| 07/17 - 09/03 | Louviere + Vanessa: As If… |
| Spiva Center for the Arts Main Gallery
July 17 – September 3
New Orleans artists Jeff Louviere and Vanessa Brown blend film, photography, painting, and printmaking in this remarkable print and video installation.
For more information please call 417.623.0183 or log on to www.spivaarts.org.
| | 07/17 - 09/03 | Ellen W. Wolf: Layers |
| Spiva Center for the Arts Regional Focus Gallery
July 17 – September 3
Unexpected layers of texture, pattern, color, and meaning inform these mixed media paintings and constructions. The Kansas City artist’s work is thought provoking, quietly perceptive, and laced with humor!
For more information please call 417.623.0183 or log on to www.spivaarts.org.
| | 07/31 | 48th Annual Downtown Joplin Sidewalk Sale |
| Starts at 6:00 am
Main Street will be blocked from 4th to 7th and the street will be filled with great bargains!
| | 07/31 | Shoal Creek Water Festival |
| Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center will be holding the Shoal Creek Water Festival July 31 at Wildcat Park from 10:00 am-3:00 pm. Celebrate the wonders of water! Cardboard boat races, duck races, wildlife hikes, water quality testing demonstrations, and water rescue demonstrations. This family event has something for everyone and is free to attend!
For more information please call 417-782-6287.
www.wildcatglades.audubon.org | | 07/31 | Music Fest for United Way, sponsored by Commerce Bank |
| The Kitchen Pass, 1212 S Main
7:00 pm
$8. All proceeds benefit the United Way of SW Missouri
Performances Include: Big Wooly, Head Change, Pit 42, Sober as a Judge, The Jimmy Conley Band, and Felonious Monk.
There will be drawings for great prizes throughout the night, and a Jam Session for anyone who wishes to show off their skills at the end of the night.
| | 07/31 | A Cappella Music Fest featuring Zing! 2010 Sweet Adalines International Quartet |
| Joplin Memorial Hall
7:30 pm
$5, children 6 and under are free
Over 100 women from the four states join in a concert. Featured in the concert will be Zing!, the 2010 Sweet Adelines International Quartet Champions. The quartet competed with 52 regional champion quartets from the United States, Sweden, Canada, England, Australia and New Zealand.
In addition to Zing!, there will be performances by members of Springfield Metro Chorus, Queen City Sound Chorus, and Ozark Showcase Chorus of Springfield, Mo., Sunflower Harmony Chorus of Topeka, Oklahoma Jubilee Chorus, Tulsa, Wamego Dutch Mill, Wamego, Ks., and Joplin’s own Show-Me-Harmony Chorus.
The evening concert is the culmination of a day of ringing chords and perfecting vocal harmonies as participating choruses are coached by the members of Zing!
For more information please call 620.724.7360.
| | 08/01 | Rendezvous66 Benefit Car Show |
| Central Park, Carthage
12:00 – 3:30 pm
$10 to enter free car, free to attend
Rendezvous66 is a benefit car show designed to raise money and awareness for the Carthage Crisis Center. This will be a judged car show with trophies going to the top 7 cars in 7 different classes. This is a family event with something for all ages. There will be inflatables for both big and small kids and the children's pool will also be available.
For more information please call 417.358.4044 or log on to www.rendezvous66.com.
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| | 08/01 | History of the Carver Family Cemetery |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
1:00-2:00 pm
Join a park ranger at the Carver Family cemetery to discover the history of some of the families buried in the cemetery. Enjoy an afternoon learning about the Diamond Grove community.
For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca.
| | 08/01 | Creation Station |
| Spiva Center for the Arts
Every Tuesday afternoon beginning August 21
3:45 - 5:15 pm
Ages: 6+
Cost: $5
Drop in on Tuesdays for a fun-filled after school program and explore a variety of media: painting, drawing, clay, watercolor, acrylic, sculpture, collage, photography, and printmaking, just to name a few!
For more information please call 417.623.0183 or log on to www.spivaarts.org.
| | 08/03 - 08/06 | Little Artist Creature Feature |
| Spiva Center for the Arts
August 3, 4 & 6
10:00-11:30 am
Ages: 3,4,5
Cost: $75
Learn about the many animals and insects that live in our world. Children will experiment with a variety of materials and techniques, creating in both 2-D and 3-D mediums. Stories will be the inspiration for masks, paintings, sculptures and much more!
For more information please call 417.623.0183.
www.spivaarts.org.
| | 08/03 - 08/05 | Creature Feature |
| Spiva Center for the Arts
August 3, 4 & 5
12:30-5:30 pm
Ages: 6-12
Cost: $100
Learn about the many animals and insects that live in our world. Children will experiment with a variety of materials and techniques, creating in both 2-D and 3-D mediums. Stories will be the inspiration for masks, paintings, sculptures and much more!
For more information please call 417.623.0183.
www.spivaarts.org
| | 08/06 - 08/08 | Emancipation Park Days |
| Ewert Park
Activites begin at Friday at6:00 pm, Saturday at 10:00 am and Sunday at 12:00 pm
Free to attend!
A fun filled three day annual event that has been in existence for over 80 years in Joplin! The Celebration is open to the community and surrounding cites.
Friday kicks off at 6:00 pm with a Gospel program, and at 9:00 pm a teen dance on the tennis court featuring music from 4State Entertainment, and an Ol' Skool Jam will be held at TRIO's in downtown Joplin at 9:00 pm for the over 21 crowd!
A car show is being held Saturday from 10:00 am-3:00 pm, featuring the ICC Corvette Club! There will be House of Bounce fun time for kids on Saturday from 12:00-5:00 pm, along with face painting, chalk art contests and lots of giveaways! Come listen to bands from Tulsa Ok on Saturday evening featuring, Wall Street, and Dues Paid!
Come out Sunday for FREE swim at 1:00-3:00 pm, followed by a FREE picnic from 3:00-4:00 pm. Sunday you won't want to miss the KC Marching Cobra's at 4:00 pm!
For more information please call 417.782.0055 or log on to www.joplinparkday.com.
| | 08/06 | Mountain Lions in Missouri |
| Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center
6:00 – 7:00 pm
MDC’s Rex Martensen will dispel the myths surrounding these big cats and talk about their impact on our area.
This free program is open to all ages and registration is required.
Please call the Missouri Department of Conservation Joplin Conservation Office at 417.629.3423 to register.
| | 08/07 | Medium Format Photography with Lisa Harris |
| Spiva Center for the Arts
August 7 & 14
10:00 am- 12 noon each day
Cost: $50
Learn the basics of shooting medium format photography. Students need to bring a Holga or Diana toy camera to class. Film will be provided. Students are responsible for their own processing/printing fees.
For more information please call 417.623.0183 or log on to www.spivaarts.org.
| | 08/07 - 08/08 | George Washington Carver, Struggle for Education in a Segregated America |
| Visitor Center at George Washington Carver National Monument
1:00-2:00 pm
Utilizing photographs and artwork, this program focuses on Carver’s years pursuing education despite racial segregation and limited opportunities.
For more information please call 417.325.4151 or log on to www.nps.gov/gwca.
| | 08/07 - 08/08 | Little Hands on Oil with Kyle McKenzie |
| Spiva Center for the Arts
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Ages: 7+
Cost: $50
Students will develop original oil paintings from start to finish in this two day class. Steps will include generating ideas through sketching, planning compositions and color schemes through painted studies, and developing the final version on canvas. To avoid solvent concerns, we will use water-soluble oil color.
For more information please call 417.623.0183.
www.spivaarts.org
| | 08/08 | Music in the Park |
| Landreth Park
6:00 -8:00 pm
Free
Diversity Band is the featured band of the evening. They will play 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and Country.
Please bring a blanket and a lawn chair.
For more information please call 417.623.3254.
| | 08/13 | 2010 Carl McConnell Memorial Golf Classic hosted by Community Support Services |
| Schifferdecker Golf Course
7:30 am-1:00 pm
$85
Shotgun start format, four person teams. Great games and prizes! All proceeds benefit support servcies for children and adults with developmental disabilities in Southwest Missouri.
Call 624-4515 to register or for more information. www.cssmo.org.
| | 08/13 - 08/15 | Oklahoma! |
| Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre, Carthage
August 13-15, Dessert only performances, tickets $18, Friday and Saturday doors open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 7:30 pm. Sunday doors open at 1:30 pm; show begins at 2:00 pm.
Set in a Western Indian Territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Reservations can be made by calling the theatre at 417.358.9665 or Betty Bell at 417-358-7268. For further information about Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre, visit www.stonesthrowdinnertheatre.webs.com.
| | 08/13 - 08/29 | Oklahoma! |
| Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre, Carthage
August 13-15, Dessert only performances, tickets $18, Friday and Saturday doors open at 7:00 pm, show begins at 7:30 pm. Sunday doors open at 1:30 pm; show begins at 2:00 pm.
August 19-22 Thursday-Saturday doors open at 6:00 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm and show begins at 7:30 pm. For Sunday performances, doors open at 12:30 pm, dinner at 1:00 pm with show beginning at 2:00 pm.
August 26-29 Thursday-Saturday doors open at 6:00 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm and show begins at 7:30 pm. For Sunday performances, doors open at 12:30 pm, dinner at 1:00 pm with show beginning at 2:00 pm.
Tickets for for this show are $25.00 for adults, $21.00 for seniors over 55, $22.00 for students w/ID, $22.00 for youth (13-18), $13.00 for children (6-12), and children 5 and under are free. Groups of 10 or more should call the theatre for prices, and large groups should reserve early.
Reservations can be made by calling the theatre at 417.358.9665 or Betty Bell at 417-358-7268. For further information about Stone’s Throw Dinner Theatre, visit www.stonesthrowdinnertheatre.webs.com.
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