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January 19, 2008 -- Nelson-Atkins Art Museum & The Country Club Plaza in Kansas City

"The Bloch Building, a quietly stunning expansion of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, avoids bombast in favor of restraint, mystery, and repose. It blurs the boundaries between architecture, landscape, and sculpture while performing beautifully as a place to view art."

Nelson-Atkins Web Site

The Plaza’s popularity and reputation has been recognized around the country. The entire 15-block district, with more than 150 shops and dozens of fine restaurants, makes The Country Club Plaza Kansas City’s premier retail, dining and entertainment destination.

Shoppers will recognize fine stores like Anthropologie and Tiffany & Co. Original Kansas City stores like Halls and Tivol give local flavor to the Plaza’s reputation as a national fashion center. Pleasant surprises can be found along each block – from tiny shoe boutiques to delicious chocolatiers, couture clothiers, stylish salons and fine jewelry.

Country Club Plaza

January 24, 2008 - The American Jazz Museum

The American Jazz Museum, in the historic 18th & Vine district, is a mirror and contrast of characters, color and sound that celebrates the unique sounds of such jazz greats as Charlie "Bird" Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Jay McShann and many more. The museum not only outlines the great musical moments in jazz - swing, bebop, cool, but it also describes the interplay of this American form of music and the history of African Americans.

Square dancing is a very traditional American pastime and a lot of fun. The dance is led by a "Caller" who tells the groups (or squares) of dancers which set of steps they will be doing next. You will learn some basic steps and then dance to folk music performed by a local band and called by a local square dance caller.

During your stay, the biggest sports event in Lawrence is without a doubt the KU basketball games.

The 16,600 seat field house is almost always filled to capacity with screaming, jumping fans who come to see one of the nation's best college-level basketball teams.

This will be your chance to see the Jayhawks (the KU mascot) and to sing the "I'm a Jayhawk" and join in the "Rock Chalk" chant, KU traditions, while watching a great sports event.

Haskell is a very unique and special place. Although it originally started as another assimilation school as other Indian boarding schools were, Haskell’s destiny was different than that of other schools. Haskell is the only government boarding school that has evolved into a four-year university for Native students. Today there are usually 1000 students enrolled, representing 150 tribes, and coming from 36 states. Haskell is unique in that it accepts students from all over the country, from all federally recognized tribes. Haskell offers several baccalaureate degree programs now, in addition to the two-year junior college degrees. They are American Indian Studies, environmental science, business administration, and elementary teacher education. In addition, all of Haskell’s classes incorporate the perspective of various Native American cultures into the class curriculum.

This new Haskell Cultural Center and Museum is a living center that celebrates Native culture as a living culture. The vision statement for the new museum reads:

The Haskell Cultural Center and Museum is dedicated in remembrance of the first Haskell students in 1884, and to all students who have attended Haskell. The vision of the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum is to serve as a national center for the study of living American Indian traditions. The museum will provide present day and historical information regarding North American Indian/Alaska Native culture through exhibitions, educational programs, and research. Drawing upon the Sacred Circle as the foundation for North American Indian/Alaska Native philosophy, the Museum will also provide Haskell students with archives and museum classes and training that are focused on oral traditions and the spiritual dimension of objects of power needed to prepare them for careers in tribal archives and tribal museums

Required Business Field Trips

January 31, 2008: 1154 Lill Studio

1154 Lill Studio is a business where customers design their own handbag right in the store. This concept of "design your own bag" was an original idea, first introduced by the store's owner at a Chicago street fair in 1999. When students visit the Kansas City store, they will be given a tour by one of the managers and learn about their products, their mission, and their marketing strategies including having "handbag parties". Student smay choose to design a bag while int he store. Last year's group was given a discount if they chose to do that. We will try to make those same arrangements this year.

February 7, 2008: Maceli's Catering

Maceli's has been meeting the catering needs of individuals, businesses and community organizations in Lawrence since 1995. They are a full service caterer, offering a wide variety of meal packages and services. In this brief time, they have emerged to be one of Lawrence's premiere caterers. Their combination of food, service and price is second to none. Maceli's is starting their fourth year serving the university community at the KU Alumni Association.

February 14, 2008: Lawrence Journal World

February 21, 2008: Phoenix Art Gallery

Lawrence has been rated among the top 15 in "The 100 Best Small Arts Towns in America" and at The Phoenix Art Gallery you can see why. The gallery provides a place where patrons cna become acquainted with and support local and regional artists. The Phoenix Art Gallery specializes in custom stained glass, but also offers ceramics, glass, wood, textiles, jewelry, prints and more. They have recently launched a website on which they will sell artwork from artists across the U.S.

March 15, 2007: Callahan Creek

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