Wednesday, November 22

Substance abuse recovery
A substance abuse recovery meeting will take place at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at New Beginning Apostolic Church. Contact Frederick Wilson (816-786-1981) for more information.

Thursday, November 23

Mattie Rhodes Center health clinic
The Northeast location of the Mattie Rhodes Center (148 N. Topping) opens its evening health clinic, named La Clinica, every Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. No appointments needed, but care is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friday, November 24

Downtown Dazzle
At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, November 24, the holiday lights will be flicked on at Washington Square Park (Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard). The dazzling light installations at the park will turn on at the same time as the Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting in Crown Center. Area residents are invited to wander through Crown Center’s holiday light display before heading north to Washington Square Park. Lights will go on nightly through January 1, 2018.
Chair Fitness

The North-East Public Library Branch (6000 Wilson Rd.) will host a chair fitness class on Friday, November 24, beginning at 9:30 a.m. No matter what your limitations, you can still reap the physical, mental and emotional benefits of exercise. This class is designed to offer a total body workout. Cardio, strength and flexibility exercises are all performed from a seated position.

Saturday, November 25

Suiting Up: Tailored Menswear in KC, 1900-2017
The Kansas City Museum at the Historic Garment District Museum (800 Broadway) has opened a new exhibit focusing on historical menswear. The Suiting Up: Tailored Menswear in Kansas City, 1900-2017 exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays until February 24. The exhibit explores the history and evolution of tailored menswear in Kansas City from the 20th century to the present, and highlights some of Kansas City’s gentlemen of style throughout the last century. The cost to view the special exhibit is $5.

Monday, November 27

Stay strong, stay healthy
Start on the road to better health with Stay Strong, Stay Healthy, an 8-week strength training program at the North-East Public Library being offered by MU Extension. These simple, strength-building exercises will improve balance, health and state of mind. This program is designed for adults over age 60, and it began on October 30. Classes run from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. For more information call North East Public Library 816-701-3485.

Sheffield Neighborhood Association Meeting
The next meeting of the Sheffield Neighborhood Association will be on Monday, November 27, beginning at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church (1029 Bennington).

Scarritt Renaissance block watch canvassing
Join Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association leaders on Monday, November 27 at 2 p.m. to canvass the neighborhood with KCPD officers. Volunteers will meet at the intersection of Roberts and Benton, and will canvass the neighborhood for one to two hours to ask neighbors to join the block watch, talk about the importance of calling 911, and sharing information about crime prevention. To volunteer, call 207.619.0773. If you can’t make it on November 27, you can RSVP for a second canvassing event on Saturday, December 9.

Tuesday, November 28

Graphic Novel Book Club
Head out to the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library for story time on Tuesday, November 28, from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Join the library each Tuesday on the Children’s floor for stories, crafts and a lot of imagination. Graphic novel fans (ages 7-15) enjoy meeting up with each other to talk about books, as well as to get first hand illustrative instruction on how to create, design and illustrate your own comics. Parking is free.

Upcoming

The EGG pop-up business incubator holiday showcase
Are you interested in selling your art, product or service this holiday season? The Northeast Kansas City Chamber or Commerce will host a pre-holiday showcase this December for new and creative businesses. The Chamber’s EGG pop-up business incubator will open in three-day weekend bursts before Christmas (December 3-5, December 8-10, December 15-17), from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Participants in the Artist Holiday showcase just need to collect Sales Tax and help promote the group showings. Located at 2659 Independence Boulevard, this group POP-UP has a 30 ft. x 30 ft. community gallery space accommodating up to six vendors, with four private lockable Suites of approximately 10 ft. x 10 ft. each. The cost for one of these pre-holiday three-day weekends is $50 during the month of December.
For more information about the EGG, contact Events Director Rebecca Koop at:
nekcchamber@aol.com or 816-231-3312 ext 100.

Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Meeting
The next meeting of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association will be on Monday, December 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Museum (3218 Gladstone).