Happy Monday, Kansas City!
We hope you enjoyed the weekend. Let’s start the week with new stories coming out of KC.
In Today’s Newsletter:
- Headhunters set to appear in Kansas City Sept. 1
- American Jazz Museum hosts annual Charlie Parker Day
- Inaugural Yuma Street Festival begins this weekend
- Barbara Sabol is saving teens that age out of foster care with housing project
💡 Black Trivia Question: Who was the first Black person to win a Nobel Prize?
A. Toni Morrison B. Quincy Jones C. Ralph Bunche D. Thurgood Marshall
*See the answer after “In Other News”*
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ARTS & CULTURE
Genre Changing Headhunters to Appear Live in KC Sept. 1
The group will bring their great sound and historic play list to Kansas City over Labor Day weekend for a fundraiser benefiting the American Music Apprenticeship Program, an initiative designed to give underprivileged children access to music lessons, history and mentorship.
A MESSAGE FROM THE KANSAS BIRTH EQUITY NETWORK
Hey moms, dads, and caregivers! Join us Sept. 11–12 for the Birth Equity Summit. Enjoy family-centered sessions, community, and connection! Tap the image above to register.
CELEBRATE
Jazz Museum to Celebrate Charlie Parker Day Fri., Aug 29
Kansas City-born saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker lived a short but impactful life that will be celebrated again this year on Aug. 29, what would have been his 105th birthday.
A MESSAGE FROM THE KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
FESTIVAL
Inaugural Yuma Street Festival: Tribute to Past, Fundraiser for the Future
A vibrant celebration of memory and community is arriving Labor Day weekend with the first-ever Yuma Street Cultural Festival, a day of live music, food, history, and community that will honor Manhattan’s African American heritage and raise vital funds for its future.
Learn more about this new festival
A MESSAGE FROM THE AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM
Celebrate Charlie Parker’s 105th birthday Day at the Annual Charlie Parker Celebration with live jazz performances, historic tours, exhibits, and more at the American Jazz Museum this Friday, August 29th. Tap the image above for more info.
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Small Homes, Big Hopes
Barbara Sabol is helping young adults transition out of foster care with a tiny homes community she has built on land just northeast of Lawrence, KS.
Learn more about this compassionate project
Get Out This Week In Kansas City:
COMEDY: KC Comedy Hub Presents: The POC M-I-C. The ONLY comedy open mic in KC exclusively for people of color, and it’s weekly. (Aug 25, 7p.m.)
CELEBRATE: Charlie Parker Day Celebration. Join us in honoring Bird with music, storytelling, and unforgettable performances. (Aug 29, 7:30a.m.)
THEATER: The Color Purple. Indulge in a world of soul-stirring music and unyielding hope with The Color Purple, the award-winning stage musical based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. (Sept 2, 7p.m.)
See more Kansas City events on our new online calendar!
Proposed troop deployment to Chicago draws criticism from city and state officials. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has insisted there is no emergency that warrants Trump sending troops into the Windy City. (NBC)
Richardson Addresses Domestic Violence Arrest and Apologizes to Christian Coleman. Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. (The Voice)
Trivia Answer: C. Ralph Bunche. The first Black person to win a Nobel Prize was Dr. Ralph Bunche, an American diplomat and political scientist. Bunche won the Peace Prize in 1950 for his mediation efforts in the Arab-Israeli conflict during the late 1940s. His work led to the signing of armistice agreements between the opposing parties.
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