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Join the Russian House of Kansas City at our events and events of our members.
Be our guest or a volunteer. Please use the RSVP  form below.
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EVENTS:
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​Russian-American Business Chamber networking
December 3, 2019
​7 - 8:30 PM


We would like to invite you to our second Russian-American Business Chamber of KC networking event. Our host is Park University.

Date: December 5, 2019
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Host: Park University
Location: 17101 W 87th St Pkwy Ste 201, Lenexa, KS 66219

Join us to learn about Park University and its great programs (www.park.edu), connect with Russian-speaking and international professionals of Greater Kansas City.

Remember to bring business cards.
Drinks and light hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Business or business casual attire is requested.

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​Russian-American Business Chamber networking
October 3, 2019
​7 - 8:30 PM


We would like to invite you to our first Russian-American Chamber of Greater Kansas City networking event. 


We thank our host: European Delights

Learn about our organization and take the opportunity to make new professional connections. 

Our special guest is Dr. Faris Farassati,
Council Member at City of Overland Park, KS. Dr. Farassati is a successful cancer scientist. He will share about his work for citizens of Overland Park.

Remember to bring business cards.

Drinks and light hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Business or business casual attire is requested (no denim, please)

Our first event is free to attend with RSVP only as space is limited.

More information and RSVP

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Park ICM, our member and community partner, invites:
​Stanislav & Friends
September 20, 2019
6:30 PM

More information

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MAACA, our community partner, invites:
MAACA Gala and Miss Asia Finals
September 7, 2019
7-9 PM

More information 


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40th Ethnic Enrichment Festival
August 16-19, 2019
More information


Visit the Russian booth (#49) at the 40th Ethnic Festival, one of the largest international festivals in MO. 

Our Russian group will participate in the following events:
August 17, 3 PM - "From Russia to America" - stage performance. Lana and Oliver Yeager - vocal, and Victoria and Ivan Burge - dance. 

We thank local sponsors for supporting our festival participation:
European Delights, Irina's Gourmet Bakery, Olga Gazon with HomeSmart Legacy Group, Zventa Studio, Le Petite Garden and Russian Kansas City.

If you would like to volunteers with us, please send us a quick note to info@russianhousekc.org

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Milla Portman KC Music Festival
June 8, 2019
1:30 - 3:30 PM

Schmitt Music

In loving memory of Milla Portman, a classical pianist and promoter of the Ukrainian, Russian and Jewish music and culture in Kansas City.

Call for Musicians:
Children, students of music classes
Adults, professional musicians
Styles: Classical, Jazz and Ethnic

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May 9, Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (WWII)
May 9, 2019
​6 - 8 PM
JCC Social Hall
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As always, on May 9, we will get together to remember veterans and survivors of many nations of the former USSR, that went through the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 (WWII). Last year celebration was unbelievably touching. This year again, we will be a part of the Immortal Regiment global movement.

http://www.russianhousekc.org/memorial.html
Please send us pictures of your family veterans or survivors to info@russianhousekc.org

Co-host: Jewish Family Services of Kansas City

On May 9, the Russian House of Kansas City in partnership with the Jewish Family Services of Kansas City invite you to celebrate Victory Day, commemorating the end of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This holiday is one of the most important days in the history of the multinational communities of the former USSR around the word. During that war, we lost over 28 million people. Every family in the Soviet Union was affected.

Just like last year, this event will be a part of the Immortal Regiment (Бессмертный полк), a movement that unites over 80 countries around the globe to commemorate heroes and veterans of the Great Patriotic War.

Last year, our event was joined by Russian cities of Ulyanovsk and Belgorod. Several TV stations in Russia aired the information about our Immortal Regiment of Greater Kansas City event. You can view this page to learn more: http://www.russianhousekc.org/memorial.html

Event Link and RSVP 

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Russian House of Kansas City - 2nd Anniversary
February 23, 2018, 1- 4 PM
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
​Event Link

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Russian Seasons in Kansas City Series
Russian Winter Traditions - Presentation and Concert
January 12, 2019. 2 - 4 PM
Schmitt Music. 
Event link

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Meet and Greet Russian Father Frost and Snow Maiden
December 29, 2018
11 AM - 2 PM
Irina's Gourmet Bakery
Event link

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We are happy to introduce you our new Community Partner: The Moscow Ballet.
The Moscow Ballet invites you to The Great Russian Nutcracker show
December 28. 7pm 
The Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland.
Tickets 

Promocode to purchase tickets is available for subscribers of our newsletter. If you would like to subscribe, please send your request to info@russianhousekc.org

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Our member and community partner invites:
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yric Opera of Kansas City presents
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
November 3 - 11, 2018

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
​Tickets​
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Our Member and Community Partner Invites:
Harriman-Jewell Series presents
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor; Denis Matsuev, piano soloist
October 29, 2018. 7:30 PM. Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

After an astounding Series appearance in November 2017 leading the Stradivarius Ensemble, Valery Gergiev returns to conduct the maximum-strength Mariinsky Orchestra. Gergiev will conduct another unforgettable evening of music in Helzberg Hall. The great Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will join Gergiev and the Orchestra for Rachmaninoff's dazzling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
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Ticket link: 

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Our member and community partner Invites:
Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents Bernstein’s masterpiece West Side Story.
September 22-30, 2018 | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets on sale now starting at $29 and up.
When opposites inevitably attract, an unlikely new couple tries to reconcile their two worlds and watch their dream of finding a place of their own torn apart. And from the first cigarette to the final “te adoro,” watching is such sweet sorrow. With the original symphonic score and the original Jerome Robbins choreography, tonight truly won’t be just any night. 
kcopera.org
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September 19, 2018. 7 PM
Our Community Partner invites:

Tivoli Cinemas at Westport presents Stalker. A. Tarkovsky
Co-hosted by Russian House of Kansas City

We are inviting you to a very special movie night: STALKER by A. TARKOVSKY. (With English subtitles.) It is Andrei Tarkovsky’s final Soviet feature is a metaphys­ical journey through an enigmatic postapocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other.

Just ask for the “Russian House Discount" in person at the Tivoli Box Office and get up to two tickets for $7.00 each for this special screening of STALKER. Discount not available online.

Parking Info: Free covered parking is available in the Manor Square Parking Garage. Entrances to the garage are located on Mill Street (west side) and Pennsylvania Avenue (east side). The main pedestrian entrance is on Pennsylvania. Look for our large sign above the doorway.

The Tivoli Box Office is located on the ground level of Manor Square. The theaters are located on the second level and can be accessed by the stairs or by the elevator to the left of the box office. #russianhouse_kc #TivoliKC
RSVP here

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Visit our Booth at the Ethnic Enrichment Festival 
August 17-19, 2018

Swope Park, Kansas City MO

Please visit our booth:
- meet our members and volunteers. 
Out team of volunteers is great -- we represent many nationalities and ethnic groups: Americans, Russians, Ukrainians, Jewish, Tatars, Moroccans, Latvians, Azerbaijani, Belarusians and others. What unites us is that we love Russian culture and language. Join us! 

- cheer for our fashion show team on Sunday at 2 PM - we will present Russian and Tatar costumes;

- support our performance on Sunday at 4:30 PM:

Lana Yeager will present the program "From Russia to America" - Russian and Tatar popular songs and music by Lana and Oliver Yeager; Russian dance by Victoria Burge Dance Group; Russian and Tatar fashion www.fromrussiatoamerica.com    

- come and greet our member Greg Hassler, a recipient of the EEC John Dunkan Scholarship Award on Saturday at 2 PM;

​support Asya Papinako Scholarship Fund that is organized by Russian House of Kansas City.

We would like to thank  our business members for sponsoring our participation at the festival:

Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Producing world-class opera in Kansas City since 1958.
Don’t miss the 2018-2019 Season including a new production of West Side Story!
www.kcopera.org

International Education at Park University

A Park University education is an opportunity to find faith in yourself — by discovering your potential and working to realize it.
www.park.edu  

Irina's Gourmet Bakery and Irina Yefremov
A unique European style café and bakery.
www.mygourmerbakery.com

Kansas City RU and Lana S. Yeager
A Russian culture and language resource in Kansas City.
www.kansascityru.com

European Delights. Rita Reznikov and Oleg Grimberg
A Kansas City's finest international gourmet grocery and delicatessen store.  
www.europeandelightskc.com

La Petite Garden and Galina Conrad
Farm in Lenexa that produces gourmet delicacies. 

https://www.facebook.com/LePetitGardenKs/

Zventa Studio and Tatiana Scanlan
Custom made jewelry: semiprecious stones, pearls and amber with sterling silver and other metals.

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Join Russian House Kansas City at International Festivals

​Mid America Asian Cultural Festival festival
May 12, 2018
Overland Park Convention Center
Visit our booth and greet our performers with the program "From Russian to America": Lana Yeager (vocal) and Viktoria Burge (dance) 

Ethnic Enrichment Festival 
August 17-19, 2018
Swope Park, KS

We would like to thank business members of the Russian House of Kansas City sponsoring our participation at the festivals:

Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Producing world-class opera in Kansas City since 1958.
Don’t miss our 2018-2019 Season including a new production of West Side Story!
www.kcopera.org

Irina's Gourmet Bakery and Irina Yefremov.
A unique European style cafe and bakery.
www.mygourmerbakery.com

Kansas City RU and Lana S. Yeager
A Russian culture and language resource in Kansas City.
www.kansascityru.com

European Delights. Rita Reznikov and Oleg Grimberg
A Kansas City's finest international gourmet grocery and delicatessen store.  
ww.europeandelightskc.com

Zventa Studio and Tatiana Scanlan
Custom made jewelry: semiprecious stones, pearls and amber with sterling silver and other metals.

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May 9, 2018;  6-8 PM
Russian House of Kansas City
in partnership with Jewish Family Services
invites you to celebrate

May 9, Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

Location: Jewish Family Services
5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211

Program:
Welcome
Presentation - Immortal Regiment ("Бессмертный Полк")
Concert

Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Tickets: $10 per person
(Use PayPal link or pay at the door - cash and checks only)
Kids under 12: free
Members of JFS: free
Donations are appreciated.

We encourage guests to bring framed portraits of family members who were/are veterans of the Great Patriotic War for our gallery at the event.

RSVP for every person in your group by May 5 via:

Facebook event page or email info@russianhousekc.org

View the May 9 Victory Day Event Preview Video.
RSVP

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February 25, 2018; 12 - 4 PM
RUSSIAN SEASONS IN KANSAS CITY Series
MASLENITSA Celebration
Irina's Gourmet Bakery
119th & Quivira, Overland Park, KS

Join us for the traditional Russian celebration to say farewell to winter and welcome spring. Taste Russian pancakes, caviar, piroshki; sing Russian songs, win prizes and more!

Sponsors:
Kansas City RU, Irina's Gourmet Bakery, Park University & European Delights. 


What is Maslenitsa
This is an old Eastern-Slavic celebration.
The tradition of Maslenitsa dates back to pagan times, when Russian folk would bid farewell to winter and welcome spring. As with many ancient holidays, Maslenitsa has a dual ancestry: pagan and Christian. On the pagan side, Maslenitsa was celebrated on the vernal equinox day. It marked the welcoming of spring, and was all about the enlivening of nature and bounty of sunny warmth. On the Christian side, Maslenitsa was the last week before the onset of Lent (fasting which precedes Easter), giving the last chance to bask in worldly delights. 
Pancakes
The name of the holiday, Maslenitsa (derived from maslo, which means butter or oil in Russian) owes its existence to the tradition of baking pancakes (or blini , in Russian). They are essential to the celebration of Maslenitsa. On the one hand, hot, round, and golden, pancakes, as people believed, embody a little of the sun’s grace and might, helping to warm up the frozen earth. In old days pancakes were cooked from buckwheat flour, lending them a red color, making the significance even more evident.
 
Event Activities:
Every hour, at 12, 1, 2 and 3 PM, we will have a 15-minute presentation about Maslenitsa and performance of Russian songs.
Offers:
Russian pancakes, tea and coffee; Russian crafts, prizes and more.
Mission of the Event:
Promote our cultural heritage and educate the KC community about Russian traditions and holidays.
Goal of the event:
This is a fundraising event and all the proceeds will go to support Russian Cultural Association “Russian House of Kansas City”.  Donations are appreciated.   
Business members of the Russian House of Kansas City will have a chance to promote their services by presenting business cards and marketing materials. 
Volunteer opportunity is available. 

Contact us via email or our Facebook page
to RSVP, volunteer, ask us about Sponsorship, Business & Individual Membership. 

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March 3, 2018, 1 PM
National World War I Museum and Memorial
Revolutions: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The event is presented by the National World War I Museum and Memorial in partnership with Russian House of Kansas City and The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies.

On March 3, 1918, Vladimir Lenin's new Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany, ending Russia's participation in the First World War. Join us as award-winning author, Russian- military history expert and professor at the U.S. Naval War College, Dr. David Stone, explores how Brest-Litovsk shifted the course of the war, planting the seeds of conflict in Eastern Europe that are still with us today. Book signing to follow. FREE with RSVP | J.C. Nichols Auditorium. the RSVP link: 
https://www.theworldwar.org/vis…/upcoming-events/Revolutions


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March 3 | 7:30 pm; March 7 | 7:30 pm; March 9 | 7:30 pm; March 11 | 2:00 pm
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, our member and a community partner, presents:
RIgoletto
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108

There's nothing funny...about revenge.
​The hunchbacked court jester Rigoletto takes a joke too far and is cursed by a member of the court. When courtiers kidnap his daughter Gilda, his efforts to protect her from the depraved and powerful Duke are dashed. Rigoletto vows revenge and hires an assassin - but there’s a devastating twist. Verdi’s haunting story of revenge gone wrong is told with some of the most recognizable music in all of opera.

Join the Russian House of Kansas City group order and get tickets at 25% off!
Contact info@russianhousekc.org for more details and sign up for our newsletter.

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December 7-24, 2017
Kansas City Ballet, our member and a community partner, presents
​Nutcracker 

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108

Following its Kennedy Center premiere in Washington, D.C., the acclaimed holiday production returns to its Kansas City home. This classic story by E.T.A. Hoffman is set to the celebrated Tchaikovsky’s score played by Kansas City Symphony and wrapped with sparkling costumes, exquisite sets and captivating choreography by Artistic Director Devon Carney. See your children’s wonder ignite and feel the glimmer once more as your childhood dreams return and inspire you to IMAGINE AGAIN. Run time is approximately two hours and 15 minutes with one 20-minute intermission. Presented by Bank of America. 
Offer to our members and friends:  Save 20% off tickets. Please email us by using the form below to receive the promo code. 

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November 17, 2017, 5:30-8 PM
Park Unviersity, our member and a community partner, invites:
​The World Underground: An International Festival

Park University’s underground Academic Plaza
within the Markville Commercial Underground on the Parkville Campus
 


In celebration of Park University’s Year of Diversity and International Education Week, Park’s Office of International Students is hosting the international festivalAdmission to the festival is free and open to the public. A buffet dinner will be served for a separate fee. The International Festival will include information booths, performances, cultural activities and fashion shows from countries around the globe, all featuring Park students representing their native country and sharing the unique and diverse characteristics of their homeland. Countries scheduled to be represented include Brazil, France, Guatemala, Ireland, Japan, Micronesia, Nigeria, Russia and South Africa. In all, the University boasts more than 260 students from 58 countries around the globe. In addition to the festival, an international buffet will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. featuring food from 12 countries. The price for the buffet is $7 per person.

Russian House of Kansas City will have a booth. 
"From Russian to America" group (Lana and Oliver Yeager - songs & Viktoria Burge's group - dance) will perform at 5:30 PM. Learn more about our performers www.fromrussiatoamerica.com

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November 11, 15, 17 & 19
Lyric Opera of Kansas City,
our member and a community partner, presents
​Everest

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108
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This white-knuckle rush of an opera is the devastating true story of three climbers caught in a blizzard on Mt. Everest in 1996. Everest promises to take you on a journey unlike anything you’ve experienced before.

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November 7, 2017. 5:30 PM
Russia 1917: A Look Back a Century Later 
WWI Museum & Memorial

This private event is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the socialist revolution in Russia. Despite the controversial nature of that era, it is our historical past. Those of us born in the countries of the former Soviet Union are the offspring of people who lived through the Revolution - the survivors and the dead, those who rejected it or welcomed it. And on November 7, a hundred years after the fact, we want to try and look back at the events of 1917 not through the lens of history textbooks, but through family histories.
A donation of $10 per person by November 6 is greatly appreciated.
RSVP by October 15. Space is limited to 35 people.

Program: 
Presentations: Ian Schmidt and Lana S. Yeager. 
Graphic Art: Maksim Kunakhovich.
Poetry: Lana Oli (Lana S. Yeager).
Song: Lana Oli (vocal) & Dmitry Natochny (guitar).
Russian classical music recordings are provided by our honorary member Sergey Zhilin (Народный Артист России Сергей Жилин. Дирижер оркестра на ТВ конкурсе "Голос"), conductor and pianist, and his "Fonograf" orkestra (Moscow, Russia). 
Private collection exhibits: Ian Schmidt (Russia - USA), Dr. Anna Mikhalskaya (Russia), Museum of Russian Culture (San Francisco). Some items are provided by our friends locally and from Bulgaria.
Tour of the exhibition "Revolutions! 1917": Doran Саrt, Senior Curator of the National World War I Museum and Memorial.
Sponsors: our members Jeff Leiserowitz & Park University.

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October 13-22, 2017
Kansas City Ballet presents 
​Romeo & Juliet

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108
​(Event by our member)


William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy ranks among the world’s most enduring stories. Artistic Director Devon Carney brings us his interpretation of this classic masterpiece with soaring choreography and sweeping characters. Don’t miss one of the most popular ballets in the world, the fateful embrace of star-crossed lovers. Enjoy the music of Sergei Prokofiev, a Russian composer, performed live by Kansas City Symphony.
 
Special offer for our members and friends. 
Enjoy this classic ballet and receive a discount of 50% off regular ticket for Zones B & C. Expires on October 10, 2017. Contact us for details and RSVP for group orders by using the form below.

Follow us on Facebook Russian House of Kansas City for more information about events. 

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October 15, 2017. 4 PM
​October 20 & 21, 2017, 7 PM

International Center for Music (ICM) of Park University Invites You.
Classical’ British Invasion Series

11900 Shawnee Mission Parkway
​Mission Woods, KS 66205 

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A series of three concerts billed as the “‘Classical’ British Invasion”will feature a trio of musicians from Great Britain — 
cellist Martin Storey, principal cellist of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and a former ICM faculty member; 
violinist Kanako Ito, former concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony; and 
violist Paul Silverthorne, principal violist with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta. 

Other performers are: 
pianist Kenny Broberg, ICM graduate student and silver medalist in the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; 
violinist Ben Sayevich, ICM professor of music/violin; pianist Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, ICM collaborative pianist; 
Daniel Veis, ICM assistant professor of music/cello, violist Chung-Hoon Peter Chun,
and bassist Brandon Mason.

We are delighted that our Russian-speaking friends Ben Sayevich and Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich are perfoming at these concerts.

Ticket Information 
Your ticket will include a complimentary drink and appetizers after the concert.

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September 30, October 4 and 6 (7:30 pm) & October 8 (2:00 pm)
Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts – 1601 Broadway KCMO 64108

With this simple recipe for regret, Tchaikovsky turned Pushkin’s classic Russian novel into one of the world’s most beloved operas. Awash in aristocratic formality and extravagance, Onegin’s youthful disillusionment snowballs into a tragic love story saturated with drama, death, and desperation. Yet, along this cold, dark descent, Tchaikovsky never fails to flood us in famed arias, renowned ballroom dance numbers, and unforgettable moments. 

Special offer for our members and friends.
Enjoy this classic Russian opera and receive a discount of 25% off regular ticket price by joining the Russian House of Kansas City group order. Contact us for details and RSVP using the form below for group orders.

Follow us on Facebook Russian House of Kansas City and visit kcopera.orgkcopera.org for more information and a full listing of community events leading up to the opera. 
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September 15, 2017. 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Join Lyric Opera for a taste of Russia in Kansas City! Vodka Tasting Tour.
The event starts at 5:30 p.m. at the offices of Lyric Opera at 1725 Holmes Street, where Ryan Maybee from Manifesto will lead us in a vodka tasting accompanied by highlights from Act 1 of Eugene Onegin and Hors D'oeuvres provided by us -- Russian House of Kansas City. RSVP

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September 9, 2017. 4:00 - 5:30  PM 
Day of Culture Series. Presentation: "Azerbaijan. The Land of Fire." 

The events include presentation on rich history and culture of Azerbaijan, on of the former Soviet Union republics. People of Azerbaijan leaving in Kansas City is a part of our diverse multinational Russian-speaking community. Tickets: $10 per person. Kida up to 12 years old are free. 
RSVP is necessary because of limited seats. RSVP form is below.  
​Review the flyer below or click here. 
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September 1, 2017. 5:00 - 8:00 PM
First Friday at Lyric Opera: Eugene Onegin

Join Lyric Opera for a grand Russian ball! Enjoy musical samplings from Eugene Onegin and preview our brand new production!
Location: Lyric Opera of Kansas City Office, 1725 Holmes St. KCMO 64108
Volunteers of the Russian House of Kansas City will greet you there as well.
​Don't forget to contact us if you want to join our group and receive a 25%-discount for the Eugene Onegin opera.

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August 18, 19 & 20, 2017
Ethnic Enrichment Festival. Swope Park, Kansas City, MO.

Visit our Russian Booth, speak Russian, learn about our culture and Russian-speakers in Kansas City. Take a picture with the Russian Teddy Bear Mishka. Taste Russian food. Buy Russian souvenirs. 
Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 1 PM - Russian Songs and Dance in the   program "From Russia to America".
RSVP to volunteer at the Russian booth using the form below.  
Click ro view the flyer. 

April 1.  11 AM - 3 PM. Northland Festival. Park Hill South HS, Riverside, MO. 
​April 29, 10 AM - 7 PM. Asian Festival in Olathe.
May 9. 6 PM - 8 PM. Victory Day celebration. By invitations only. Contact us.

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