Songflower Chorale Spring Concert Songflower Chorale, a local choral ensemble standing on the long and illustrious tradition of the Kansas City Fine Arts Chorale, presents “Students and Teachers” 3 p.m. Sunday April 29th at Historic St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 1307 Holes, Kansas City, MO The concert's repertoire consists of unique works focused on the passing … Continue reading A Look Ahead: Songflower – Students and Teachers
Tag: Kansas City Zoo
A Look Ahead…
Clay and Jackson County Zoo Days Well, today was a very busy day for my family. We spent it at the Kansas City Zoo. As a resiident of Clay (or Jackson) County, we pay a special property tax to the Kansas City Zoo, and get the right to attend the zoo for free on certain … Continue reading A Look Ahead…
A Blast of the Past #83: The Zoo 2007
Our Zoo has been going through a lot of renovation during the past decade. These photos show what it was like 10 years ago, and what we were like 10 years ago.
A Blast of the Past #36: Zoo visit
Today's look to the past is 16-year-old pictures of a zoo visit. The boy wasn't even a year old yet, and by the one other person I think I identify in the one picture, I think this may have been a church small group outing.
KC Zoo: Penguins
(Final post in a series on a day at the Kansas City Zoo) After finishing the carousel ride we hit the last main exhibit -- the Penguins. The Penguin habitat includes two main sections: one for cold water penguins and one for the warm water penguins. Back in April Betsy and I had seen the … Continue reading KC Zoo: Penguins
KC Zoo: Carousel
The Zoo has a carousel where instead of horses the animals you ride on are various zoo animals. It is a very good idea in principal, but unlike the carousels we ride at the amusement park, it is very slow. It needs to be faster. The central part of the carousel had a lot of … Continue reading KC Zoo: Carousel
KC Zoo: Australia and the Tiger Trail
From the Australia train section you can head in two directions: Down the Tiger Trail or to Australia. We chose the Tiger Trail first. A new exhibit had opened on the Tiger Trail since Betsy and I had visited in April. The Tiger Trail used to have cages for the great tigers, but since they … Continue reading KC Zoo: Australia and the Tiger Trail
KC Zoo: Return from Africa — on the Tram
Our second trip on the Sky Safari finished our tour of Africa. So we went from one transportation device to another: the Tram. We took the tram to get to Africa, and we took the tram to get back from Africa. This meant we didn't stop along the elephant trail, but we did get to see … Continue reading KC Zoo: Return from Africa — on the Tram
KC Zoo: On the Trail in Africa
With the heat of the day, many of the animals were inside in their backstage areas -- and I could tell that many of the people at the zoo were wondering whether they should have stayed in their own "backstage" areas. Upon exiting the Sky Safari we found ourselves facing the baboons, though they weren't … Continue reading KC Zoo: On the Trail in Africa
KC Z00: Sky Safari, Part 1
Continuing my series on our one day zoo excursion (amazing how many days of posts can come from one day if you stretch it out!), we come to another transportation device: the Sky Safari. The Sky Safari is a chair ride that takes you over the central savannah in the Africa section. You get to … Continue reading KC Z00: Sky Safari, Part 1
At The Rainbow 