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Today

• Networking for Young Professionals | Wed., Aug. 10 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Buffalo State Pizza Co., 1815 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, MO | $5 | Network with KC Crew while enjoying specialty cocktails + a fun pizza-filled atmosphere. 🍕
• Sleigh Bells | Wed., Aug. 10 | 9 p.m. | The Truman | $30+ | This experimental pop group has been described as “combining sugary hooks with a loud, rhythmic crunch.” 🎶

Thursday

• The BBQ Trail: Boozin’ & BBQ’n Across America | Thurs., Aug. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | The Culinary Center of Kansas City, 7920 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, KS | $85 | Take a barbecue trip around the country with styles from Hawaiian, Memphis, and Alabama. 🍖
• Ron Funches | Thurs., Aug. 11-Sat., Aug. 13 | Times vary | The Comedy Club Of Kansas City, 1130 W. 103rd St., Kansas City, MO | $18+ | The comedian, actor (remember him from “New Girl”?), and writer hits the KC stage for five performances. 🎤

Friday

• Incubus | Fri., Aug. 12 | 7 p.m. | Azura Amphitheater, 633 N. 130 St., Bonner Springs, KS | $31+ | Special guests include Sublime with ROME. 🎸
• KC Sunflower Fest |  Fri., Aug. 12-Sun., Aug. 28 | 4-9 p.m. | KC Pumpkin Patch, 13875 S. Gardner Rd., Olathe, KS | $12+ | Celebrate the changing seasons with gorgeous sunflowers + tons of outdoor attractions. 🌻

We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.

For tickets to local and regional events, check out our 6AM Tickets resale marketplace.*

DRINK

Put back in what you’re sweatin’ out 💦 

LMNT is a healthy addition to every lifestyle. | Photo provided by LMNT

To perform at your mental + physical best every day, proper hydration is key. Unfortunately, most electrolyte drinks are loaded with sugar and artificial ingredients (read: stuff you don’t want in your body). 

Enter: LMNT, a drink that replaces essential electrolytes without sugar, coloring, gluten, artificial ingredients or other junk. LMNT tastes great, too — you can even use it as a cocktail mixer. (Hello, weekend hydration.)

Bonus: Kansas Citians get a free gift with their purchase.*

NEWS NOTES

Weather

• 87º | Sunny | 20% chance of rain ☀️

Open

• Andy’s Frozen Custard is churning up a new location — at 7781 W. 159th St., Overland Park, KS. The new spot, one of the first shops to open at BluHawk, starts serving its sweets today at 11 a.m. along with the debut of a new menu item: caramel apples. 🍦

Development

• Construction for an Urban Outfitters distribution center — 118th Street + State Avenue in KCK — is ahead of schedule and slated to begin operations in June 2023. The 880,254-sqft building will cost $403 million + Kansas will pay the company $5 million for supporting 985 full-time and 739 part-time jobs upon completion. 🏢 (Kansas City Business Journal)
• The City of Independence announced that Dutch Bros Coffee is brewing up a new location — 4131 S. Little Blue Parkway — and the former Joe’s Crab Shack building — 20001 E. Jackson Dr. — is being remodeled to accommodate Paramount Health and a future tenant. The city did not specify finish dates for the projects.

Coming Soon

• Ting’s Filipino Bistro has moved its City Market soft opening to Tues., Aug. 16 from 4-8 p.m. to coordinate celebrations with 816 Day. Plan to head over — to 405 Main St. — for Filipino food, music, and cultural celebrations. 🎉

Traffic

• Heads up, Union Hill area drivers. KC Streetcar announced that Warwick Trafficway is closed until Mon., Aug 15 to accommodate streetcar track work. It’s recommended that you use Grand Boulevard as a detour this week. All businesses will remain open during construction. 🚆 

Civic

• Officials approved enhancements to the Johnson County Square in downtown Olathe. The ~$2 million project will add a multipurpose platform, a Memorial Plaza, an art garden play area + tree grove seating. The county also plans to relocate six existing historical structures to the square, like the Santa Fe Trail Monument from 1907. 🌳 (JoCoGov)

Sports 

• Sportico shared that the value of the Chiefs increased by 15% from last year, now valued at $3.54 billion. This ranks the Chiefs at 20th among NFL teams + the Chiefs, Royals, and Sporting KC have a combined value of $5.3 billion. 💰

Film

• The Linda Hall Library + Kansa City Public Library are teaming up to host The Science and Technology of the Birth of Motion Pictures on Wed., August 17 from 12-1 p.m.  Register to attend the event + discuss the topic with author and film producer Paul Fischer. 📽️

Learn 

• Buongiorno, Kansas City. Learning a new language can feel complicato (that’s Italian for “complicated”) but with Babbel, it doesn’t have to be. Their bite-size, ten-minute lessons are designed to fit your lifestyle, and right now, you can get 60% off your subscription. *

PETS

Save some money while saving a furry friend 

If you’ve been thinking about adopting a pet, this is your sign. 🐶 

Wayside Waifs shared that pet adoptions for the extended stay shelter pets (30+ days) will be half-priced through Sun., Aug 14. 

The nonprofit, no-kill pet adoption campus is open from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tues.-Fri., and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday + Sunday.

If you’re not ready to take on your own pet, we’ll throw you a bone with these ways you can help out Kansas City animal shelters. 🦴

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THE WRAP

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