Events

Join us for the Ribbon Cutting at Back Nine Golf.

Edward Jones/Kaleb Stoppel's new office is having a ribbon cutting hosted by the Shawnee Chamber of Commerce

Come join us for the FOURTH Annual ASL-for-ALL 5K, but don’t wait! Prices increase after September 11.  This family-filled event is more than just a race—it's a celebration of community, Deaf culture, and language!   Already signed up? Thank you! ?? Help us grow our Shared Signing Community by encouraging your friends, family, or coworkers to register too. Every participant helps illuminate our rich history and community pride! ? Date & NEW Location:  Saturday, September 26, 2026, starting at MDHAC on 455 E. Park Street in Olathe, KS. See MAP of the route below. ? Race Day Schedule: 6:30 am – Registration Opens 7:30 am – 5K Begins 8:20 am – Fun Runs for Tots (6 & under) and Kids (7–10) 8:30 am – Award Announcement & Gratitudes ?? Non-signers welcome!  Together, we can create a Shared Signing Community, where both Deaf and non-Deaf community members communicate using a visual language. The recognition of race winners and sponsors will take place after the race.  ?? Packet Pick-up:  Friday, September 25, from 10a to 4p at MDHAC (455 E. Park Street, Olathe).  You can also pick-up the morning of the race at MDHAC. ?? Can't make it?  You can still support us by making a gift through the DONATE button. All proceeds benefit the Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture and the KSD Endowment Association which helps uplift the use of American Sign Language (ASL). 

Come join us for the FOURTH Annual ASL-for-ALL 5K, but don’t wait! Prices increase after September 11.  This family-filled event is more than just a race—it's a celebration of community, Deaf culture, and language!   Already signed up? Thank you! ?? Help us grow our Shared Signing Community by encouraging your friends, family, or coworkers to register too. Every participant helps illuminate our rich history and community pride! ? Date & NEW Location:  Saturday, September 26, 2026, starting at MDHAC on 455 E. Park Street in Olathe, KS. See MAP of the route below. ? Race Day Schedule: 6:30 am – Registration Opens 7:30 am – 5K Begins 8:20 am – Fun Runs for Tots (6 & under) and Kids (7–10) 8:30 am – Award Announcement & Gratitudes ?? Non-signers welcome!  Together, we can create a Shared Signing Community, where both Deaf and non-Deaf community members communicate using a visual language. The recognition of race winners and sponsors will take place after the race.  ?? Packet Pick-up:  Friday, September 25, from 10a to 4p at MDHAC (455 E. Park Street, Olathe).  You can also pick-up the morning of the race at MDHAC. ?? Can't make it?  You can still support us by making a gift through the DONATE button. All proceeds benefit the Museum of Deaf History, Arts & Culture and the KSD Endowment Association which helps uplift the use of American Sign Language (ASL). 

The MTC Kids Jam concert series is specially designed with families in mind! Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.

Singer/songwriter Max Gomez grew up in Taos, New Mexico, where he fell under the influence of country blues early on and developed a songwriting style uniquely his.

24/7 indoor golf simulator facility to celebrate with hole-in-one contest, golf cart giveaway, and community partners The Back Nine Golf – Olathe, a state-of-the-art indoor golf simulator facility located at 11108 S. Lone Elm Road, will celebrate its Grand Opening on Saturday, September 27th, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Owned and operated by Chris and Emily Cooper, The Back Nine Golf – Olathe offers a 24/7, self-serve golf experience featuring Full Swing Technology simulator bays — the Official Licensed Simulator of the PGA TOUR. The facility offers memberships, public tee times, corporate events, leagues, and lessons for golfers of all skill levels. Grand Opening festivities will include: A hole-in-one contest - giving guests a chance to win a golf cart courtesy of Outlaw Golf Carts Treats from Patrick Marie's Treaterie Free screenings from Rebound Physical Therapy A passport-style scavenger hunt activity for guests An opportunity to meet the facility's golf pro and tour the simulator bays The event is sponsored by JDG Construction. Guests interested in learning more or booking a tee time can visit thebackninegolf.com/local/olathe-ks.

USE PROMO CODE “OLATHE10” FOR $10 OFF! $15 (instead of $25) REGISTER BY CLICKING HERE Information Covered During the Session Practical Solutions: Discover how to significantly enhance productivity, streamline delivery times, minimize inventory, and boost service levels across your manufacturing, supply chain, and project operations. Case Study Insights: Real-world case studies that illustrate successful implementation of TOC strategies. Proven Tools: Leverage tools and techniques tested across diverse environments, delivering significant results, such as Drum-Buffer-Rope, Demand Driven Supply Chain, and Critical Chain Project Management. Implementation Guidelines: Step-by-step guidelines to ensure effective and sustained implementation of TOC principles. Leveraging Operational Excellence for Innovation: Develop a tailored plan for breaking market constraints with innovation. Overview Lifted Logic and Nexum Solutions are proud to welcome Rami Goldratt, CEO of Goldratt Consulting, to Kansas City! Join us for an in-person, half-day overview of identifying and breaking the constraints holding back your growth. This session brings together two generations of the Goldratt body of work: Eliyahu Goldratt's original Theory of Constraints, and the modern Flow framework built on top of it, drawn from Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag's Goldratt's Rules of Flow and from Rami Goldratt and Ajai Kapoor's Mastering Flow: Implementation Guidebook for Goldratt's Rules of Flow in Project Environments. It's a combined, practitioner-level view of how constraint thinking and flow thinking work together in real operations and project environments. The objective is not just to understand TOC, but to leave seeing your operation differently, and with practical ideas for where to start. Seats are limited, so don't wait to purchase your ticket! Lunch is included in the price of your ticket. Schedule Sept 29th, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM 8:30 AM: Lifted Logic doors open to attendees 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Check-in and Networking 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Workshop 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch (sponsored by Nexum Solutions) Presenter Rami Goldratt, CEO of Goldratt Consulting Rami Goldratt currently serves as CEO of Goldratt Consulting. Over the years, Rami has been involved in consulting engagements with retail, automotive, textile, chemical, and service industries all around the world. Rami is considered one of the most influential leaders of the TOC body of knowledge, specifically in Sales and Marketing, where his work has become standard practice. Rami is also among the pioneers in developing and implementing TOC applications for the education system, guiding teachers around the world in applying the TOC Thinking Processes for children's education. Host & Sponsor Lifted Logic Lifted Logic is a Kansas City web design and digital marketing agency founded by Adam Fichman, building custom websites and digital strategy for small, medium, and large businesses across the country. Adam has run the company on Theory of Constraints thinking for close to 20 years, and Lifted Logic is hosting this workshop to bring that same thinking to other Kansas City leaders. Nexum Solutions Nexum Solutions is a veteran-owned operational consulting firm that helps organizations find and break the constraints holding back growth, guiding leaders and their teams through the same Theory of Constraints thinking behind today's session. Nexum is proud to sponsor lunch for this workshop. A note from your host: One book has shaped how Lifted Logic thinks about growth more than any other. The Goal has sold over 10 million copies, and its ideas have driven how our founder has coached teams for almost 20 years. We're honored to bring Rami Goldratt, Eli's son and the person carrying his father's work forward, to Kansas City to teach it in person.

Join KU School of Journalism Director of Professional Graduate Programs and Professor of the Practice Michelle Keller, Ph.D., to get a better understanding of AI, see practical applications, and leave this session with confidence to use AI more effectively. By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Explain what AI is—and what it isn't. Identify at least five everyday uses for AI. Write prompts that produce better results. Recognize when AI should—and should not—be trusted. Leave with tools they can begin using immediately.

Join us for a meet and greet with the candidates at the Olathe Indian Creek Library. You'll have the opportunity to introduce yourself, ask questions, and learn more about their stances on the issues that are important to you - property taxes, inflation, healthcare, etc. Families are encouraged to come for a cookie and interact with candidates. Sponsored by El Centro, NAACP Unit Serving Olathe, Overland Park and Leawood, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Upsilon Rho Omega Chapter, and the League of Women Voters of Johnson County. Candidates for Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Board of Education, District 3,  Kansas House Districts 8, 14, 15, 26, 30, 49, 78, and 121, and Johnson County Commission Chair and District 5 have been invited.

Join us at Jason's Deli and enjoy a meal that helps keep Community Threads KC clothing free for neighbors in need.  Mention Community Threads KC at ordering or use the online code FUND20. 25% of all proceeds will directly support Community Threads KC

Join us for the Ribbon Cutting at Degree Wellness.

Join us at the Nerman Museum Thursday, October 1, from 6-7 p.m. for an artist talk for Norman Akers Navigates the Space Between, with a reception to follow. This talk will be moderated by Dr. David Cateforis. This event is free; livestream option is available. RSVP requested. RSVP for in-person attendance RSVP for livestream Norman Akers earned his Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; a certificate in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM; and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. David Cateforis is professor and chair of the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas, where he has taught since 1992. He is the author of Modern Art: A Global Survey from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present (Oxford University Press, 2023). Norman Akers Navigates the Space Between will be on view in the Nerman Museum’s Kansas Focus Gallery, First Floor, through December 6, 2026. This project is part of the initiative Home Is Where We Are: Art of First Americans. Spanning institutions across the Great Plains, it marks a coordinated focus on contemporary Indigenous art. Each organization presents a distinct project contributing to a collective that amplifies Indigenous perspectives. Participating institutions include the Chapman Center for Rural Studies; Kansas Studies Institute; Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; Mid-America All-Indian Museum; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; Salina Art Center; Ulrich Museum of Art; and Volland, A Place for Art and Community — positioning the region as a destination for experiencing the art of First Americans.

Come join us for the 4th Annual Rock Chalk Run, Sunday, Oct. 4th starting at 8:30. We run to raise scholarship money for our students. In addition to having a 10K, 5K, & 1K routes, we alos have a Family Fun Zone, live music, food trucks, sponsor booths, KU Bookstore pop-up shop & Baby Jay! Register now at : https://www.rockchalkrun.com/