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Learn about upcoming events supported by the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund of the Office of Culture and Creative Services.
For more information, visit kcmo.gov/ntdf.
A
The
Negro
Leagues
baseball
museum
is
a
hub
of
activity
with
exhibitions
and
tours
and
related
programs,
including
an
event,
a
hotdog
festival
that
is
coming
up
on
August
12th
and
is
supported
by
the
neighborhood
tourists.
Development
Fund
here,
to
tell
us
more
about
what's
happening
at
the
Museum,
is
dr.
ray
Doswell,
the
vice
president
of
curatorial
services,
dr.
ray,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
today.
We're.
A
B
Museum
was
initially
established
in
1990
when
a
group
of
local
historians
or
former
baseball
players
wanted
to
highlight
the
history
of
african-american
baseball
in
this
area
in
Kansas.
City
is
significant
to
that
national
story
in
that
the
Negro
National
League,
the
first
successful
grouping,
our
league
of
all-black
baseball
teams
was
founded
here
at
the
historic
ymca
on
the
Paseo
Boulevard.
B
B
Baseball
museum
is
pleased
to
offer
the
heart
of
america
hotdog
festival,
which
is
an
annual
salute
to
the
connections
between
baseball
and
that
great
american
treat
the
hotdog.
It's
an
idea
that
our
president
Bob
Kendrick
came
up
with,
and
it's
just
a
great
community
music
festival,
primarily
with
the
support
of
the
NTDs
in
the
city,
as
well
as
our
great
sponsors,
hyvee,
Pepsi
and
farmland.
B
We're
able
to
provide
thousands
of
hotdogs
for
the
fans
to
come
and
purchase
and
help
raise
money
for
the
museum
and
we've
got
an
all-star
lineup
if
you're
into
funk
and
R&B,
we
have,
after
seven
and
zap,
which
are
great
historic,
funk
and
R&B
bands,
as
well
as
local
favorites
bloodstone,
who
are
pioneers
in
old-school,
R&B
music,
among
some
other
talent
as
well.
So
folks
will
come
out
and
get
some
food
there's
some
great
music
and
enjoy
the
outdoors.
Well,.
B
Anticipated
close
to
well
over
3,000,
maybe
even
as
high
as
as
seven
to
10,000.
Folks,
it's
a
little
bit
different
this
year,
we
have
a
little
bit
more
space
to
work
with.
Normally
the
event
is
on
the
north
side
of
the
museum
complex
near
the
Greg
Center,
but
because
of
construction
of
the
youth
baseball
academy,
we
moved
it
now
to
the
median
at
Paseo
between
Paseo
and
18th
Street
and
Truman
Road.
A
B
B
We
have
a
great
membership
based
out
of
town
as
well,
so
they
want
to
support-
and
this
is
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
them
to
come
into
town,
see
the
museum
again
and,
of
course,
enjoy
great
music
and
it's
one
of
the
last
opportunities
to
do
something
fun
before
school
starts
and
before
the
end
of
summer.
And
if.
B
Tickets
for
the
hot
dog
press
were
available
through
Eventbrite,
which
you
can
link
there
at
our
website,
which
is
wwl,
be
am
calm.
We
also
are
on
Facebook
as
well,
so
you
can
go
to
the
museum
site
on
Facebook.
Has
lots
of
great
news
and
information
about
our
exhibit
traveling
exhibits
and
other
activities
that
are
happening
around
the
nation
related
to
Negro,
Leagues
history,
and
you
can
follow
our
president
Bob
Kendrick
on
Twitter
at
NLB
empress?
That's
the
official
twitter
account
for
the
museum
and.
B
Right,
we
have
a
special
offer
for
folks
right
now.
It's
a
really
special
offer
$10
for
adults
$5
for
children,
for
the
hot
dog
festival,
though
that
sale
ends
on
September
2
on
July
21st.
But
what
you
get
with
that
special
offer
is
that
you
also
get
a
free,
hot
dog
and
a
free
drink
with
your
ticket,
but
that
ends
on
July
21st.
We're
thankful
we're
thankful
for
the
support
of
the
city
that
recognizes
what
we
do
here
and
the
attraction
that
we
are
for
folks
from
out
of
town.