Events

Join us for our first Women of Rotary of 2025!

Please find attached a document with appropriate dress, directions and other helpful information. 

Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. The book discussion will be led by Vivien Jennings and all Rotarians and guests are welcome.

About the book:

Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.  In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.  Through it all, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group for the discussion of the book The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabriella Zevin. The book discussion will be led by Vivien Jennings and all Rotarians and guests are welcome.

About the book:

A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island—from Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who’s always felt kindly toward Fikry; from Ismay, his sister-in-law who is hell-bent on saving him from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who keeps on taking the ferry over to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.’s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, A.J. can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly..

And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It’s a small package, but large in weight. It’s that unexpected arrival that gives A. J. Fikry the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J.; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.’s world; or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn’t see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.

Join us for Women of Rotary at a new restaurant. The owner has prepared a Happy Hour for our group (see attached). 

Happy Hour pricing till 6:00! https://www.truefoodkitchen.com/ 

Joins us to learn more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City. Michael Lawrence, Executive Director, will be our host for the evening. 

https://www.platekc.com/

Rotary Night at the K

https://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/location/mccormick-schmicks-kansas-city-mo/