October 2026
Each honor as the body wrote it, each event as the host posted it.
Recognitions
The Kansas City KEYS
A RESOLUTION honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Kansas City KEYS.
Jackson County Legislature, adopted.
Read at jacksonco.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Clydia Locke
A RESOLUTION honoring and celebrating Clydia Locke on her 90th Birthday.
Jackson County Legislature, adopted.
Read at jacksonco.legistar.com on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Events, free and open to the public
Infinite Scholars college scholarship fair
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. · Municipal Auditorium (The Lex), 301 W. 13th Street
Hosted by Infinite Scholars Program. Free
In the host's words: "Some colleges and universities will be granting admissions and awarding scholarships to eligible students on the spot." Students register on the host's page.
Read at infinitescholar.org on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Events with no price posted
Kemba: Film Screening
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 6:00 p.m. (reception 5:30) · Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium
Hosted by Kansas City Public Library. No price posted.
In the library's listing: "Author and public speaker Kemba Smith Pradia visits Kansas City to discuss the 2024 film, Kemba, based on her own experience as a college student whose partner turned out to be an abusive drug dealer." Part of the library's Domestic Violence Awareness Month series. The library asks for an RSVP.
Read at kclibrary.org on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
The Amazing Life of Jeffrey Deroine: Enslaved Trader, Prairie Diplomat, and Missouri Settler
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. · Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium
Hosted by Kansas City Public Library. No price posted.
Historian Greg Olson on his new book. In the library's words, it examines "how Deroine (de-rō-NAY) embodied the complexity of pre-Civil War Missouri and defied expectations and stereotypes of enslaved people in the early 19th century." The library asks for an RSVP.
Read at kclibrary.org on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Events with a price
KC Keys Golden Gala
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. · Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 1616 E. 18th Street
Hosted by Kansas City Keys. $150
The fiftieth-anniversary gala. The host calls it a fundraiser for its programming and scholarship fund. The time is on the host's invitation flyer; the price is on the ticket link from the host's page.
Read at kckeys.org on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Adam Larson Workshop: Jazz Improvisation, Composition & Music Business
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. · The Blue Room, 1600 E. 18th Street
Hosted by American Jazz Museum. $20 students and educators; $35 general admission
Kansas City Jazz Academy students attend free and need no ticket, per the ticket page.
Read at eventbrite.com on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Not listed, and why
The officials who introduced each honor. The Roll names honorees, never sponsors, so it cannot read as an endorsement.
Kansas City Ordinances 260902 (JuneteenthKC funding) and 260903 (the Blues Juke House lease at 1700 East 18th Street). They are business before the Council, not honors, and they are on The Docket for Week 41.