🌱 KC Wide Open Block Party 2026 and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• KC Wide Open Block Party 2026 at Historic Downtown Liberty

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A few t-storms, some severe, with a high of 82 and low of 40 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 59, low: 39.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Missouri City

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Saturday April 25

• KC Wide Open Block Party 2026
  Historic Downtown Liberty , 11 N. Gallatin Street , Liberty
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Blooms & Bottles Door Sign Paint & Sip
  Shamrock Hills Vineyard and Winery , 12300 Shoemaker Rd , Excelsior Springs
  5:00 pm
• Liberty Downtown Design Guidelines Open House
  Liberty City Hall , 101 E Kansas St , Liberty
  5:00 pm
• Raytown South Girls JV Soccer @ Kearney
  Kearney Senior High School , 715 19th St , Kearney
  5:00 pm
• Winery and wine cave tour and candlelit tasting
  Fence Stile Vineyards, Winery & Distillery , 31010 W 124th St , Excelsior Springs
  6:00 pm
• Jillian Riscoe
  The Hudson Room , 323 S Hudson St , Buckner
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Kids Crochet Class
  Knit Ewe Together , 114 E Broadway Ave , Excelsior Springs
  10:00 am
• Third Saturday Wine Tours
  Willow Spring Mercantile , 249 E Broadway Ave , Excelsior Springs
  10:30 am
• Chloe Hoecker at The Hudson Room
  The Hudson Room , 323 S Hudson St , Buckner
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Sunday Worship Services
  Independence Chamber-Commerce , 17902 North Whitney Road , Independence
  9:45 am

Monday April 20

• Holes FORE Homes Golf Tournament (Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity)
  Lakewood Oaks Golf Course , 651 NE St. Andrews Circle , Lee's Summit
  12:00 pm
• Central JV Baseball @ Kearney
  Kearney Senior High School , 715 19th St , Kearney
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Check out the upcoming community events happening at the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
  Everything is free: COMMUNITY SHREDDING EVENT April 18, 9-11 a.m. or until the truck fills up Pleasant Valley Baptist Church parking lot, 1600 N… (Nextdoor )

• Panda Restaurant Group posted a job opening for Cook (P1-1384655-1) in Missouri City. Apply here.
• Cooper's Hawk posted a job opening for Porter in Kansas City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Missouri City here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Liberty

• Metrobloks, Lincoln Property Form Data Center JV (commercialsearch.com)
• Hard work in weight room led Avery Muniz to Nixa's shot-put record, Division I scholarship (sgfcitizen.org)
• Hillsdale neighbors trying to stay optimistic after destructive Monday night tornado (kshb.com)

Excelsior Springs

• Excelsior Springs advances multi-phase street improvements (excelsiorspringsstandard.com)
• Downtown growth continues with rising visits, sales (excelsiorspringsstandard.com)
• Road trips await boys netters (excelsiorspringsstandard.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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