Pandemic or not, Great Car Show to draw crowds to Kansas City WWI Museum grounds
The Great Car Show, one of the first big events in Kansas City to proceed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, expects to draw hundreds of vehicles and thousands of visitors July 19 to the grounds of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.
Precautions will be taken: extra space for exhibitors to spread out, no shade tents or musical acts to reduce the number of gathering places, sanitation stations and 6-foot distance markers in high-traffic areas. Face masks are encouraged but not required since it’s all outdoors.
In addition to classic cars and vehicles of all types, there will be food trucks and vendors at the event, which benefits the WWI museum and the Kansas City Automotive Museum. Hours will be 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with admission $2-$5 ($12-$22 for a combo ticket for the car show and museum access). More information, thegreatcarshow.com.
Here are five more in-person activities to consider for the next week:
▪ Free live music will fill the KC Live! Block, with socially distanced patio seating for Craig Sheller (7 p.m. July 16), The Stone Cutters Union (8 p.m. July 17) and Mitch Prather (6 p.m. July 18 and 2 p.m. July 19). powerandlightdistrict.com/events.
▪ Godfrey, one of 32 comedians who competed in the first round of the new “Tournament of Laughs” – a competition TV show hosted by local boy Jason Sudeikis – will perform at 7 and 10 p.m. July 17-18 ($15) at the Kansas City Improv. improvkc.com.
▪ Authors of fiction and nonfiction will sign their books beginning at 1 p.m. July 18 at the Town Center Plaza Barnes & Noble store. On hand will be J. Scott MacMillan (“Be the Hero of Your Life”), Kim Colegrove (“Mindfulness for Warriors”), Tiffany W. Killoren (“Good Will”), Rachel Homard (“The Green Triangle”) and J.A. Jones (“Legend of the Lighthouse”). barnesandnoble.com.
▪ The International Pond and Garden Tour will take place 6-10 p.m. July 18 at Gradex Company in Peculiar. facebook.com.
▪ The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show at the Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown hotel will celebrate its reopening at 6 p.m. July 18 ($64.95). thedinnerdetective.com/kansas-city.
Here are five online ways you and your family can spend your coronavirus-induced stay-at-home time:
▪ The National Archives’ Young Learners Program will present “Meet Amelia Earhart” featuring Mary Ann Jung, actress and Smithsonian scholar, as the Atchison native and aviation legend, 11 a.m. July 16 (free, registration required) at archives.gov.
▪ Tommy Terrific will perform a magic show and teach kids about baseball legend Satchel Paige for the Mid-Continent Public Library’s “Satchel Paige and Negro League Baseball,” 2 p.m. July 17 at facebook.com/mcpl360. More information, mymcpl.org.
▪ Miranda Asebedo, author of “The Deepest Roots” and “A Constellation of Roses,” will discuss her writing process and answers questions via Zoom as part of the Johnson County Library’s YA Literary Council, 2 p.m. July 19 at jocolibrary.org.
▪ Author and historian Michael Neiberg will make a presentation commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Potsdam Conference, where President Harry S. Truman, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gathered to determine the fate of postwar Europe, 6 p.m. July 22 at us02web.zoom.us. More information, trumanlibraryinstitute.org.
▪ Mona Siegel, history professor at California State-Sacramento, will discuss the global history of the 19th Amendment in a National WWI Museum and Memorial event, 6:30 p.m. July 22 at theworldwar.org.
