Gentle giants Maine Coon cats captivate Midwest show crowd
Jody Lawson keeps six Maine Coons at her Shawnee home and leads the Kansas City Midwest Cat Club. The club hosts its fifth annual cat show on June 24 at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds featuring more than 110 entries from about 20 breeds and attracting around 1,000 spectators. The event, affiliated with the American Cat Fanciers Association, showcases cats from the Midwest while Lawson prepares three Maine Coons for Lawrence competition.
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Maine Coon Cat Show Opens In Douglas County Fairgrounds
The Kansa City Midwest Cat Club hosts a feline festival at the Douglas County 4 H Fairgrounds on June 24 from 10 am to 4 pm featuring a cat competition, door prizes, concessions and vendors. Lawrence Humane Society will display adoptable cats. proceeds aid the shelter. Admission 4 adults 3 children 3 seniors with 1 off for cat food donations. The event spotlights Maine Coons with breeding insights from Judy Lawson and Linda Vance, noting costs around 400 for a well-bred cat and the breed traits including large size and long lifespan.
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Summer art classes at Spencer Museum for kids
The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art offers two day summer printmaking classes for elementary students. Sandy Greene leads Collage Relief Prints with all materials provided. June 26-27 for grades 1-3 and June 28-29 for grades 4-6, 10 11:30 a.m. $30 or $25 for Friends of the Art Museum children. preregistration required. contact Kristina Mitchell at 864-0137 or kemitch@uk.edu.
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Shimomura exhibit at Chicago Cultural Center
Kansas University art professor Roger Shimomura presents An American Diary a diary based show through June 29 at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago. The paintings draw on the artist grandmother Toku Shimomura interned during World War I at Camp Minidoka Idaho.
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World's fair exhibit marks 150th anniversary at KU library
The Spencer Research Library at Kansas University hosts a display on the 150th anniversary of the first world's fair, the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, the exhibit runs through July 19 and recalls visitors from around the globe who gathered at the Crystal Palace.
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