BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.3//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:484@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261115T143000 DTSTAMP:20260924T152108Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/ride-the-drive-cliff-drive-by-pe dicab/ SUMMARY:Ride the Drive: Cliff Drive by Pedicab DESCRIPTION:Ride the Drive: Cliff Drive by Pedicab\nSelect Thursdays &\; Sundays\nThursdays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.\nSundays from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. \n$150 per pedicab (up to 6 riders max)\nClick here for dates and to purch ase\n\nHave you ever wanted to explore Cliff Drive with friends? Now’s y our chance! This fall\, The Museum of Kansas City is partnering with the K essler Park Conservancy and E-Z Pedicabs to offer guided pedicab tours alo ng historic Cliff Drive\, which is part of the Kansas City\, Missouri Park and Boulevard System.\n\nProceeds from ticket sales will benefit Kessler Park Conservancy.\n\nYour adventure begins and ends at The Museum of Kansa s City\, where you’ll check in before your ride and then set off to expe rience one of Kansas City’s most scenic and historic routes.\n\nYour Ped icab Experience\nBefore the trip\, each guest will receive a complimentary house soda or drip coffee to enjoy during the ride. Please check in 15 mi nutes before your scheduled tour at the admissions desk inside the Museum to get your complimentary drink.\n\nCruise the entire length of Cliff Driv e\, a scenic route regularly closed to motorized vehicles\, aboard a pedic ab. Along the way\, make select stops at historic points of interest\, inc luding the steps to Scarritt Point\, the Carl J. DiCapo Fountain\, the Cli mbing Wall\, and North Terrace Lake. At each stop\, enjoy a pre-recorded h istory lesson narrated by a Museum curator\, bringing the stories of Cliff Drive to life.\n\nAfter your ride\, stop by Elixir\, the Museum Soda Foun tain\, located Downstairs at Corinthian Hall\, where you’ll receive 10% off your purchase.\n\nAbout Cliff Drive\nLocated within George E. Kessler Park in Historic Northeast Kansas City\, Cliff Drive is part of the Kansas City\, Missouri Park and Boulevard System. On June 2\, 2000\, Cliff Drive was officially designated a State Scenic Byway—one of only five in Miss ouri at the time. The byway stretches approximately 4.27 miles from The Pa seo and Independence Avenue to Indian Mound on Gladstone Boulevard at Belm ont Boulevard.\n\nAbout the Kessler Park Conservancy\nThe Kessler Park Con servancy’s mission is to restore\, preserve\, and enhance the Kessler Pa rk\nsystem as a vital urban green space and recreational and cultural reso urce for the public’s enjoyment through education\, advocacy\, and publi c-private partnerships.\n\n\nphoto credit: Kansas City Public Library \n\ n\n\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:481@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T150000 DTSTAMP:20260812T190102Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/create-your-own-ofrenda-items-wi th-mattie-rhodes/ SUMMARY:Create Your Own Ofrenda Items with Mattie Rhodes DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 24\nCreate Your Own Ofrenda Items with Matti e Rhodes\n1:00 to 3:00 p.m.\n$15 per person | Space is limited\nClick here to purchase\n\nIn conjunction with Connecting Cultures Across Kansas City : The Hand-in-Hand Folk Art Collection\, located on the Museum’s second floor\, join us for an afternoon exploring the history\, traditions\, and symbolism of Día de los Muertos.\n\nWith guidance from Mattie Rhodes Art Center\, create your own traditional ofrenda items\, including a colorful sugar skull\, tissue-paper marigolds\, and papel picado. While you create\ , enjoy Mexican hot chocolate and pan de Muerto provided by Luis Hernandez from Panaderia De Las Americas.\n\nWant to make your afternoon even more festive? Additional drinks\, including the Museum Margarita\, will be avai lable for purchase at Elixir\, located downstairs.\n\nCome celebrate Día de los Muertos through art\, tradition\, food\, and community!\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:487@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261025T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261025T160000 DTSTAMP:20261007T213409Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/pop-up-with-roots-kc/ SUMMARY:Pop Up with Roots KC DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, October 25\nPop Up with Roots KC\n1:00 to 4:00 p.m.\nF ree event | No tickets required\nOutdoor East Terrace\n\nJoin Roots KC\, a locally owned\, woman-owned plant shop\, for a hands-on mini succulent te rrarium bar on the Museum’s historic grounds.\n\nGuests can build their own custom terrarium using succulents\, soil\, and decorative elements\, w ith their team guiding you every step of the way. In addition to the terr arium experience\, they have a curated selection of tropical houseplants a nd pots available for purchase.\n\nRoots KC will also be offering on-site repotting services\, so you can leave with a fully styled plant ready for your space. This is a casual\, come-and-go experience designed for all ski ll levels with no plant knowledge needed.\n\nRoots KC has two Kansas City locations in the Westside and River Market neighborhoods\, and we’re exc ited to bring a piece of their shop to the Museum. Guests can also purchas e drinks from Elixir the Museum’s Soda Fountain and bring them outside t o enjoy.\n\nDid you know that Mr. Robert A. Long had both a greenhouse and plant conservatory on site back in 1910?\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:486@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261029T220000 DTSTAMP:20261002T135545Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/soft-clubbing-at-elixir-with-dj- hunni-bunni-7/ SUMMARY:soft clubbing at Elixir with DJ hunni bunni DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 29 \nsoft clubbing at Elixir with DJ hunni b unni\n6:00 to 10:00 p.m.\nFree Event | No tickets required\n\nJoin us for an evening of great music and good vibes as DJ hunni bunni spins vinyl rec ords while you sip on an Elixir\, espresso\, cocktail\, or even indulge in a scoop of Fairway Creamery ice cream. She will be spinning music from Di sco &\; Nu-disco music\, Soul\, Latin\, R&\;B\, Funk and Contemporar y House music.\n\nAfter 8:00 p.m. when the Museum closes\, slip in and out of Elixir through the side ramp gold door on the southwest corner of the Museum\, by the park…very speakeasy style!\n\nMeet DJ hunni bunni\nhunni bunni is kansas city's sweetest dj who's music is fun\, loud and unpreten tious. hunni loves groovy tunes\, international sounds and singing along w ith lyrics. sit back\, relax and enjoy the silky smooth sounds curated wit h intention for each audience\, moment and space.\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:485@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261031T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261031T143000 DTSTAMP:20260923T214303Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/the-stanza-room-featuring-jennif er-maritza-mccauley/ SUMMARY:The Stanza Room featuring Jennifer Maritza McCauley DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 31\nThe Stanza Room featuring Jennifer Marit za McCauley\n1:00 to 2:30 p.m.\nTickets Required: Pay What You Like*\nClic k here to purchase\n\nStep into The Stanza Room\, an intimate gathering wh ere poetry and fellowship come together. Presented as part of The Museum o f Kansas City’s Restorative Poetics Initiative\, this ongoing series cel ebrates the power of poetry to connect\, inspire\, and build community. Jo in us for an inspiring afternoon featuring acclaimed poet and UMKC Creativ e Writing Professor Jennifer Maritza McCauley.\n\nJennifer Maritza McCaule y is the author of the story collections Scar On / Scar Off\, When Tryin g to Return Home\, and Neon Steel as well as the poetry collection Kind s of Grace. Her work has been named a New York Times Editors’ Choice\; a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Year\; and a Must-Read by El le\, Latinx in Publishing\, Ms. Magazine\, and Southern Review of Books . Jennifer also serves as faculty at the Yale Writers’ Workshop.\n\nAfte rwards enjoy a glass of white wine\, cocktail\, mocktail\, House soda\, or espresso available for purchase from Elixir the Museum’s vintage-inspir ed soda fountain. Come for the poetry. Stay for the fellowship. Leave insp ired.\n\n*Pay What You Like means that a fee is required to attend this pr ogram\, but the amount you pay is at your discretion.\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:488@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261107T130000 DTSTAMP:20261014T182807Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/kansas-city-tweed-ride/ SUMMARY:Kansas City Tweed Ride DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 7\nKansas City Tweed Ride\n10:00 a.m. to 1: 00 p.m.\n\nThe Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association cordially invite s you to attend the revival of the Kansas City Tweed Ride! Please join us on Saturday\, November 7th\, 2026 for an afternoon of sophisticated social revelry upon the most marvelous machines ever devised.\n\nGather at the C olonnade for a frolic and merriment\, then ride with use along picturesque Cliff Drive and through the Pendleton Heights and Scarritt Renaissance Ne ighborhoods\, with a stop at the waterfall and concluding at The Museum of Kansas City. This ride is about style and elegance\, not exertion\; we’ ll take a leisurely\, family-friendly pace. Vintage\, antique\, or simply vintage-inspired costumes and decorations are encouraged\, but all bikes a nd riders are welcome. There’s just one rule: no spandex!\n\nThe Route\n \nOur 5 mile route will pass through two of the oldest and most historic n eighborhoods of turn-of-the-century Kansas City with regrouping locations allowing for fine refreshment. This ride is about style and elegance\, not exertion-- we will travel at a leisurely pace.\n\nMost of the route is ca r-free\, but there will be some portions in mixed traffic on quiet residen tial streets.\n\nThe Tweed Ride is for everyone that wants to come out. Wh ether you have tweedy clothes or bikes is not important. We'd love to have you join us regardless\, so just bring whatever bike you have and dress h owever you like. Let's ride bikes and have a good time\n\nTweed Ride Food\ n\nDon’t forget to pack a picnic! We will conclude our ride at the histo ric east lawn at The Museum of Kansas City for a refreshing pause\, live m usic\, and prizes. Bring a blanket and lunch.\n\nElixir\, located downstai rs will be open\, selling drinks to take to the lawn and offering a 10% di scount to all those donning their finest apparel. \n\nPlease do not bring any outside alcoholic beverages.  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:489@museumofkansascity.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T193000 DTSTAMP:20261019T213909Z URL:https://museumofkansascity.org/events/mexican-tin-ornament-holiday-wor kshop/ SUMMARY:Mexican Tin Ornament Holiday Workshop DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 10\nMexican Tin Ornament Holiday Workshop\n 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.\n$12 per person | Space is limited\nClick here to purcha se\n\nIn conjunction with Connecting Cultures Across Kansas City: The Hand -in-Hand Folk Art Collection\, located on the Museum’s second floor\, di scover the beauty of Mexican Tin Art (Hojalata) in this hands-on workshop inspired by one of Mexico’s most vibrant folk-art traditions.\n\nPartici pants will learn about the history and cultural significance of decorative tinwork\, an art form that has been practiced for generations to create o rnaments\, mirrors\, lanterns\, and festive decorations.\n\nUsing embossed metal techniques and traditional design elements\, attendees will create their own handcrafted tin ornament while exploring the role of folk art in preserving cultural heritage and community storytelling.\n\nThis workshop is perfect for the holiday season!\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR