Your Kansas City virtual entertainment planner: A good cause and some live music
For five years, the Faith Always Wins Foundation has been the driving force behind SevenDays Make a Ripple, Change the World to promote kindness and interfaith dialogue.
Held each April near the anniversary of the 2014 hate-crime murders of three people outside Jewish facilities, the weeklong event will have a new look this year because of the COVID-19 crisis. It will take place April 21-27 as scheduled, but all events except one (a blood drive at the Community Blood Center) will be virtual. Also, the annual Kindness Walk scheduled for April 26 has been postponed.
Programs with the daily themes of Love, Discover, Others, Connect, You, Go and Onward will begin April 21 with a panel discussion on “Love They Neighbor.”
The public can participate at givesevendays.org.
Another upcoming virtual highlight is the second installment of Union Station’s Clocktail Concerts. Quixotic’s Sensatia Cabaret Band will perform live from Union Station at 7 p.m. April 18, and the concert will be free to watch at facebook.com/unionstationkcmo.
More things to do
Here are 10 more online ways you and your family can spend your coronavirus-induced stay at home time:
▪ Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art’s first virtual trivia night (with teams of 3-6 participants) in conjunction with “Blood, Sweat, and Tears” by Summer Wheat, 6 p.m. April 16 at facebook.com/kempermuseum
▪ Author Clifford Thompson discusses his book, “What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues,” 6:30 p.m. April 16 at kclibrary.org
▪ Britain’s National Theatre at Home free presentation of “Treasure Island,” 7 p.m. April 16 (available through April 23) at nationaltheatre.org.uk
▪ Samantha Fish Fridays, spotlighting one of Kansas City’s favorite singers, noon each Friday at facebook.com/events/1127335117658779
▪ The Woodneath Press of the Story Center at Mid-Continent Public Library release event for “Healing the Heart & Mind: The Therapist’s Workbook of Poetry” by Steve Daily, 6:30 p.m. April 21 at facebook.com/mystorycenter
▪ Sing, dance, play an instrument, read a poem, tell a story or do anything else artistic as part of Lawrence Ghost Light Performance Share, through May 17 at lawrenceartscenter.org
▪ View works from the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s annual Undergraduate College Student Exhibition at kansascityartistscoalition.org
▪ Videos of the winning entries (and honorable mentions) from the American Jazz Museum’s Charlie Parker Song Contest available at facebook.com/theblueroomkc
▪ Folk Alliance International database of live-stream concerts at folkconference.org
▪ Explore manuscripts, photographs, film and other materials from the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Archive and Special Collections at dolearchives.ku.edu
