Science City Union City Kansas City Missouri 2017

December 28, 2017 by shelley

Science City, Union City,

Kansas City, Missouri 2017

Science City, Union Station, Kansas City, MissouriScience City, Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Science City, Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Back at home

The Great Fourth of July Race of the Hare & the Tortoise

More summer fun!

At Theatre for Young Audiences

Theatre for Young Audiences

Theater of Young America: The Three Wise Cats: A Christmas Musical

February 18, 2017 by shelley

Theater of Young America:

The Three Wise Cats:

A Christmas Musical

Theatre for Young America (TYA) began in 1974 at the Waldo Astoria Dinner Playhouse. In 1977, the troupe became an independent organization and moved to Overland Park, Kansas, where it performed for 17 years in a converted cinema theatre. During this time the organization grew from 4 productions to 7 or 8 per season, added drama classes, summer workshops and summer productions, and outreach workshops in schools. TYA operated in the Mission Center Mall from 1994 to 2003.

Today TYA performs on the City Stage at Union Station.

The play we saw was The Three Wise Cats: A Christmas Musical.

This holiday musical takes place in winter in the alley beside the St. Francis Residential Hotel in New York City. Max, a street musician, Emily, a young mother, and Maureen, a homeless lady, share the alley with three cats. The plan to convert the hotel into a condominium threatens to disrupt everybody’s lives, including the three cats. So these three wise cats costume themselves as the Three Wise Men and rearrange the alley trash into a giant holiday display and they launch the first annual Christmas Cat Carnival right there in the alley. It is a big musical hit which the people of New York see as a real miracle. It is a miracle that rescues the homes and lives of the residents, and, of course, the Three Wise Cats from the East (East Manhattan).

Wisecats at Theater for Young America

Theater for Young America

Da Vinci Exhibit at Union Station

February 13, 2016 by shelley

Da Vinci exhibit

Becca, Collins, Bob and I visited Union Station to see the Da Vinci Exhibit. We were not disappointed. We were not disappointed.

Da Vinci exhibit

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo DaVinci

Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

DaVinci exhibit

Becca, Collins, and Bob at DaVinci exhibi

Becca, Collins and Bob at Christmas Tree at Union Station

Union Station Kansas City Missouri

January 30, 2014 by shelley

Vintage postcard showing Kansas City’s Union Station

We spent a very enjoyable afternoon at Kansas City’s Union Station and Science City. First stop was the old Jones Store miniature train. It was once a popular attraction at the Jones Store downtown. Riders must be under 48″ tall (approximately 5-6 years of age and under). Members to Union Station can let their kids ride for free, but it is a fairly steep ticket price of $5/ child if not. (We did not know about the ticket price until after the ride…they had not been very vigilant checking tickets until they un-boarded the train. So we felt obligated to pay the ticket price…)

Read the sign carefully…only free to members. But the kids did enjoy it.

Behind the Jones Store train the Union Station had a spectacular train exhibit in an area that is hardly noticeable unless you know it is there. Over 8,000 square feet of toy trains. From tiny N-scale model trains to the big G-scale giants of the model train world. The detail of the exhibits is something to behold! The Model Railroad Experience is a FREE admission with any Union Station ticket!

Union Station Kansas City Miniature Train Exhibit

Henry and Becca doing a rubbing at miniature train exhibit Union Station Kansas City

Science City

Named one of the country’s 25 best science centers by Parents Magazine, Science City provides over 200,000 visitors annually with an engaging environment ripe for exploration, experimentation and discovery.

Its magic starts with its location. An architectural and historic marvel, Union Station provides a venue unlike any other science center in the nation. From the moment you pass under the clock tower to your first step inside the cityscape of Science City, the experience sets the stage for making memories.

There is something for everyone at Science City.