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Matt and Kim
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6 | T u e s day Election Day
Football: Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State Matt and Kim at Liberty Hall
1| T h u r s day
Rob Schneider at VooDoo Lounge
Snow Patrol
Pages & Chapters 5k
Snow Patrol and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the Midland Soiree D'etude at Fishtank Theater, in collaboration with the UMKC Theatre Department Rick Marschall, Theodore Roosevelt, Kansas City Plaza Library
2 | F r i day
4 | S u n day
7| W e dn e s day
Cameron Carpenter, Kauffman Center
John Corigliano Concert, White Recital Hall (Conservatory of Music)
Pianist Conrad Tao, Folly Theater
Il Trovatore, Lyric Opera
Basketball: Kansas State vs. Emporia State
Crown Center Ice Terrace opens Dan Deacon at the Granada
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The Cover of Life, UMKC Theatre, undergraduate production Next to Normal, She & Her Productions, River's Edge Theatre Jonathan Biss, Friends of Chamber Music, Folly Theater Curtains, the Barn Players
Miss Representation documentary screening, Glenwood Arts Theater
Basketball: Kansas vs. Washburn
Terry Beckenbaugh, Civil War Sesquicentennial: The Politics of War, Kansas City Central Library
Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, White Recital Hall
The Game's Afoot, with Marion Ross, New Theatre Restaurant
Ghost Tours of Kansas
U-Pick event, Labor Day Weekend
have been able to irrigate most of the fields
When: 8 p.m. September 22, October 13,
Drought? “We have about 900 apple trees,
throughout the summer. We still have our
When: Dusk–11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays,
October 27
and many of our apples are sunburned or
fingers crossed the heat has not done too
September 29–October 27
Where: Starts at the Eldridge Hotel, 701
have cooked on the trees,” says co-owner
much damage.”
Where: 29755 West 191st Street, in Gardner
Massachusetts, in Lawrence, 785-851-0856
Joan M. Shearer. Good apples or no apples,
KC Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze
Signature shock: Kansas Twister
Signature shock: You get two hours to
the orchard still offers hayrides to the or-
29755 West 191st Street, in Gardner
Ghost & Gangsters Tour at the Edge of Hell
slowly freak out over Lawrence’s reportedly
chard and the pumpkin patch, catch-and-
September 29–October 31 (hours and admis-
When: 6–9 p.m. Friday and Saturday
haunted spots. Tickets cost $17.
release fishing, picnicking, marshmallow
sion vary; check website)
roasts and duck feeding. For sale: apple
Drought? Maybe, but it’s not stopping this
cider, cider slushes, caramel apples, Dutch
pick-your-own patch from celebrating its
apple pies.
10th year with the T-Bones Corn Maze, the
Where: 1300 West 12th Street ers; this one’s a bus tour of KC landmarks
Pumpkin Patches, Orchards and Corn Mazes
where paranormal activity and organized
Wagon Wheel Orchard
A corn maze runs September 14–October 31.
Fall harvest events begin Labor Day weekend
Powell Pumpkin Patch
Spook-Tacular Haunted Barn and more.
crime intersect. Tickets: $30–$60.
15380 Edgerton Road, Gardner
Drought? What drought? “It was a little scary
and run through the end of October on Satur-
25695 Spring Valley Road, in Louisburg
Carolyn’s Country Cousins Pumpkin Patch
The Graveyard Run 5k and Kids Run
Through November 1
there,” says co-owner Shelly Schierman.
days and Sundays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
September 29–October 31, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.,
17607 Northeast 52nd Street, in Liberty
When: 9 a.m. Saturday, October 27
This family-owned, you-pick-it orchard
“We’re like, ‘Oh, the corn is 12 inches tall,’
Drought? The Red Barn says its apple crops
with a corn maze ($2–$4), hayrides, a nature
Daily, September 15–October 31.
Where: Elmwood Cemetery, 4900 East
grows almost 1,000 varieties of apples,
and then we got that 2-inch rain. It seems like
have done fine but will likely be picked out by
trail and pumpkin picking.
Drought? Well, it’s been a crop-killing sea-
Truman Road
pears, peaches, cherries and more.
ages ago. It grew, like, 4 feet in four days. So
early September.
Corn-maze admission is $4 for people aged
son, so it might be appropriate to get here
Signature shock: It’s in a graveyard.
Louisburg Cider Mill & Country Store
it’s nice and tall.”
Cider Hill Family Orchard
12 and older, $2 for those aged 6–11, and free
for the patch’s Dia de los Muertos celebration
Register at active.com ($25 advance, $30
14730 K68 Highway, Louisburg
Weston Red Barn Farm
3341 North 139th Street, in Kansas City,
for children 5 and younger.
(October 27 and 28).
race day, $5 off for Northeast residents).
Ciderfest: September 29–30, October 6–7
16300 Wilkerson Road, Weston
Kansas
Drought? Powell’s Katie York says: “We
Read a longer version of this list at pitch.com.
Signature shocks: More like shock absorb-
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KC Symphony: Love: It Takes Two, Kauffman Center
KC Fear Farm
Other Haunts
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