June 2010 Downtown Shareholders Newsletter

Downtown Shareholders June Newsletter

June 2010

The 2nd Annual Downtown KCK June Fest (held in conjunction with our Second Friday Art Walk) is right around the corner!! Minnesota Avenue will be closed to create a pedestrian-friendly street festival atmosphere connecting the various art gallery locations together. Two stages of live music, food & drink, art vendors, street performers and kids activities will be set up along Minnesota Avenue from 6th to 8th Streets.

Click on the links below to sample a little of our bands!!

Ernest James Zydeco

Makuza

Hearts of Darkness

St. Paradise Steel Band

Bobby Adams Trio

Bring your friends and family! We had over 2,500 attendees last year....And this year is going to be even better!!

Email Beth Holtwick at beth@downtownkck.org if you have questions or are interested in being a volunteer!!

KCK Second Friday Art Walk

Friday, June 11, 2010
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

El Camino Real - 903 N. 7th Street
Always open for Art Walk Visitors

913-342-4333

Imago Dei Arts Center
Granada Theatre, 10th & Minnesota Ave.

Spiritual Journey
Erlene Flowers
June 8 - July 3

Opening Reception from 5-7pm, June 11

www.imagodeiarts.org

913-233-0266

Kaw Valley Arts and Humanities - 756 Armstrong
Joanne Schiller, Painter

Kansas Sampler, Including the Spurned Commission Too ? for Westport
Alexis Hejna
Opening Reception from 5-8pm, June 11
Joe Bussell and Roger Cissner will be available to speak about their exhibit

kariotisc@kvarts.org
913-371-0024

KCK Main Library - 625 Minnesota Avenue

Artwork from the Permanent Collection of the KCK Main Public Library
www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/FINEARTS

913-551-3280

Lucky's at 7th Street Casino - 7th & Ann
Always open for Art Walk Visitors
A great supporter of the KCK Arts
913-371-3500

Pressroom Studios - 750 Armstrong
Special Exhibit and Opening of Pressroom Artist Ada Shakir Mahmud
Pressroom doors will be open for public observation.
Studios of Darrell Trubey, George Morris, Michael Brantley, Jose Faus, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Ada Shakir Mahmud, Jennifer Wagner & Carol Kariotis.

Call 913-371-5200, Evelyn Hudson, for information about Pressroom Studio Rental.

www.pressroomstudios.com

Red Door Studios - 738 Armstrong Suite 200

913-909-5408

www.lacey-lewis.com

Tomasic and Rehorn - 419 N. 6th Street
John Lamberton, Photographer
Spacial Studies
Attendees will be given 3-D glasses to view the exhibit
www.tomasicrehorn.com
913-371-5750

Town House Gallery - 1021 N 7th St.
Call Pat Jordan at 816.645.1052 for private showings. Available for special events at no charge for community groups and organizations.

Wheat State Pizza - 612 N. 5th Street
Spring Art Show
Wyandot Art Association
Special Discounts

strawberryhillpizza@yahoo.com

913-281-9000

YWCA 6th Street Gallery - 1017 N. 6th Street
www.ywca.org/kansascity

913-371-1105

Fat Matt 's Vortex - 411 N 6th Street
After Art Walk Party
Call 913-321-2410 for more information

** Note: The venues in RED are restaurants that may have specials or

Art Walk related events.

Feelin' HOT, HOT, HOT...

The weather's getting HOT and outdoor activities are picking up. As you're out in the heat, make sure you drink plenty of fluids and don't over do it. If someone you love, however, goes too far in this heat, do you know how to respond??

Know what to do in an emergency!! Attend FREE CPR Classes and Disaster Preparedness training throughout 2010.

NEXT CLASS - June 29!

As a benefit of working (or living) Downtown, employees (including your families) and residents are encouraged to take these classes. Training sessions will be held once a month at the YWCA, 1017 N. 6th Street, KCK. Lunch is provided for all classes. Please register by the Thursday before each class by contacting the American Red Cross at 913/321-6314. Certification provided upon completion of the CPR training and is valid for one year.

Theatrix Fashion Show!

A combination of theatre costumes, music, and fun, Theatrix is a fundraiser for the Alcott Arts Center with some style! Come support a good cause and have fun while you do it.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door for a night of food, fun, and fashion. There's no business like show business: see costumes in a new way with this fashion show.

This fashion show will be brought to life by local models showing off the numerous costumes from Have Guns will Rent, a local Kansas City Kansas costume shop extraordinaire.

7:30 pm
June 18th
Alcott Arts Center
180 S. 18th Street
Kansas City, Kansas

For more information, call (913) 233-2787 or visit them online at www.alcottartscenter.org.

Garage Sale Mania!

2 BIG CHANCES TO SAVE!

The Annual Historic Westheight Neighborhood Garage Sale is Saturday, June 19th from 8am-4pm with a "preview" Friday the 18th. Maps may be picked up at each yard sale that will include all the homes participating as well as items being sold at each house. This annual event is one of several promoting and supporting the Historic Westheight Neighborhood Association. The Association is proud to be a Contributing Member partnering with Downtown Shareholders to provide a safe, clean and sustainable downtown.

The AYS Garage Sale Benefit, hosted by Board Chair Stephanie Spilker, is the weekend of June 18th through June 20th. All proceeds go directly to AYS and the 4,500 youth they serve annually. Consider donating your gently used goods to AYS' garage sale. For more information, please contact Matt Insco at (913) 831-2820 or minsco@aysusa.org.

Community Garden gets Face-Lift!

The members of the Kansas City, KS Community College's Economics Club believe in community outreach and have overseen a downtown community garden known as Strawberry Fields Community Garden (loacated at 419 N. 7th Street). As a group effort, several improvements have been made to the garden recently. KCKCC Technical Educational Center's Dean, Hasan Naima, stepped up to the plate and assisted the students in getting their first delivery of organic dirt to the garden. The Economics Club also purchased lumber and built new raised beds. Miller Sign Company freshened up their sign that had faded over the last four seasons. Carole Diehl of Strawberry Hill Homeowner's Association purchased fencing and Jack Capehart's YouthBuild K.C.K. installed new fencing. Great community building! Please go by and see how beautiful the space looks.

Art Classes For Everyone

Red Door Studios is announcing their schedule of classes and week-long intensives this summer for kids 8-12 and teens. Classes are limited to 6-8 students per class, so sign up early if you can!

All classes take place at Red Door Studios, 738 Armstrong in KCK. All materials are provided! Sign up by emailing Lacey Lewis at lacey@lacey-lewis.com or by going to http://classes.lacey-lewis.com and paying via PayPal.

Weekly Classes:

Drawing Session 2 - Ages 8-12
Mondays, 10am - 12pm 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2 (4 Weeks)
$120/student includes all materials
Students will move from line drawing to shading and value. A strong focus will be on getting correct proportions before moving onto shading, and light logic will be taught as students move into charcoal drawing on toned papers.
Registration deadline: 7/2/2010

Beginning Painting - Teens
Thursdays 10am - 12pm 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5 (6 Weeks)
$250/student includes all materials
Students will start with a simple, monochromatic painting to warm-up to the mechanics of a fluid medium before exploring color theory, color mixing, and color schemes. Early work will be done from photographs provided, while later paintings will be done from arrangements made by the individual students.
Registration deadline: 6/21/2010

Special Intensives for Teens:

People/Faces Intensive - Teens
Monday through Friday 1-3pm 7/12 - 7/16
$150/student includes all materials
Proportions of the head and face will be covered as we also dive in to the characteristics of the individual features themselves. Understand the underlying structure of the face and features, and learn how to draw and shade them in a realistic way. We will work from photos, historical drawings, and life.
Registration deadline: 7/2/2010

Drawing from Life Intensive - Teens
Monday through Friday 1-3pm 7/26 - 7/30
$150/student includes all materials
If you can learn how to draw what you are looking at, you can draw anything! This class will focus on how to accurately portray anything that lay before you, from a still life to a landscape to a building to a person.
Registration deadline: 7/16/2010

Activities at Alcott Arts!

Art Classes

Judy Boyer Finnegan is an accomplished Artist wanting to give back and to help people learn through the Alcott Arts Center. Reserve your space now! classes@alcottartscenter.org or 913.233.2787

Painting Like the Masters- Beginning Painting
Ages 9-15
Tuesdays, June 15 - July 13
10am - 11:30am
$68

Kandinsky, Picasso, Ruysch and others... learn about these Master Painters while painting like them. This class teaches the student about the artist behind the work and emphasizes individual expression with the paint and a brush. Tempera paints and or acrylics will be used.

Handbuilding in Clay - all levels
Ages 8-14
Tuesdays, June 15 - July 13
1pm - 2:30 pm
$75

Pinch, roll and press your way to great works of art! In this class students will make functional work and well as artistic non-functional art pieces. Fee includes clay, glazes and firings.

Linoleum Print Workshop
Ages 16+
Friday, June 18
10am - 1pm
$38

Learn to carve your own rubber stamps or linoleum for art projects. Students will make two stamps using various cutting tools. We will then learn to apply ink and transfer the images to paper for making cards or framed art. Students are encouraged to bring any lino or woodcut tools he/she may have. All supplies are included in class fee.

180 S. 18th Street
913.233.2787
www.alcottartscenter.org
aaexpo@alcottartscenter.org
Alcott is not ADA Accessible, yet.

New Homes in Bethany!

CHWC has the first of twenty (20) newly constructed homes available for Lease-to-Purchase. All homes are located in the Bethany Neighborhood, near downtown KCK, and are part of their "House to Home" program. This exciting program allows families the opportunity to work towards home ownership while living in an affordable, newly constructed, and Energy Star certified home.

Multiple floor plans are available. All homes have 3 bedrooms, 2 or 2.5 bathrooms and a 2 car garage. Contact Betty Johnson at 913.342.7580 for more information.

More Art Classes!

Tuesday's and Thursday's in June and July!

Community Housing of Wyandotte County is happy to announce the following classes for youth ages 7 and up. Four classes for just $10.

June - Tuesdays starting June 15th
Renown local artist Lacy Lewis presents "Drawing Basics". A 4 week class exploring line and shape. Classes 9-10am.

June - Thursdays starting June 17th
Photographer Steve Curtis offers his class "Visual Expression". A discovery of self a visual tour of daily life.

July - Tuesdays starting July 13th
Writer, Lecturer and Lewis & Clark scholar Rolland Love presents "A Creative writing, journalizing and storytelling" class.

July - Thursdays starting July 15th
Neighborhood artist Antonette Nicotera brings "The colors of the rainbow" to this watercolor class on color theory.

This is a great opportunity for young people to learn from professional artists. Call today to enroll at 913-342-7580.

EMT is the Life for Me!

Learn about becoming an Emergency Medical Technician with a guest speaker from Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Tuesday, June 22
6:30 - 7:30 pm
KCK Library
625 Minnesota Ave.
(second floor auditorium)

This presentations are free to the public. Please RSVP in advance to Curt Friehs, Business Librarian 913-279-2064

Make a difference in your community.

Be a part of Revitalizing Downtown.

Join Now!

Membership benefits and information available online at
www.downtownkck.org

Downtown KCK Calendar

Tuesday, June 8
Uncle Sam's Academy Cookout
Dole Federal Courthouse
11am - 1pm

Friday, June 11
Kiwanis Pancake Day
YWCA
11am - 2pm

Friday, June 11
Downtown KCK June Fest
Between 6th & 8th Streets on Minnesota
4 - 9 pm

Friday, June 11
2nd Friday Art Walk
5 - 8 pm

Saturday, June 12
Paranormal Investigation
Memorial Hall
8 pm

Friday, June 18
Theatrix Fashion Show
Alcott Arts Center
7:30 pm

Tuesday, June 22
Learn to be an EMT
KCK Library
6:30 - 7:30 pm

Tuesday, June 29
FREE CPR & Disaster Preparedness Class
YWCA
1017 N. 6th Street
8:30am - Noon / 1:30 - 4 pm

Wednesday, June 30
First Aid Training
American Red Cross
1600 Washington Blvd
9am - Noon
pre-registration required

Featured Business

"KCK Greenmarket"

It's that delicious time of year again... the KCK Greenmarket's first day of the 2010 season is Wednesday June 2, 8am to sell out (typically around 1pm). The market is also open on Saturday from 9am to sell out. The market is located in the parking lot on 6th Street between Tauromee and Barnett.

There is also a Monday Greenmarket from 11:30am to 4:30pm at 3rd & Richmond.

The Greenmarket accepts most debit cards, KS Senior Vouchers and also doubles the SNAP benefits.

See you at the market!

"Pinocchio"

June 4, 5, 11 & 12 at 7pm
June 6 & 13 at 2pm
Taylor Whitt is directing Alcott's 2010 production of "Pinocchio" by Michele L. Vacca. "Produced by Special Arrangement with Classics on Stage! of Chicago." Pinocchio is a Classic lesson in honesty, being a true friend and staying on the right "path" in life.

$10 for adults
$6 for children 12 & under
$6 for Senior Citizens

For more information, call (913) 233-2787 or visit the Center online at www.alcottartscenter.org.

Uncle Sam's Academy for Tots Annual Cookout

Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Chips, Ice Cream and Drink
Only $6 per person!

Tuesday, June 8
11am - 1pm

Robert J. Dole Federal Courthouse
State Avenue Entrance

500 State Avenue

Proceeds benefit the tuition assistance program at Uncle Sam's Academy for Tots, the child care facility in the Robert J. Dole Federal Courthouse.

We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events at Memorial Hall

Jun 4, 7pm

Fiesta Memorial Hall:
Live Ranchera Music

Jun 5, 7pm
Metro Pro Wrestling

Jun 19, 8pm
Grupo Intocable

Jun 26, 7pm
Fiesta Memorial Hall:
Live Ranchera Music

Learn First Aid!
Learn the skills needed to prevent, recognize and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illness until advanced medical personnel arrive. Meets OSHA First Aid Guidelines.

9am - 12pm
June 30th
American Red Cross
1600 Washington Blvd
Fee $30

Pre-registration and payment required to AdoranteA@usa.redcross.org or 913-321-6314.

Pizza & Art!
(It doesn't get any better than that!)

Wyandot Art Association is having a group showing of artworks during the month of June at Wheat State Pizza. Coupons for discounts on pizza are available. Free admission.

Come in, have a pizza (the best in KCK) and enjoy the ambiance.

For more information, contact Betty Selbe at SelbeEnterprise@aol.com or 816-213-7708

PANCAKES!!
Help us kick off Downtown KCK's June Fest with the Kiwanis Club of KCK's Annual Pancake Day!!

Friday, June 11
11am - 2pm
YWCA
1017 N. 6th Street

Enjoy all the pancakes you can eat for only $6. Then come out and celebrate June Fest afterwards!

Cooked and Served by Chris Cakes.

Clean
& Safe

Program

Notice an area that needs cleaning, a person acting suspiciously, or just need an escort to your vehicle? Call an DID Ambassador. We're here to help you!

Cleaning: Call Ed at 913-371-0705

Security: Call James at 913-387-6331

Paranormal Investigation

The next investigation of Memorial Hall is June 12! If you are interested in the paranormal and wish to experience ghost activity this is the event for you! Guided by the PRI investigation team, the investigation begins at 8PM. This is not a cute family activity, but a serious investigation of the paranormal. Age limited to 16 and over. Order tickets online, limited seating.

Get Your
Very Own
KCK Banner

Tote!

Now's your chance to own your very own collectable KCK Banner tote. Made from the actual banners hanging in Downtown, these totes are great to carry notebooks, laptops, and a variety of other items around town. They make a fun and unique gift too!

$25.00 per Tote

Limited Quantities Available!

Call Beth at 913/371-0705 Today!