Public service announcement: If you are planning to binge a few episodes of “Call the Midwife,” the long-running BBC series about a group of nurse midwives in mid-century working-class London, don’t forget to hydrate.
What: City Theatre of Independence presents the dramatic play “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory (2000), directed by Lynnae Anderson and performed by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Co.
What: Blue Springs City Theatre presents the children’s musical “Annie Jr.”, performed by special arrangement with Music Theatre International and with public support from the Missouri Arts Council. It is Blue Springs City Theatre’s first show as part of the Penguin Project theater program in which the actors are children with disabilities or special needs who are paired with peer mentors of similar age to support them on stage and in preparation.
What’s a dinner party among spies really like? Is even the smallest of small talk fraught with deception? Does anyone dare mutter a single un-strategic comment about the food?
Set 29 years from now, writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” imagines a world beyond ours because Earth isn’t worth the trouble anymore.
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Host Conan O'Brien lies on the red carpet for the Oscars arrivals area as it is rolled out along Hollywood Boulevard during preparations for the 97th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
BlendWell Community Café, 10725 U.S. 24 in northwest Independence, will have a screening Thursday evening of the documentary film “Kansas City Dreamin” about the African-American music history and culture of the city.
What: Children’s Performing Theatre of Independence presents the children’s musical “Willy Wonka Jr.” by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley and Timothy McDonald, adapted from the classic Roald Dahl book (1964), directed by Sandy Dempsey and Dara Day and performed by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. Where: Powerhouse Theatre at Sermon Community Center, 201 N.
After filming this summer in Independence and Kansas City for the Hallmark movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” and meeting many Chiefs fans, actor Tyler Hynes felt the need to meet and celebrate with them this week if the Chiefs won the Super Bowl. That required planning before knowing the game result.