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Things to do in Kansas City

• Kansas City Museum
  The Kansas City Museum is located in the Corinthian Hall in the historic northeast neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri and is also called the R. A. Long House. The prestigious museum sits on 3 prime acres that contain the Corinthian Hall, all the outbuildings, the majority having been restored and now house numerous exhibits that pertain to the local history and natural sciences, a 1910 soda fountain replica that serves ice cream and phosphates and a 50 seat planetarium. The magnificent mansion was named as it is because of the six Corinthian columns that grace the front, and might have been the reason that it was called the "Palace on Gladstone Boulevard". It was constructed in 1908 by Robert A. Long and designed by Henry Hoit, an architect of the firm, Hoit, Price and Barnes, and is done in the beaux arts style that was popular during that era. The gorgeous 25,000 square foot house was the home of the Long family until Robert passed away in 1934, and was later donated to the city by his daughters in 1939. It opened for tours in 1940. When the estate was a residence, it held a spectacular treasure in the multitude of closets and rooms that were stuffed with antique furniture, tapestries and paintings. It wasn't constructed to be conducive for a museum, therefore, a large amount of renovation was needed to bring it up to par. The smaller rooms would be combined to make bigger ones so that they could hold the wonderful exhibits and displays that are shown here. The changes may have affected the true value of this great historical house, from its most prolific period in the 1950s and 1960s, but it was a veritable pioneer of the natural sciences, with hundreds of taxidermies animals in unique dioramas, and able to showcase various presentations and classes in taxidermy. Through the years, this marvelous collection has been given to bigger facilities that could take care of these stuffed animals much better. In 1948, the museum association was given to the city and in 2005, the deed would be incorporated into the Union Station Kansas City Inc., the organization that handles the Union Station historical facility.

• National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
  The National World War I Museum is the nation's official museum devoted to WWI, that has been designated by the Congress, and opening in December, 2006. It is housed in a subterranean structure that enormously increased the size and space of the previous buildings that are still located on the main deck of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. The museum tells the story of that horrific war and the related events that happened around the world, from before 1914 and to the armistice that was signed in 1918, and the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Visitors are welcomed to the museum by crossing a glass bridge that spans across a glorious field of 9000 poppies, every flower representing a thousand dead soldiers. Inside are two theaters, a 20,000 square foot research center and library, museum store, multi-purpose conference room, and displays with period relics like guns, maps, a tank, uniforms ad photographs of the main forces. The final group of galleries showcase the military and civilian contributions to the war and President Woodrow Wilson's attempts at peace. The museum occasionally hosts authors, films about the war and prominent guest lecturers. There is a spectacular frieze outside that tells of the progress from war to peace that is 148 feet long and 18 feet tall. The museum has many interactive areas that will allow you to view various aspects of the war, like the Portrait Wall, an interactive video wall that lets you learn about those involved in the war, interactive table that lets you make your own propaganda posters, then email them and so much more. The guardian spirits is a stone sculpture that has four figures that represent courage, honor, patriotism and spirit. There is a 20,000 square foot research library, 1200 propaganda posters that tell how to recruit men, get money, walk of honor, over there cafe with music from that period and food likewise, Horizon Theater that shows many films about the horrors of the war and the people involved; and the question "Why Did American Enter the War?"

• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
  The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was started in 1990 by a group of former players, that included the Kansas City Monarchs outfielder, Alfred Surratt; in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved from a single room to a 2,000 square foot space in 1994. The museum grew in leaps and bounds, moving into a bigger space in 1997, to a purpose built structure that was five times as big as it was. It sits in the 18th and Vine district of Kansas City that held the cultural activity in the city during the first half of the 20th century and is the center of that area today, with the American Jazz Museum also housed inside the new structure. The museum has a chronological chart that shows the progress of the Negro Leagues using placards and interactive displays that inform visitors of all the history that was involved in this great adventure. The walls are completely lined with pictures of players, officials and owners of the league from the Negro National League of 1920 to the Negro American League that continued to 1960. Moving forward through the museum, you also move forward through time and events in the league's progress. Lockers have been set up with the names of the legends of the Negro leagues, with gloves, cleats, game-worn uniforms and numerous relics from the stars and legends of the league like Josh Gibson, the black "Babe Ruth". The most prominent and impressive part of the museum is the Field of Legends, that is at the end of the tour, and hidden behind chicken wire. There, you walk onto a field of almost life sized bronze statues of 12 figures from the league's history. Behind the plate is Gibson, one of the best hitters of all time, actually believed to have hit more than 80 home runs in a season. First baseman is baseball Hall of Famer, Buck Leonard, teammate of Gibson on the Homestead Grays; second baseman is Ray Dandridge, then hot spot Pop Lloyd, third baseman is Judy Johnson and in the outfield is Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston and Leon Day. The pitcher is of course, maybe the best known of all time, Satchel Paige; coming into the Major Leagues at the age of 42, as a rookie. Batter is Martin Dihigo, the only ballplayer that is in the Hall of Fame in three countries, Cuba, Mexico and the US. Rube Foster, the man that started it all and Buck O'Neil, another Kansas City Monarch and member of the museum's board until he passed away in 2006.

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• Gangster Tour
  The Gangster Tour in Kansas City, Missouri is a fantastic trip to yesteryear when the gangsters ruled the streets and speakeasies of the city. This tour will showcase the Pendergast period from 1920 to 1945 with many gangster TV spots shown to highlight the lives these people had and the lives that they affected during their tight reign. There are historical film footage and photographs that show how these criminals looked and the outrageous lifestyles that they had. Guest will learn about the Pendergast Machine that controlled the politics of the city that kept them out of jail and the aloof posturing that they enjoyed for so long. The tour will feature infamous crimes like the Union Station massacre; the places where speakeasies were hidden as well as the gambling halls and how it was possible to have liquor flowing just like it did before and after the prohibition days. You'll see where these gangsters lived and where their crime bosses did their business, the places where the worst turf wars were committed and the messages that were spoken then and now are just historical rhetoric; like an "offer you can't refuse". The Pendergast Machine was a combination of Irishmen that went back to the late 19th century, when Tom's older brother, Jim, was the alderman of the first ward; that included Little Italy. In Jim Pendergast's era, the city's Little Italy was crowded with all kinds of Italians, but mostly Sicilians, and it was an extremely insulated ghetto where the Black Hand ruled with impunity; owed mostly to the area's strict adherence to the Omerta, or code of silence. The Kansas City Star had discovered a small hole in the code and first printed the frightening word "mafia" in an article from 1897. During the early 20th century, there were numerous murders that caused the KC police department to create a special position for agent Joseph Raimo, who went into Little Italy to see what he could find out about this undercover group. Joe was there only a little while before he was shot to death walking his beat; and then was replaced by another Italian officer named Louis Olivero. His house would be bombed and the violent acts continued on without any signs of abating. In 1919, Paul Catanzaro killed a young boy named Frank Carramusa, whose father, a fruit peddler, wasn't able to scrap enough money to pay the Black Hand what they said was owed them. Catanzaro was caught and almost beat to death by the neighbors, and was saved only by the arrival of officer Olivero. He went to trial but because of omerta, he would go free. Something strange happened later on that may or may not have involved fate, as Carramusa joined the mafia and then became brothers in blood with Catanzaro. Years later, Carramusa testified against his fellow gangsters about a case that involved heroin and an international conspiracy between St. Louis, Kansas City and Tampa families. It would become a historic case as Harry Anslinger, chief of the Bureau of Narcotics, gave hard evidence that a highly organized national network of crime was going on and it was headed by Sicilian Americans. As Carramusa testified in the trial, Catanzaro, the man that murdered his son a quarter of a century before, gave him the evil eye and the devil's horn death sign. Sometime later, killers would find Carramusa in Chicago and blow his head off with a shotgun.

•  Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site
  Thomas Hart Benton's life can be seen reflected in his paintings and his house on Belleview Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a famous sculptor, writer, lecturer and painter that had a marvelous gift for interpreting life in his own unique way that has inspired others. One of his most famous murals is seen at the House Lounge in the state capitol and is called, "A Social History of the State of Missouri. Thomas was born in Neosho, Missouri in 1889 and moved to Kansas City in 1935, after he had received instruction in the arts in Paris and Chicago, as well as serving the navy for a short time and teaching in New York City. The two and a half story, late Victorian house was built of native quarried limestone and inside are the simple furnishings that he enjoyed, although the neutral colors of the furniture would be quite a contrast to the magnificent paintings that he created. Many of his paintings and sculptures are still found in the house. Thomas transformed half of his carriage house into a studio, that stands as he left it, with coffee cans stuffed with brushes, stretched canvas ready to do his bidding and many paints. Thomas passed away, working in his studio in 1975, doing what he loved to do, paint American scenes. The site was started in 1977 and tours are available to visit the house of this master painter. When he was 17, he started attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, hoping to become a newspaper cartoonist, but instead found a love and desire for painting. He went to Paris to fine tune his talents and discover his niche, but had to return when his money was running low. He came back to New York to struggle as an artist trying to make ends meet; and in 1918, entered the navy. He was sent to Norfolk, Virginia and his duties involved making sketches and drawings of the things around the base, like the ships and other equipment. With plenty of free time on his hands, it wasn't long before he was doing the same for himself. He would head back to New York, showing many of his works and getting some attention. In 1922, he married Rita Piacenza, while teaching art classes for a neighborhood association, where she had been a student. They would have a son, Thomas Piacenza or P.T. for short in 1926, and Rita became his manager and a wonderful force behind his work and success. In 1935, he was offered a mural commission and teaching position in Missouri; with the mural to be entitled, "The Social History of Missouri". He would be teaching at the Kansas City Art Institute and with his growing dislike of the art scene in New York, he took it and left. In 1939, they moved into this house and sometime later in the same year had a daughter, Jessie. They continued to live here and raise their children and produce many great works of art. He had finished his dinner and told Rita he was going to his studio to look over his work and while there had a heart attack and passed away. He was 85. Rita, taking the loss hard, after their lives together for 53 years, soon left this life to join him just 10 weeks later.

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Local Restaurants in Kansas City

J. Gilbert's J. Gilbert's is one of those places where you go for the best in food, atmosphere and service. Their prime aged, center-cut beef is cooked over an open wood-fired grill and paired with excellent sides that will melt in your mouth. The menu includes; appetizers; beef Carpaccio with parmesan garlic sauce, fried capers, bleu cheese cracker & baby greens; fried calamari with jalapenos, carrots, sweet n' sour, remoulade; smoked chicken quesadilla with pineapple mango salsa, pico de gallo, cilantro lime & roasted red pepper sour cream. Starter soups & salads; Caesar salad with parmigiano reggiano, garlic croutons, asiago cheese crisp & anchovies; baby greens with sun dried cherries, pine nuts, parmigiano reggiano & balsamic vinaigrette; chicken tortilla soup or Maryland crab bisque. Wood-grilled steaks with chef's seasonal veggies and choice of: loader baked potato, poblano au gratin potatoes, white cheddar chipotle mashed potatoes or lobster mac n' cheese; center cut filet mignon 6 or 8 oz., top sirloin 10 oz., KC strip 12 or 16 oz., porterhouse 24 oz., bone-in ribeye "Cowboy cut" 18 oz. Seafood; grilled BBQ Atlantic salmon with smoked corn & black relish, chipotle corn butter sauce, pico de gallo & cilantro lime sour cream; seared Georges Bank scallops with lobster risotto, champagne beurre blanc; seafood combo is jumbo lump crab cake, salmon, bbq shrimp, white cheddar mashed potatoes & sautéed spinach. Entrees; braised boneless shortribs with oyster and shiitake mushrooms, baby carrots, pearl onions, white cheddar chipotle mashed potatoes, marsala pan jus & horseradish gremolata; pan roasted chicken with chive gnocchi, wild mushrooms, fennel, spinach, marsala and sage demi glace, balsamic glaze; grilled rack of New Zealand lamb with rosemary pan jus, parmesan-dill roasted potatoes, chef's seasonal veggies. Pierponts Quoted as being "absolutely the best steak and seafood in Kansas City", this culinary jewel of the city has the reputation to back it up. Menu is; starters; roasted scallops with dehydrated Nicoise olives, rosemary oil and garlic confit; P.E.I. mussels steamed in white wine with tomatoes and garlic; crispy fried calamari with spinach and smoked tomato-horseradish sauce; roasted veggie empanadas with poblano, red pepper, onion, forest mushrooms and goat cheese. Soups; blue crab & sweet corn bisque with crab meat, parsley oil and sweet red pepper or soup of the day. Salads; classic Caesar with creamy Caesar dressing, croutons and parmesan crisp; walnut & pear with baby greens, Maytag bleu cheese, red onion, candied walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette; Pierpont's salad with field greens, crispy root veggies, English cucumbers, grape tomatoes and roasted shallot vinaigrette. Premium steaks; filet mignon 7 or 10 oz., KC strip 12 or 16 oz., ribeye 12 or 16 oz. Entrees; lobster and scallops thermidor with asparagus and roasted garlic whipped potatoes; peppercorn dusted ahi tuna with jasmine rice, oyster mushrooms, celery root puree, wasabi cream and ponzu; roast Idaho trout with blue crab, roasted Yukon potatoes, asparagus and sherry cream; monkfish bouillabaisse with jumbo shrimp, mussels, chardonnay stewed tomatoes and garlic toast; eggplant & goat cheese lasagna with roasted red peppers, portabella mushrooms, spinach and citrus-tomato buerre blanc.

• Kansas City Zoo
  The Kansas City Zoological Park, also known as the Kansas City Zoo, is the 10th biggest zoo in the country and is located in Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri, and has been since 1909. It has a Friends of the Zoo program and was voted one of the nation's best zoos in 2008. It was named the number one zoo in the nation for African Animals and Exhibits, with the authors, Jon Wassner and Allen W. Nyhuis applauding the 95 acre Africa exhibit, which represents 5 nations, as "one of the most extensive collections of African animals they had ever seen". It is ranked in the top ten for Australian Animals and Exhibits, as well as for Pachyderms: Elephants, rhinos, hippos. The authors also re-quoted the famous ape expert, Jane Goodall's compliment that the Kansas City zoo contains one of the best chimp exhibits in North American. The America's best zoos of 2008, said the city's zoo is the number one in the country to view both kangaroos and chimpanzees. The zoo started in 1909, and sits on 202 acres that has become home to over 1300 animals, and sitting inside the Swope Park, which is the 29th biggest in the nation, has been separated into five different themed areas; KidZone, Africa, the Valley, Tiger Trail and Australia. All through the park, except in the Africa area, there are common peafowl that wander freely about, but in the Africa, they are helmeted guineafowl.  In the Africa area, it has been divided into 5 sections named; Tanzania, Botswana, Uganda, Kenya and the Congolese Rainforest. In Botswana the African elephants live, Kenya as cheetahs, lesser kudu, common eland, warthogs, rhim gazelle, waterbuck and rare Scimitar-horned oryx, saddle-billed stork, southern ground-hornbill, Marabou stork, lappet-faced vulture, vulturine guineafowl, Batelur eagle, aldabra tortoise, blue duiker, lilac-breasted roller, dik-dik and red-ruffed lemur. Tanzania has the African lion, black-footed cat, serval, bushbaby, rock hyrax, lovebirds, gold breasted waxbill, black rhino, chimpanzee, Grant's zebra, Masai giraffe, ostrich, slender-snouted crocodile, hippo, secretary bird, Kori bustard and bat-eared fox. Uganda has the African wild dog and guinea baboons; while the Congolese Rainforest has red-capped mangabey and black mangabey, African leopard, red river hog, western lowland gorilla, yellow-backed duiker, lowland bongo and African crowned crane. 

• Kaleidoscope
  Back in the 60s, Kansas City resident Don Hall had a really bright idea that would help children from all over become as creative as they wanted to or dreamed to be. He got some of his co-workers from Hallmark, and together would invent the most magical imagination machine of his day and called it kaleidoscope. It has welcomed millions of children from all across the world, came here to enjoy the wonderful opportunities that place had to offer. At Kaleidoscope, kids can create anything they can imagine, think of or dream of; using melted crayons, watercolor paints, markers, stars, zigs, hearts, zags, shiny papers, pretty ribbons and all kinds of material that Hallmark has discarded. This is the land of Oz that children from all over have followed Alice into and now has the most fantastic opportunity to discover the world of color, imagination and dreams. It has to be one of the most incredible places in the world, not just because it is free, which it is, but because of all the unbelievable things that kids can and will do while they visit. They offer art classes for folks of all ages and sizes, using the recycled materials that Hallmark doesn't use or need any longer, and each class is just 40 minutes, so you can go and explore other exciting places that encourage your kids or family to aspire, inspire and perspire to your heart's content. One of the sites, web sites that is is jacksonpollock.org; which you must go to and try it out. It is amazing, and your child will want to come here as often as you let them and they don't have to leave the house. It has made some great artists to be sure. Even if you don't live around Kansas City or the Kaleidoscope, be sure to try out jacksonpollock.org and you will be thanking those wonderful folks that made that page available for all the artistic dreamers out there in netherland and the great people like Don Hall that makes it possible for kids and big kids to try doing something artistic, even if they can't draw a line, never mind a straight one.

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• Hallmark Visitors Center
  The Hallmark Visitors Center takes you back to the early beginnings of the company in 1910, when J. C. Hall started his company, and the start of the world famous Hallmark greeting card company to the start of the Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments to the widely acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame television series, and even now, the Hallmark television channel. The center is located in Kansas City, Missouri and is free to everyone that enters this magical colorful exciting extravaganza of joy, amazement, bewilderment, dreams, and so much more. The center's interactive exhibits will delight you and your entire family, making this more than the ordinary tour, and a chance to encourage the artist or writer in your family to excel, to shoot out into the universe as a multi-colored cosmic star, or whatever they choose to become. The permanent exhibits will astound you as you journey into another world, one of colorful characters that have been created by Hallmark for your children's enjoyment and imaginations. You can take a virtual visit with many of their marvelous characters like hoops and yoyo, asteroid andy and the many other wonderful characters that can open your child's mind like never before. You can go through memory lane with all the old and new Hallmark commercials and view the 75 Emmy awards the company has stacked up; and talk to knowledgeable operators that will show you the magical production processes that create the beautiful Hallmark cards. You can learn about the special exhibits that take you to a world where you can learn about the art, words and people that make up Hallmark, and the ongoing changes that bring you and your family into another world, one that can change in the blink of an eye, or where you can journey into a colorful world of oddly shaped characters that will have you laughing forever or crying with joy over the many wonderful things and opportunities that await you just around the corner.

• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
  The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 with a nucleus collection from Bebe and R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection includes works from the 1913 Armory Show and those of the current day artists. Included in the permanent collection are works from; Kojo Griffin, Dale Chihuly, Jim Hodges, Arthur Dove, Wayne Thiebaud, Louise Bourgeois, Garry Winogrand, Andrew Wyeth, Robert Mapplethorpe, Fairfield Porter, Christian Boltanski, Georgia O'Keefe, Romare Bearden, Frank Stella and Lesley Dill. The unique structure that houses the collections was built during the period from 1992 to 1994, and designed by Gunnar Birkerts. It contains a big central atrium that sits under articulated skylights, with two wings spreading out from the main building like wings of a bird and the main gallery has the works from the permanent collection and those of special exhibitions. The side galleries have the temporary or rotating works, with a big room that holds the works on paper and crafts that are part of the permanent collections. In the Cafe Sebatienne, you can still enjoy the many works located there, as well as contemporary foods that will have you coming back often. The early collection held 100 works of art and today that has grown into over a 1000 that include all medias including; paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, works on paper and installations. The oldest work was done in 1913, and has works from every year after that.

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• American Jazz Museum
  As mentioned above, when speaking about the Negro Leagues Baseball museum, it is housed in the same building as the American Jazz Museum that preserves the history of American music that is called and known as jazz. It showcases exhibits about Duke Ellington, Louise Armstrong, Charlie Parker and others that brought this amazing sound to the forefront of the music scene many decades ago. Charlie Parker's saxophone is on display, along with numerous Down Beat awards, and the Blue Room is a completely functional jazz club and the Gem Theater across the street is a much bigger venue of the famous style of music. It took about ten years of planning to get the jazz museum to become a reality, but with the help of Congressman and former Kansas City mayor Emanuel Cleaver II and the city of Kansas City, both the jazz museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened in September of 1997. Since that simple opening, the jazz museum has hosted thousands of world-class jazz performances in the Blue Room and the Gem Theater across the street. It has shown many dozens of outstanding exhibits in the Changing Gallery and given a huge amount of classes and educational programs to the community and acquired a special artifact and film collection. They have jazz story telling, jazz listening parties, jazz poetry jams, stories from the vine, swing time and workshops and master classes available to everyone in the community. The John Baker Film Collection took another ten years to collate, inspect, restore and digitize the wonderful 16 mm and 35 mm film that is now ready for visitors to watch and enjoy as another venue that is offered by the museum.

• Sports
  The Kansas City Royals are the major league baseball team that calls this city its home, and they are part of the Central Division of the American League. They have been playing in Kauffman Stadium since 1973, and have played in two World Series, winning in 1985. The Royals name came from the American Royal, livestock show, horse show and rodeo that is held in Kansas City every year and has been since 1899. Some believe that it is respectful recognition of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League, that played here for decades until 1960. The similarity is seen in the logos that seem to almost match each other. It came into the American league in 1969, as an expansion team, and started by Ewing Kauffman, a local businessman. The franchise was started by the actions of Senator Stuart Symington, who said that the city should have another baseball team after the Athletics left and moved to Oakland, California.  The Royals went through some difficult times during their history, like winning three division titles in a row, only to lose each season to the New York Yankees; in 1976-1978. During the decade of the 1980s, there was the pine tar incident that had George Brett being called out after hitting a two run homer, but the ump found pine tar on his bat. It would take a while to get it all straightened out, but Brett got his homer and the team got the win. In 1985, however, the team seemed to be on a roll, although it was always coming from behind to win, which they did, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3, but they had to come from behind a 3-1 lead by the Cards. In 1993, the teams original owner, Ewing Kauffman died, and Wal-mart executive, David Glass would buy the team, but then mess it all up by trying to cut the budget, lowering the salaries of all players and not being able to get any top shelf players. In the new millennia, the team hit bottom in 2002, losing 100 games in a season, the first time in their franchise history. Of course manager Tony Muser was fired and Tony Pena was the next manager to try to turn the club around. He had a winning year, but still couldn't get past third place. In 2004, they seemed to be headed for the title, but fell apart and lost 104 games. As if that wasn't bad enough, they would get even worse, losing 106 games, and Tony Pena finally quit and was replaced by Buddy Bell. The next season, 2006, the club was looking for a turnaround, but again lost 100 games and became the 11th team in baseball history to lose three 100 loss seasons in a row. Baird, the GM was fired and Dayton Moore brought in to pump some new blood into the team. They didn't lose a 100 games that year, but still managed to be in last place when it was all done. In 2008, they would do better, but finishing in fourth isn't much good when you want the stands filled. In 2009, the team just couldn't get rolling, although they did have a great starter in Zack Greinke, who pitched a great year, with just a 2.16 ERA and won the Cy Young Award. Zack set a club record in a single game against the Cleveland Indians by striking out 15 batters. The team is looking for some retribution this year, and they could do it. We'll have to keep an eye on them because they are due for a big breakout. A well seasoned team with good management may be the ticket they have been looking for.

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