Community Calendar

We are open every Saturday, all year around! Come shop the largest selection of freshly picked and locally grown fruits and veggies in the area. Our farmers grow winter veggies in hoop houses and greenhouses. Support your local Farmers!!

On these busy fall festival weekends, let us help you with your Saturday evening dinner plans. Trinity Lutheran Church and School will be preparing a German meal on October 17, from 5-6:30 — carry out only. Swing thru the parking lot at Trinity School and your meals will be delivered to your car. We’ll make it easy for you. The menu is fresh grilled Bratwurst (with condiments of sweet red cabbage and savory sauerkraut), German potato salad, creamy Cole slaw, plus home made apple cake with a dollop of sweet whipped cream — all for $15.00. Let us make your weekend meal planning easy. Pay in advance or at pick up. Cash, credit card, or check accepted. Reserve your meal in advance. Very limited walk up meals will be available from 6:15-6:30 only. Reserve your meal now at trinity1874.com or by calling the church office at 417-235-2700. All funds raised support the missions of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Freistatt, MO

Festival Orchestra in Monett opens its 47th season on Sunday, Oct. 18, as part of its "America 250: Heritage from the Heartland" theme.
The concert, under music director Carla Wootton, will showcase the first symphony with an American sound: Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s “Symphony No. 1: A Night in the Tropics.” In honor of the nation's birth, the orchestra will play a movement from Kabalevsky's "Youth" Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring orchestra member Jessica Hall as soloist.
The orchestra will also play Aaron Copland’s “Variations on a Shaker Melody” from “Appalachian Spring,” a concert setting of “America the Beautiful,” Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and the lively “Firehouse Jig” for strings and percussion by Kansas City Youth Symphony conductor Kirt Mosier.

We are open every Saturday, all year around! Come shop the largest selection of freshly picked and locally grown fruits and veggies in the area. Our farmers grow winter veggies in hoop houses and greenhouses. Support your local Farmers!!

The SEK Arts Community is celebrating spooky season with an event featuring funky crafts, eclectic art, supernatural readings and fiery performances.

From 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, community members can don their costumes and head to the Pritchett Pavilion, 106 W. 2nd Street in Pittsburg where they can engage in the sights, sounds and smells of the Goblin Market: Wonders and Curiosities Street Fair.

More than 40 vendors and entertainers are scheduled to awe and delight crowds. This event focuses on the weird, quirky or unique side of creativity. Many vendors will also have Halloween-themed or inspired items.

Besides browsing wares, attendees can enjoy free entertainment including jazzy music by The Fun Club, belly dancing, macabre poetry reading, and fire dancing.

A ghostly figure with a typewriter will provide intuitive one-line readings for free but will welcome tips. Tarot and oracle readings will be available for cost. For more information regarding the event or the organization, email sekartscommunity@gmail.com or join the SEK Arts Community Facebook group.

Guests will enjoy a guided walking tour of short acting vignettes centering around ghostly incidents in Fort Scott. Scenes were written by the Advanced Drama class at Fort Scott High School and BCCT members.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and are available from bcct.ludus.com in Fort Scott. Tour times must be pre-scheduled and run every 20 minutes. Parents must accompany children under the age of 14.

More information can be found on the Bourbon County Community Theatre Facebook page or by contacting Christina King at 913-827-6401.

Screening of Cardinal Valley - A Restoration Story, which highlights Webb City's successful ecological transformation of scarred mined land into a thriving natural habitat using a municipal compost program. Following the 30-minute documentary John Nichols, the Habitat Restoration Manager, will be available to answer questions.

EVENT DETAILS
Event: Good Neighbor: Through the Decades
Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Location: Boys & Girls Club, Joplin, Missouri
Children's Session: 5:30–7 p.m. | Decade 1 – Down!
Adult Session: 7–10 p.m. | Decade 2 – Up!
Donation: $5 during the adult session to benefit the building of Hope Park
Attire: Wear your favorite decade-inspired outfit
Activities: Games, music, dancing, food, and more

We are open every Saturday, all year around! Come shop the largest selection of freshly picked and locally grown fruits and veggies in the area. Our farmers grow winter veggies in hoop houses and greenhouses. Support your local Farmers!!

Halloween fun for all Trick or Treaters at the American Legion Post 64 in Pittsburg with lots of Trunk or Treat in the Front parking lot!