| 05/17 | Free Outdoor Concert for Joplin |
| In the lot next to Speedco, I-44 Exit 11
7:00-10:00 pm
Featuring Country Singer/Songwriter Kenny Foster, Best Cover Band in the USA Maggie Speaks, and emerging Nashville artist Chassady
Fireworks to follow.
The concert is part of the Shell Rotella “All Roads Lead to Joplin” event.
www.shell.com/home/content/rotella/superrigs/.
| | 05/18 | Joplin Memorial Run Pre-Race Banquet featuring Jeff Galloway |
| Missouri Southern State University, Room 335 (Ballroom) inside the Billingsly Student Center
6:00 pm
$15 – tickets required
www.joplinmemorialrun.com.
| | 05/18 | Shell Rotella SuperRigs |
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Downtown Joplin
6:00-9:30 pm
Mark your calendars for a once in a lifetime event downtown! The best, biggest and sexiest steel from across the country will parade into downtown on May 18th. It's equivalent to the Miss America Contest, but for BIG RIGS.
Shell Rotella SuperRigs is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary in a three day event (May 17-19) that brings hundreds of big rigs from around the country to Joplin. The majority of the event will take place at SpeedCo and benefits the All Roads Lead to Joplin Project.
On May 18th from 6-9:30, they will be in downtown for People's Choice Awards. They will also show off their special effects once night has fallen. The night will end with a firework show seen from the heart of Main Street.
6:00pm Trucks Parade into Downtown
6 - 7:30pm People’s Choice Voting
9:00pm Fireworks
Live Music All Night
Come for the parade. Stay for the live music, good restaurants, and fireworks!
www.shell.com/home/content/rotella/superrigs/.
| | 05/19 | Joplin Memorial Run |
| Joplin Memorial Run
Joplin Memorial Hall
6:30 am
Half marathon, 5k, Kids Run
For more information please log on to www.joplinmemorialrun.com.
| | 05/19 | Taking It to the Streets - Block Party |
| 200 Block, Main Street, Joplin
5:00 -10:00 pm
$10 - 21 & Up, $12 - 20 & under. Save $2 by bringing a non-perishable food to be donated to Watered Gardens
Performances by TMG Recording Artist King Klova, BMI Recording Artist Street, Ric Zilla, Sade Shine, Bangg, Wu Tang Clan affiliate Popa Chief, Kool Daddy Fresh, DJ Freddy G. Event hosted by Lito. For VIP information, call toll free 855.744.7787.
www.waybeyondevents.com.
| | 05/20 - 05/21 | A Dramatic Reading of Scenes from The Book of Job |
| 3:00-5:00pm, College Heights Christian Church- 4311 E. Newman Road, Joplin
6:00-8:00pm, Memorial Middle School- 310 West 8th Street, Joplin
Job in Joplin is an innovative project that will present dramatic readings by awardwinning
actors from the Book of Job. The readings will be followed by responses from
community panelists and lively audience discussions about the lasting impact of the
tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. These events will aim to
promote healing dialogue within the community of Joplin, fostering compassion, hope,
understanding, and positive action.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
Question? Contact Michael Spears at: 417-347-7005 or mwspears@freemanhealth.com
For more information visit www.outsidethewirellc.com.
| | 05/22 | Day of Unity and Walk of Unity |
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The central idea for this one-year anniversary (Tuesday, May 22nd) is for our citizens, families, neighbors and volunteers alike to return to that part of Joplin where they were one year ago. Not to relive the moments of that day, but rather to reunite with each other where neighborhoods stood. The hope is to reconnect with each other, with friends, emergency responders, folks from nearby communities or possibly those individuals who we may have met for the first time a year ago or in the days of recovery that followed.
A core group of community leaders, volunteers, clergy and citizens will leave the south parking lot of the 15th Street Walmart at 2:30 p.m. on a 3.7 mile walk across Joplin. This walk against the wind will pass through some of the most devastated portions of our community and conclude at Cunningham Park on the city’s west side. Anyone interested in joining in is encouraged to be a part of the entire walk or join in for that part of the route that passes closest to your neighborhood or where you were on that fateful day.
Four scheduled, themed stops along the walk route are planned:
The first being at 22nd and Indiana where, during a nondenominational service in front of the LDS Joplin Center, the steeple will be raised atop their new worship center; a symbolic moment for the faith that keeps us strong.
A second stop at 22nd and Iowa (in the area of the existing H.S. baseball field) will be a groundbreaking for the new Joplin High School; a significant symbol of our future through our youth.
The third stop will be at 25th & Wall where Irving Elementary School stood where an several children activities will be available from 2:00 to 5:00; the many butterfly stories of hope and rescue are symbolic of the innocence lost one year ago.
The final stop of the walk, prior to Cunningham Park will be on the south side of the intersection of 26th & Bird where the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct a grand-re-opening ribbon cutting for Kraft Insurance; though a single business on this date, 433 re-openings of the 545 businesses destroyed or severely damaged have been reopened since last May.
Upon arriving near Cunningham Park walkers with be led into the park ceremoniously by bag pipes and drum to the area near Memorial Fountain. Formal events will take place between 5:15 and 6:00 p.m. These events are still being finalized but will include the dedication of a bronze plaque and the planting of the final tree, both in memory of the 161 lives lost on May 22, 2011. A moment of silence will be observed at 5:41 p.m. Complete details will be released 1 week prior to the anniversary.
| | 06/23 | Big Time Youth Triathlon |
| MSSU Pool and Campus
8:00 am
Joplin Triathlon weekend includes races for adults and kids and the only race of its kind in the nation a race for youth with autism. The youth event is for traditional youth 5-14 years of age. For 5-8 year olds: 50 meter swim, 1 mile bike, .5 mile run; for 9-14 year olds: 100 meter swim, 2 mile bike, 1 mile run. Race for youth with Autism: 50 meter swim, .5 mile bike, and .25 mile run. Training groups and clinics will be available to help prepare for races.
For more information call 417-850-9923 or visit www.rufusracing.com.
| | 06/30 | Independence Celebration |
| Route 66 Carousel Park
6:00-10:00 pm
Free fireworks and concert!
$1 parking, donated to the United Way.
For more information log on to
www.carouselparkjoplin.com.
| | 07/04 | $4.00 Fourth |
| Route 66 Carousel Park
11:00 am-3:00 pm or 4:00 -8:00 pm
$4.00 Ride Bracelets, $4:00 Go-Kart Tickets; $4.00 Bumper Boats; $4.00 Unlimited Jumping Pillow; $4.00 Mini-Golf
For more information log on to
www.carouselparkjoplin.com.
| | 08/18 | 11th Annual Svitak Freedom Ride |
| MSSU Football Stadium
7:00 am
This ride is held in honor of Phil Svitak an avid cyclist who was killed in action in 2002. The Svitak Memorial Fund buys bikes for children of military families at Christmas time. There are 3 route choices 10, 25, and 64 miles. All riders receive a goodie bag, custom cotton t-shirt and water bottle, and post-ride lunch. SAG service will be provided. Rest stops are available approximately every 10-15 miles and will have water, sports drinks, and food options. Course, SAG, rest stops, and post-ride food will close at 2:00 pm, you are welcome to complete the ride on your own after that. A portion of the funds go to the Svitak Memorial Fund.
For more information call 417-850-9923 or visit www.rufusracing.com/.
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