch Release Party w/ The Phantastics & Flare The Rebel | Friday, March 1 | 9 p.m. | The Ship OG Ship Room, 1217 Union Ave., KCMO | $10 | Be the first to taste The Phantastics + Vine Street Brewing Co.'s fruited sour collab celebrating the band’s new single “Things You Do.”

• Game Development with Scratch | Saturday, March 2 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | WeCode KC, 4825 Troost Ave., KCMO | Free | Bring your kids ages 7-11 for a hands-on journey that merges fun with coding video games.
• 23rd Annual Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner | Saturday, March 2 | 6-11 p.m. | The American, 200 E. 25th St., Ste. 400, KCMO | $265 | Enjoy an exquisite five-course meal, each paired with specially selected wines.
• Drake with J. Cole: “It’s All A Blur” Tour | Saturday, March 2-Sunday, March 3 | 8 p.m. | T-Mobile Center, KCMO | $84.50-$394.50 | Come see the views of the 8-1-6, featuring these two superstars.

• Native American Cultural Celebration | Sunday, March 3 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KCMO | Free | Celebrate and learn about longstanding traditions in art, dance and music from Indigenous people across the U.S.

• Can you blame us with this Midwestern weather? Rather than our previously stated cold front, it’s gonna be warm + balmy for the rest of this week. But if you stepped outside into this morning, you’ve probably already figured that out.

• Want to capitalize on that warm weather? Then put your fishing boots on. Shawnee Mission Lake (West 79th Street + Renner Road) was just stocked with 3,800 lbs of trout. Cast your rod + catch up to four per day, no length limit. (Kansas City Star)

• Leap Day. Why do we add a day to February? To make an astronomically long story short — it keeps us synchronized with the Earth’s revolutions around the sun. Otherwise our calendars would be off by ~501 days, meaning Feb 1, 2024, would actually be June 16, 2025 according to our handy time calculator.

• Leaflink released its Brand Winner’s list detailing the top marijuana brands + dispensaries by state, and the KC metro blew away the competition. The No. 1 dispensary was Good Day Farm Missouri, and KC-based bud biz Franklin’s was named the No. 2 fastest-growing distributor in Missouri.

• Three shopping centers’ Forever 21s are closing their doors: Country Club Plaza, Legends Outlets, and Independence Center. All three are expected to close sometime in March and April. The store closings come as a result of Forever 21 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last September. (Kansas City Business Journal)

• The secret to spotless furniture: ChomChom’s reusable lint roller, which picks up pet hair and lint like nobody’s business. Get it on sale for a few more hours.*