Springfield, MO June 2024

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A Gentleman’s Impact

I just reread the book, Molder of Dreams by Guy Doud. He is a former national teacher of the year who, in his book, shares the impact teachers and coaches had on his life, and how, as a teacher himself, he got to be a molder of dreams for young minds. It’s a powerful reminder of the importance of mentors.

We need Molder of Dreams today more than ever. I was blessed to have a Young Life director in my life in high school, as well as a coach, who both challenged and encouraged me in being a man of character and faith. I’m 60 years old now, and still recall over 42 years ago these men’s impact on the trajectory of my life.

Who are the young people, starting with your own children, for whom you can be a molder of dreams? Who can you encourage, inspire, challenge and care for today and in the days to come?

I work with an organization called Young Life. Our focus is on adults entering the world of young people to offer them hope, encouragement and purpose through a relationship with our Creator. I’ve learned over 35 years of investing in youth and young adults, nothing substitutes the power of mentoring relationships, and these kind of relationships take time, consistency and sacrifice.

But oh, is it worth it!

I have authored a book recently called Pieces of the Puzzle. It is the story of a mentoring friendship developed between a young man whose broken pieces of his life have left him doubting his faith and the fairness of life. He meets an elder gentleman in the nursing home where his grandmother resides, and the two strike up a friendship. Again, the power of mentorship in the context of relationship is highlighted in this book.

Make a difference today. Mentor a younger person, or two. You don’t have to be perfect. Just BE there for them It will change lives, including your own!

GREG STONE, ASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR WITH YOUNG LIFE AND AUTHOR @SPRINGFIELDCITYLIFESTYLE

June 2024

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Donna King | donna.king@citylifestyle.com

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Patti Zielinski, Greg Stone, Cassie Dimmick

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We believe every young person deserves to hear God’s love

If you look at the numbers that describe Young Life, you’ll see a growing worldwide movement of volunteers and staff making a daily difference in the lives of middle, high school and college students. As we faithfully pursue the plans and strategies for Forward, we seek to increase our global impact through focusing on our four mission strategies of Deeper in Christ, Together, Innovation and Growth.

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Our commitment to unparalleled client service has earned us the reputation of being the most serviceintensive bank in Springfield.

We greet you by name. We listen and respond with a full range of banking products and services that truly fit your financial needs.

We answer our phones in person, rather than routing you through an unresponsive, automated system.

We will even arrange to meet with you after normal banking hours to discuss your specific needs.

We do this because we have your best interest in mind. We think it’s the only way to run a bank.

BELOVED BROADCASTER ETHAN FORHETZ: SERVING, COMMUNITY AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE

The Good News

ARTICLE BY PATTI ZIELINSKI | PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHOTOS BY KIMBER, IKENROTH PHOTOGRAPHY

Our goal is to feed one million kids by 2030.

Think you know KY3’s Ethan Forhetz?

The anchorman still has his secrets, like batting a thousand against major league pitching. In 2007, Forhetz, a lifelong Cardinals fan, attended fantasy camp in Jupiter, Florida, where he got to rub shoulders with a “Field of Dreams” lineup: Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Whitey Herzog and Bob Forsch, who was his team’s manager. “As a child, I watched Forsch pitch a no-hitter in Busch Stadium in 1983,” Forhetz says. “On the last day of camp, we got to play against the major leaguers. Joe Magrane was the pitcher, and when I had my at-bat, I roped the single right up the middle. So, I retired with a lifetime average of one-for-one.”

One could say Forhetz is also batting a thousand at life. The career newscaster experienced the full rollercoaster of paying dues and becoming a valuable asset at stations across the nation. He got his start at an NBC affiliate in Las Vegas—”The worst possible job in a newsroom: weekend overnight tape editor,” he says—after receiving his degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “I felt I was called to be on the air,” he says. “I offered to report for free.” From there, he worked his way up the ranks at stations in Tallahassee, Florida, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The Collinsville, Illinois native returned to Missouri in 2003, where he worked at KMOV-TV and KPLR 11 in St. Louis, which did not lead to long-term employment. “It was a very tough time, but was a blessing,” he recalls of his time unemployed. “My mother had early Alzheimer’s. I took her to see her mother for dinner each night. If I had been working out of state, I would not have spent that precious time with my mother and grandmother.”

Family is important to Forhetz. His mother stayed at home while his psychologist father supported the family. He credits his father’s approach to his career for his own work ethic.

When he was hired by KY3 in 2005 as a news anchor, the job proved life-changing beyond his career goals: It’s where he met his wife, Sara, a fellow anchor, and gave him the foundation for the rest of his life.

In his 15 years on-air at KY3, Forhetz says he feels honored to have covered the community’s triumphs and tragedies. A favorite memory was accompanying local World War II veterans on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.

“I love the people of the Ozarks. They feel like we are family, and we certainly feel that way about them,” he says.

The viewers are family, indeed. They have seen the couple get married and watched their three kids—Caroline, 15, Ainsley, 12, and Griffin, 11—grow up on Facebook.

Forhetz prides himself on leading by example. “It’s important to have a firm foundation, to know what you believe in and who you are, and to not be swayed,” he says.

Being a leader means being comfortable with yourself and always and willing to learn, he stresses, noting that young people should take the time to build a life, as he did, and not seek instant gratification. “They should pay their dues, look at where they want to go and make decisions along the way to get there. Springfield ended up being a destination, but I wouldn’t have guessed that at the start of my career. My goal was to be in a livable city where I could raise a family. That’s exactly what we found.”

I love the people of the Ozarks. They feel like we are family, and we certainly feel that way about them. “ ”

Sometimes, the decisions made are difficult—like when he and Sara independently realized they wanted to leave journalism to work for Convoy of Hope, the Springfield-based charitable organization that they covered and admired for years.

“We both loved what we were doing at KY3; leaving was not something we planned,” he says. “That’s where faith came in.”

Today, Forhetz is Vice President of Public Engagement/ National Spokesperson at Convoy of Hope, and Sara freelances for the organization while focusing on homeschooling and evangelical speaking.

“We feed more than 571,000 kids every school day around the world,” he says. “Our goal is to feed one million kids by 2030.”

But news did not stay out of the couple’s lives for long. About a year-and-a-half ago, they launched “Around the Ozarks” (aroundtheozarks.com), a short podcast that covers daily hyperlocal news every weekday morning. “We try to focus on the good news,” he notes.

Forhetz spends his free time chauffeuring his children to swim meets or soccer practice. You may run into this pizza-loving family at the Pizza House or at Arris’ Pizza. To burn off the carbs, they grab soccer balls and head to Glendale High School for a scrimmage.

“People are kind and say they’re happy about what we’re doing now,” Forhetz says. “We are grateful for the people who have adopted our family and made us feel so at home.”

“Find the things that you love. Take the stress out of food. Feed people because all they really care about is spending time with you. Bring joy back into the kitchen.

Bringing Joy

Back into the Kitchen

Chef Dennis Prescott Talks Falling in Love with Feeding People and the Connection Food Creates

Whether you know him from the Netflix hit Restaurants on the Edge or from his absolutely mouth-watering food photos as @dennistheprescott on the ‘gram, this former-musician turned internationally-renowned Chef is an amazingly talented, thoughtful, and globe-trotting force to be reckoned with. When it comes to inspiration for creating experiences around food and your community, as well as creating travel bucket lists to some of the world’s

most unique and delicious destinations off the beaten path, Chef ‘Dennis The Prescott’ is a culinary change maker whose feed you’ll want to feast on.

Originally an aspiring musician, Canadian-born Dennis Prescott’s journey began while in university with a single invitation from another solo musician who asked him to tour with him around the US. This eventually took him to Nashville where they began making records and pursuing their musical dreams.

In the midst of all of this eating take out, dollar menus, etc, had become a way of life for Dennis. A friend stressed that he needed to start taking care of himself, and the advice was simple: “You need to start eating better.” He knew his bad eating habits weren’t good for mind, body or spirit, but he didn’t know where to begin to make changes. However, Prescott thought to himself, “I KNOW good food because I have literally traveled all over America, all over Canada, and into Europe with my music, eating great food and learning what I like.”

The Start

Dennis went to a nearby library and borrowed three books only to have his friend ask why he chose those in particular. Dennis remembers saying verbatim, “I don’t know? The guy on the cover looks kinda good looking, and I feel like I could probably pull these recipes off, and he seems really happy too!” As it turned out they were three books by Jamie Oliver; it’s just that he had no idea who Jamie Oliver was at the time.

Flash forward and Dennis’ first dinner-hosting experiment was made up of twenty people from the music studio, all sitting in camping chairs with beer koozies and makeshift tables in his apartment.

“I remember at the time this moment of, okay, the food is on the table, it’s a stressful thing, and then everybody tucks in and they take their first bite, and there’s a moment of hush that kind of came over everyone; it got really quiet just for a second, and then everyone started talking and getting into it and I fell in love with food right there at that moment. I didn’t realize that you can create these beautiful experiential moments at the table in the same way that I did playing someone’s favorite love song. Knowing that that was a thing to me was the most fascinating thing in the world.”

Dennis even got to the point where he was cooking so much that he started to forget what recipes he had successfully made, so he began a photo journal and started taking photos of all his completed dishes. And so it began like it does for most; Dennis began posting food photos to Instagram for the next few years.

“All of that was initially with no agenda, no intentionality; I just loved it and I wanted to share. I fell in love with feeding people.”

Regarding social media, Dennis’s professional advice is to check your DMs. A person who worked at Food & Wine Magazine at the time sent him a DM, asking if he would do recipes for the magazine, which turned into writing a monthly column. That experience helped him land a cookbook deal, which led to a wealth of TV and media publicity and Dennis feels he owes a lot of his success to that first opportunity with Food & Wine Magazine. Oh, and did we mention he is a self-taught photographer who now does all of his own food shots? This guy has drive.

His drive and innate talents ultimately led him to the opportunity of a lifetime via another DM. This time, it was a Netflix executive producer who offered him the chance to work for two seasons on Restaurants on the Edge, a show where “three food and design experts travel the world to revive failing restaurants by connecting them to the local culture beyond their gorgeous views.“

If I can inspire more time as a community at the table, then that’s a win.”

What followed were 13 episodes over nine months where they traveled to and filmed restaurant revivals that included three in Canada, one in the continental US, one in Hawaii, and others outside of North America, including Hong Kong, Slovenia, Austria, Malta, St. Lucia and Finland.

Travel Recommendations for Foodies

“Slovenia borders Italy and Croatia, which is to say there are a lot of shared values in and around food; they have really great cheese, dairy, beef, pasta, but very few tourists, hardly any. So if you love Italy, that kind of specific travel and food experience, particularly Northern Italy, because you can see the Alps from where they are. It’s picture perfect, a beautiful place, and also where orange wine is from.”

Dennis also highly recommends Costa Rica, Hawaii and Finland.

“Most people love the idea of travel, but we tend to pick the same places when we travel, and there is nothing wrong with that, they are amazing for a reason, but when you get off the beaten path a little bit, you learn the difference between vacation and travel.”

One of the most common fears Dennis hears from people cooking and/or grilling at home is, ‘where do I start? I don’t know how to get going, so I just don’t.’

Rather than overcomplicating it, Dennis recommends cooking the things that bring you joy — things that are on a restaurant menu you can’t NOT order because you’re so pumped that those dishes are on there.

“Find the things that you love. Take the stress out of food. Feed people because all they really care about is spending time with you. Bring joy back into the kitchen.”

Achieving Your Best

ARTICLE BY CASSIE DIMMICK

THE POWER OF HEALTHY LIVING: INSPIRING CHANGE, NURTURING COMMUNITY

Trainer Justin White

““Mobility is important for day to day life.”

Mastering a healthy lifestyle isn’t just about personal well-being—it’s about positively influencing those around you. The men of AYB exemplify this, serving as great role models in our community. By prioritizing their own health, they lead their clients to be healthier, happier, and more successful every day.

Movement and nutrition play crucial roles in preparing oneself to show up as their best self. Regular exercise and healthy habits not only boost energy levels but also sharpen focus and enhance resilience to stress. These practices not only motivate individuals but also inspire others to adopt healthier habits.

Trainer Anthony Hales

Trainer Dre Simpson and son

cassie dimmick, owner AYB

Mastering a healthy lifestyle benefits not just yourself but also those around you. AYB’s men, great role models, lead by example, guiding clients to wellness. Movement and nutrition are vital for optimal performance, enhancing energy, focus, and stress resilience. These habits inspire others and foster a balanced mindset, extending to effective parenting. By prioritizing health, individuals can lead fulfilling lives, actively participating in family activities and nurturing relationships.

Maintaining an exercise schedule and healthy lifestyle fosters a balanced mindset and discipline, qualities that extend to parenting. By being examples and teaching their children about nutrition and exercise, these men shape the lives of their families positively.

Ultimately, committing to regular exercise and healthy eating affords individuals the opportunity to live active lifestyles well into the future, participating in activities with loved ones. Healthy living truly enables one to achieve their best life, both personally and in their relationships with others.

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SCOTT STALLINGS’ WORKOUT

Like many impressionable kids with giddy enthusiasm for their favorite sport, Scott Stallings discovered his interest for golf at the young age of 3.

But it was the “aha moment” for his LOVE of the game that came in 1997 when Tiger Woods won the Masters and would forever change the entire landscape of the industry, as well as what Stallings would aspire to achieve in his future professional endeavors.

Upon realizing “that Woods wasn’t that much older than him,’’ Scott set himself into overdrive to “get it together” and tapped into his natural drive to be one of the best.

He trained his way through achieving allstate golfer and Dean’s List status in high school. He was a seven-time tournament winner and was an All-American while attending Tennessee Tech, and he has won on the PGA Tour three times as a professional golfer.

In 2016 he learned he had been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and acute adrenal fatigue. It was a result of some unhealthy nutritional habits, both of which affected his ability to continue effectively as a professional athlete.

“ GOLF IS A GRIND, BUT DON’T LET PHYSICALITY GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR GAME .”

With the guidance of doctors, surgeons, and his good friend Rich Froning, a four-time Crossfit champion, Scott developed a workout to trim 60 pounds, boasting 10% body fat, revising his daily eating habits, and sleeping healthily through the night.

“I came to the realization that it was no one’s fault but my own. The excuses and finger pointing led back to me, and once you take ownership, you take power in that,” Scott says.

“The voice within gave me some scary realizations that I always hated the doctor, and that they would tell me something was wrong. I learned a little information goes a long way, and that saved my health. Make one change today, and make another one tomorrow, and you’ll never look back.”

Had Scott not gone to the doctor because of that innate fear, he never would have known the diagnosis of sleep apnea that needed to be addressed.

“You only get one body,” he says.

Luckily for Scott, he didn’t have an overwhelming, crazy life overhaul. Instead, he was able to find one small thing, delivering simple systematic changes in his workout that led to his improvement in fitness and quality of life.

He still was driven to be one the best PGA Tour players and the best family guy he could be, and he would do all of the discovery, the surgeries, and the daily changes all over again to continue living his best life.

“I legitimately have some great people push me and stay around me,” Scott says.

Scott has traveled the world over, playing on some of the best courses around, from Augusta National twice, to courses across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the hope to cross the Middle East and more stunning destinations in New Zealand off his global travel list. His next “bucket list” trip?

Today, Scott happily shares healthy time with his wife and kids and is leading up The Scott Stallings Kids Play Free Junior Golf Initiative, a partnership with the Tennessee Golf Foundation to bring free junior golf to the Knoxville area.

THE WORKOUT BASICS :

KETTLEBELLS

Cast iron or cast steel ball with a handle attached to the top; ideal for exercises that combine cardio, strength and flexibility training.

BARS AND WEIGHTS

A long iron bar on which weight plates are placed. Weights come in a variety of styles, including weight plates, barbells and dumbbells.

DUMBBELLS

Short barbells, usually held in each hand

MEDICINE BALLS

Weighted balls roughly the diameter of the shoulders that are used for strength training and rehabilitation

STALLINGS’ PRIMARY EQUIPMENT: HIS TOP EXERCISES:

KETTLEBELL POWER SNATCH:

Uses ground force to leverage the kettlebell upward, then the shoulder, arm and back support the weight as it gets pushed overhead. Also a great cardio exercise and trains the body for a good golf swing.

KETTLEBELL HALO:

Start by holding the kettlebell upside down at chest height, then lift the weight to head height and rotate it around the head like a halo in both directions. This exercise focuses on shoulder mobility— which is important for a good golf swing— and warms up the muscles and soft tissue around the shoulder girdle.

CLEAN TO LUNGE:

First, the kettlebell is lifted from the ground to shoulder height. Then, the foward lunge loads weight into the legs one at a time, which happens from the backswing to the downswing. The exercise increases strength in calves and forearms, which is essential for a powerful swing.

The bluegrass state of Kentucky with the Appalachian Mountains is indisputably known as the Mecca of bourbon and the location of America’s only Bourbon Trail.

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, established in 1999, is dotted with a total of 37 distilleries scattered throughout the regions of Louisville, Western Kentucky, Bardstown, Lexington and North Kentucky.

For bourbon aficionados and road trip lovers alike, the trail promises scenic country drives, historic architecture, and an abundance of restaurants and tasting rooms with some distilleries spanning more than 100 miles apart.

The most popular bourbon distillery locations one might expect to see along the trail are: Angles Envy, Maker’s Mark, Michter’s, Wild Turkey, Heaven Hill, Lux Row, Old Forester, Four Roses, Evan Williams, Bulleit, and Jim Beam.

Within each distillery and on its grounds, bourbon lovers can expect to find a variety of bourbon price points, flavor profiles, distilling and aging techniques, and historical points of interest. Each location offers a variety of tour options: some focusing on the chemistry of bourbon distillation, the art of tasting, the barrel charring process, or the rich (and checkered) history of bourbon’s origins.

A TOUR OF AMERICA'S ONLY BOURBON TRAIL

TOASTING

THE

The name “bourbon” hails from the original Bourbon County, which was a region carved from a portion

of the Fayette County of Virginia in 1785.

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, established in 1999, is dotted with a total of 37 distilleries.

One constant seems to remain—most Kentucky distilleries cannot broach the topic of their favorite drink without also offering a glimpse of its history. The name “bourbon” hails from the original Bourbon County, which was a region carved from a portion of the Fayette County of Virginia in 1785. The county, which belonged to the then-brand-new state of Kentucky, was named in honor of the French House of Bourbon to show gratitude to King Louis XVI for his vital assistance during the American Revolutionary War.

Prior to its exodus from the region, loads of white oak barrels cut from the forests of Arkansas were first branded with the Bourbon County label. The county logo branded on the barrels soon gave way to its shorthand references: Bourbon. The rest is, quit literally, history.

The oldest operational distillery in Kentucky is Maker’s Mark, which began distilling in 1805 and has since been recognized as a National Historic Landmark. In 1964, a Congressional Resolution declared bourbon to be an indigenous product of the United States. This distinction renders bourbon as the official American Spirit. To be recognized as a bourbon, a spirit must meet specific and strict requirements set forth by law. In fact, bourbon distillation marks one of America’s very first examples of a consumer protection law with the establishment of the “Bottled-in-Bond” Act in 1897 (The Bottled-in-Bond designation has bourbon standards which supersede those of single-malt Scotch).

All bourbon starts as what distillers refer to as White Lightning—an uncolored, unaged, and unflavored whiskey. Whiskey functions as the stem cell of bourbon—it’s the bare bones and the foundation. This whiskey must be made with mash consisting of at least 51% corn. As long as that ratio is met, the mash may also include other grains such as rye and barley. During the distillation process, the liquid must not supersede a proof of 160, and must not supersede a proof of 125 at the time it’s poured into barrels to begin the aging process. All bourbon must be aged in new, charred, white oak barrels for a minimum of two years before it is finally bottled at 80 proof or higher. No other dyes or flavors may be introduced into the distilling or aging process if a bourbon is to retain its namesake.

Even though 95% of bourbon is distilled in Kentucky, bourbon does not need to be distilled in the state to be considered authentic. Most bourbon was historically

made in Kentucky due to its geography. The rich source of limestone in Kentucky earth acts as a natural aquifer, purifying the water and removing the more peaty flavors one would find in spirits distilled with earthier water quality, such as Scotch. The varied temperatures, humidity levels, and weather patterns in the Kentucky region cause the white oak barrels to contract and swell. This unique aging process gives bourbon its signature amber hue as well as its sweet and dynamic flavor.

While the tour itinerary is flexible enough to have many starting points, the official “start” of the trail can be found at the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Welcome Center located at the Frazier Museum on Historic Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville. The destinations along the trail can be planned a number of ways: by distillery, by region, or by organized tour itinerary. Some distillery locations are packed as tightly as an 8-mile radius, with the average tour lasting about 90 minutes.

Guests who schedule an official KBT tour receive a Kentucky Bourbon Trail passport at the beginning of their journey and have the pleasure of watching stamps fill their pages as they makes their way through the Kentucky countryside. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Passports do not expire, so travelers may rest assured that they can complete any unfinished portions of their tours at a later date if the tastings become too rigorous. Each distillery along the trail has its own admission fee for tours but offer more than one tour option at each location. Some Distilleries, such as Four Roses and Jim Beam, offer two distillery tour locations. Guests are welcome to visit both locations if they desire but will receive only one stamp in their Bourbon Trail passports.

For those who want to travel off the beaten path, several famous distilleries in the area do not appear on the official Kentucky Bourbon Trail list. One of the more famous of these is the Buffalo Trace Distillery, responsible for distilling bourbon of that name as well as the more rare and sought-after bottles of Blanton’s and E.H. Taylor. The Buffalo Trace distillery is located on a national landmark and offers free tastings, as well as Ghost tours for those who are interested in a different kind of spirit.

For a complete list of distilleries, tour schedules, tour booking details, and frequently asked questions, visit KYBourbonTrail.com

events

A SELECTION OF UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS

MAY 31ST – JUNE 16TH

Guys and Dolls- Musical Comedy at Landers Theater

The Landers Theatre – 311 E. Walnut St, Springfield, MO 65806

Winning a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks and Oliviers. Frank Loesser’s brassy, immortal score makes Guys and Dolls a crowd pleaser! Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.

JUNE 1ST

Ozarks Lunkers Arena League Football 2024 Inaugural Season

Wilson Logistics Arena, 3001 N Grant Ave Springfield, MO | 7:05 pm

The Ozarks Lunkers are a professional indoor football team based in Springfield, Missouri and members of The Arena League. The excitement starts on June 1st with the inaugural home opening game against Waterloo! On June 15th, we’ll be back on home turf to face off against Duluth.

JUNE 8TH

13th Annual Stomp the Blues out of Homelessness Blues Festival

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks @ 220 W Plainview Rd Springfield, MO | 2:00 PM

Our mission and purpose is to provide direct assistance to those who are homeless and near homeless through existing organizations such as: Women In Need of the Ozarks; The Rare Breed; Laura’s Home & Darr House & Play it Forward SWMO. Artist Line up: Tab Benoit, Damon Fowler, Heather Gillis and WolfTwin, Mr Larry McCray.

JUNE 21ST

18th Annual Hot Air Balloon Glow

961 N Riverside Rd Ozark, MO 65721 | 5:00 PM

The 18th Annual GLOW benefits Children’s Smile Center begins at approximately 8:45 p.m. at the Finley River Park in downtown Ozark. Several hot air balloons will inflate just after dark, providing an amazing light display against the night sky. Balloons are tethered to the ground and don’t take flight so attendees can enjoy a 60 to 90-minute light show.

JUNE 28TH

Nate Bargatze- The Be Funny Tour

Great Southern Bank Arena 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65897 | 7:00 PM

Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine, Nate Bargatze is a Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian from Nashville, TN. Widely known for his clean and relatable comedy for all age groups and for his Netflix specials “The Tennessee Kid”, “Greatest Average American” and “The Stand-ups”, his latest special “Hello, World” can be found on Amazon Prime Video.

JUNE 29TH

Arlie’s Farm - Garden Gala

Arlie’s Farm - 2346 S Farm Rd. 237 Rogersville, Missouri | 7:00 PM

Indulge your senses in the arts at Arlie’s Farm.  Immerse yourself in a unique outdoor art gallery with complimentary farm-fresh cuisine and serenading tunes played by the Paper Moons. Your experience includes soft-lit tents lined with local artists displaying their favorite art pieces, fresh culinary art from the garden and live music for dancing.  Farm fresh menu soon.