THEATRE IN THE PARK — Several members of the Jewish community will be performing in the last three shows of Theatre in the Park’s 2018 season. Ray Zarr and Ruth Baum Bigus are in “Into the Woods,” one of Stephen Sondheim’s most popular works. The musical opens July 6 and continues with a total of seven performance concluding on July 14.
Paris Naster plays Wednesday in TTIP’s “The Adams Family.” It also will be performed seven times beginning July 20 and concluding July 28.
McKenna Lewis is an athlete in Disney’s “High School Musical 1 & 2,” the final show of Theatre in the Park’s outdoor season, which premiers Aug. 3 and concludes Aug. 11.
Also, I missed the opportunity to point out Carolyn Braverman was the choreographer for “South Pacific,” which closed last weekend. I’m told she did a fabulous job, as usual!
Theatre in the Park is located inside Shawnee Mission Park at 7710 Renner Road. For ticket and parking information visit theaterinthepark.org.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE AROUND THE CORNER — Primaries in Kansas and Missouri will be held Aug. 7, just a little more than four weeks from today. July 11 is the registration deadline in Jackson County, Missouri. There is no advanced voting on the Missouri side of the state line.
If you plan to vote in Kansas here’s some things you need to know:
July 17 — Last day to register to vote
July 18 — Advance voting by mail begins
July 23 — Advance voting in person begins at the Blue Valley Hilltop Campus (7700 143rd Street)
Aug. 7 — Vote at your regular polling place
JVS BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE — JVS was established in 1949 to assist Holocaust survivors, refugees and displaced persons build new lives in this country. Since 2004, JVS has been resettling refugees in Kansas City, Missouri, and resettles nearly 500 refugees every year.
Right now JVS, the largest resettlement agency in the Kansas City Metro area, is in the process of preparing more than 230 students for the upcoming school year. The students are refugees or immigrants JVS is currently working with and hail from a variety of countries including Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Sudan.
There’s two ways you can help; all donations must be collected by Monday, July 23:
Purchase needed items and bring to JVS. Those items include: new backpacks; supply box/pencil pouch; scissors; rulers with inches and metrics; No.2 pencils; pink erasers; highlighters; 24-count boxes of crayons; boxes of colored pencils; boxes of pens (blue, black or red); washable markers; glue sticks or 8 oz. bottles of washable glue; pocket folders; wide rule or college rule spiral notebooks/loose leaf paper; polos (white, navy or light blue — all sizes; khaki pants/khaki skirts — size 5-12; tights (navy or black); socks.
Donate online. Suggested gift: $60 for full backpack or $30 for uniform. Visit jvskc.org/give to donate; note Back-to-School in comments box.
For questions or more information, email Morgan Holloway at or call 816-471-2808.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KC YOUTH PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL OF 1968 — Jeff Levine, a member of the 1968 KC Youth Pilgrimage to Israel (can anyone tell me if that was the first one?), is looking for photos, memorabilia or other information about the pilgrimage. If you can share anything, contact .
LOST DVD — Natalie Cohen and Sybil Kaplan are looking for a DVD of the February 1995 Kehilath Israel production of “Your People Are Mine,” the pop musical on the Book of Ruth. If you can make a copy or send the original to Sybil in a padded envelope at POB635, Jerusalem, Israel, it will be greatly appreciated.
STILL MISSING NAMES IN PHOTO — In the June 14 issue we published a photo of the Montefiores Club from around 1915 or 1916. The first name of a Mr. Larkin is missing. Last week we found out one of the young men was misidentified. The man called Jeff Silberg is actually Max Silberg. If anyone knows Mr. Larkin’s first name, email me at .