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Happy Friday! Here’s what’s in store today:

🎉 15 things to do this weekend

📈 The five best workplaces in Kansas City according to Inc.

🏠 Historic House Hunch

📲 This week’s most-clicked stories

Events

Weekend Roundup 🍔

Happy Friday! Here are 12 things to do around Kansas City this weekend:

All Weekend Long

🦋 The first weekend of The Festival of Butterflies at Powell Gardens brings a variety of nature-filled activities celebrating the Midwest’s most whimsical pollinator.

❗️The KC Fringe Festival, Kansas City’s largest celebration of arts and culture, returns for its 20th season with live performances, visual arts, and film.

Friday

🐝 WeekEnder at Crown Center tonight features live tunes from Honeybee at 6pm, and a FREE outdoor movie screening of Crazy Rich Asians around 9pm! Learn more.*

🔥 Legendary American band Earth, Wind and Fire takes the stage at Starlight at 8pm. (tickets are now sold out 😞)

🎨 Head to the Strawberry Hill neighborhood in KCK for the Third Friday Art Walk along 6th St. featuring local artists & makers, food trucks, and live performances!

🩸 The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium has teamed up with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive from 10am-2pm. All donors receive two Zoo admission tickets!

Saturday

☀️ Head to Zona Rosa for Summer Fest! The ultimate summer block party meets pop-up shopping. DJ, food trucks, foam party, and more!*

🏀 The TBT Kansas City Regional at Municipal Auditorium features Kansas State alumni (Purple Reign) vs. The Shine at 1pm and Kansas alumni (JHX Hoops) vs. OffDaHook at 3pm. One ticket = both games! Unlock 15% off with code KC15.*

🍺 Kauffman Stadium will host KC Summer Beer Fest, bringing together 60 breweries, 150 beers to sample, food trucks, and the rare chance to party on the outfield lawn!

🍔 Food Truck Frenzy hits Old Town Lenexa (Santa Fe Trail Dr. and Pflumm Road) from 5-9pm, drawing thousands of guest, Kansas City’s best food trucks, and live music.

😂 Fresh off his raucous performance hosting the ESPYs on Wednesday night, comedian Shane Gillis takes the stage at the T-Mobile Center at 8pm.

⚽️ Sporting Kansas City welcomes New York City Football Club to Children’s Mercy Park at 7:30pm

🌖 The city of Lenexa is hosting a Moonlight Bike Ride, an 11-mile nighttime bike ride from Old Town Lenexa through the Meritex caves at 10pm.

Sunday

🧺 Kansas City’s Lawn Party takes over the lawn at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and features live music & performances, mini-golf at the Art Course, food & drink, and a variety of family-friendly activities.

👕 Go treasure hunting at the River Market Flea in the City Market from 8am-3pm. Over 50 small business vendors offer vintage finds starting at just $5.

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Employment

The Top Five Workplaces in Kansas City According to Inc.

Looking to make a career change? If so, Inc. partnered with Quantum Workplace, a leading employee engagement and performance software company, to determine the five best workplaces in Kansas City. Here they are:

• 27Global - Leawood, KS

• Basys - Lenexa, KS

• BranchPattern - Kansas City, MO

• Benefit Bay - Kansas City, MO

• Chief of Staff - Leawood, KS

These were the only five local businesses named to the list of 514 best workplaces in the United States. View the entire list HERE.

Real Estate

House Hunch 🏠

Realtors - Have a listing you’d like an extra 24,555 pairs of eyes on? Send it to us!

ICYMI

This Week’s Top Stories 📲

1. Based on data from Niche, Stacker compiled a list of the 25 best places to live in the Kansas City metro area.

2. A new neighborhood cocktail bar called Something Good is now open in the Garment District in downtown KCMO.

3. The City of Excelsior Springs offers a Chamber Trolley that transports you to three of the area’s most popular wineries.

4. As of July 1st, the state of Kansas rolled out blackout-style license plates, joining a long list of distinctive license plates.

5. Local animal shelter Wayside Waifs is offering $25 pet adoptions through Sunday, July 20th.

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