Northeast News

Wednesday, January 20

Substance abuse recovery

A substance abuse recovery meetings will take place at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at New Beginning Apostolic Church. Contact Frederick Wilson (816-786-1981) for more information. The Kansas City Museum will be closed from January 17 to February 12 to install new exhibitions.

Kansas City Museum

The Kansas City Museum is closed until Friday, Feb. 12, while staff installs new exhibitions.

Thursday, January 21

Walk with ease

At 2 p.m. at the North-East Library, this course will teach participants how to walk and stretch safely, increase flexibility, and improve balance. Weekly incentives will be given to participants. Join to learn how walking can improve your fitness and help manage your arthritis pain.

ESL Class

Join the North-East Public Library at 10 a.m. to learn basic English skills: reading, writing, and conversation. No fee or books required.

Blue Valley Neighborhood Association meeting

The Blue Valley Neighborhood Association invites you to its monthly neighborhood meeting at 6 p.m. at the Guadalupe Centers, located at Truman and Hardesty. For more information, contact the office at 816-241-4848 or dale.bvna@hotmail.com.

Friday, January 22

Chair fitness

Join North-East Public Library at 9:30 a.m. for physical fitness. No matter what your limitations, maybe you can still reap the physical, mental and emotional benefits of exercise. This class is designed to give you a total body workout. Cardio, strength and flexibility exercises are all performed from a seated position.

Story time and craft

Join North-East Public Library for its weekly story time and craft at 9:30 a.m. Parents and kids will enjoy stories geared toward toddlers and pre-schoolers. Get ready for songs, tongue twisters and dramatic play.

Walk with ease

At 10:45 a.m. at the North-East Library, this course will teach participants how to walk and stretch safely, increase flexibility, and improve balance. Weekly incentives will be given to participants. Join to learn how walking can improve your fitness and help manage your arthritis pain.

Saturday, January 23

Computer Class

Sign up for a free e-mail account and follow along with this tutorial that teaches the ins and outs of sending and receiving email, as well as how to organize your messages. Class begins at 10:30 a.m. at the North-East Public Library, 6000 Wilson Rd.

Communiversity Spanish Class

Join the North-East Public Library at 10 a.m. to learn how to speak conversational Spanish.

Sunday, January 24

Chess club

Join the Kings Club Youth Chess Team at 10 a.m. every Sunday at New Beginning Apostolic Church, 200 N. Bales Ave. All kids 3rd-12th grades are welcome. Contact Gaston Woodland (816- 977-0470) for more information.

upcoming

Old House Expo

The Kansas City Museum is proud to sponsor the 2016 Old House Expo presented by the Historic Kansas City Foundation and the Young Preservationists, KC at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Enjoy a day packed with information, assistance, and networking–all about historic houses! Whether you are thinking of buying or already a homeowner, this event is for you. Join the conversation and help inspire residents to invest in rehabilitating and renovating historic homes. The Exhibition Hall and Education Sessions will be located in the Carriage House and Corinthian Hall with booths comprised of vendors, contractors, banks, architects, and other professional and nonprofit services. Historic Kansas City Foundation volunteers will also be manning a booth to assist with researching the history of your house! Get onsite help finding tax assessor photos, search online resources, and get other research tips. Historic Kansas City Foundation is also pleased to welcome Bernice Radle as the keynote speaker and happy hour host. She is the owner of Buffalove Development and co-host of the DIY TV show American Rehab: Buffalo. For more information about the Old House Expo and to purchase tickets, please visit Historic Kansas City Foundation.

Parents Night Out

Calling all PH parents! Are you ready for a night out? Take advantage of free child care, provided by your neighbors. Drop the kids off, enjoy some cocktails with other parents, then go hit the town. Or binge-watch Netflix. We don’t care, as long as you enjoy yourself. Scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13th. More details coming soon.