March 2022

Vendors across Missouri are opening their doors to shoppers with spring-themed sales touting fresh items.

Vintage Market Days will herald the arrival of a new season when its “Hello, Spring!” show comes to Kansas City, March 18-20.
The highly anticipated event, which will take place at 7100 NW Prairie View Road, features art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade treasures, home décor, outdoor furnishings, and seasonal plantings. In addition to national vendors, attendees can get a taste of local and area fare with creative, vintage-inspired items sold by local artisans as well.

As you browse the tables piled high with unique treasures, enjoy giveaways, live music, and lunch from local food trucks.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.vintagemarketdays.com.

February 2022

If paper is your passion, the annual Postcard, Stamp, and Paper Show is the place to be. The 15th annual show, which will take place April 8-9 at the Johnson County 4-h Fairgrounds in Iowa City, will include 12 dealers and more than 60 tables of items for sale. In addition to postcards and stamps, you’ll find coins, photos, and paper goods as well as small collectibles.

Admission to the show is always free, and dealer space is still available. For more information, call Herb Staub at
319-400-6498 or e-mail herbiniowa@mchsi.com.

February 2022

The Winterfest Flea Market, Antique, and Junk Festival will allow shoppers to cozy up to some deals as we prepare to bid farewell to winter.

Coming to the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln on Feb. 26-27, Attending and setting up shop will be more than 125 vendors, selling an array of collectibles, antiques, and one-of-a-kind items. Antiques, glass, furniture, advertising, pottery, signs, primitives, yard art, and everyday flea market items and good, old-fashioned junk will be up for grabs. The event is organized by Mike’s Junk-N-Tiques.

Admission to the event is $7 for adults, while children 12 and younger are free. For more information, call
402-525-6234.

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February 2022

Bring your friends for a day out at 2 Friends & Junk, a shopping event for the junk lover in you. The event runs Feb. 4-5 at the Exchange Center on the Tulsa Expo Fairgrounds in Tulsa.

The event includes booths stacked with vintage items, farmhouses, furniture, antiques, industrial salvage, garden décor, rusty junk, and a lot more. If your buy is a big one, don’t worry – a loading area is available, and volunteers will load your purchase for free.

The first 50 shoppers in the door on each day of the event will receive a free 2 Friends & Junk swag bag. While shopping, enjoy door prizes and wine sampling as well.

Friday admission is $10 and Saturday is $8. For more information, visit www.twofriendsandjunk.com.

February 2022

There’s still time left to hear the story of Wyandotte County’s most influential players as seen through the historical items they owned and used as the exhibit “More Than Memories” shows at the Wyandotte County Historical Museum in Bonner Springs through Feb. 15.

The special exhibit features donated and discovered items from Wyandotte Countians, and their stories are told through these items.

“From a chair owned by Clarina Nichols, a suffragist who was present at the writing of the Kansas Constitution, to a neon sign for the business of Boston Daniels; the first black police chief in Kansas City, Kansas,” announces the museum’s website, “come learn some interesting stories about Wyandotte County history.”

The museum’s next special exhibit, which opens later this spring, will recognize the sesquicentennial anniversary of Rosedale. For more information, call the museum at 913-573-5002 

https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Wyandotte-County-Historical-Museum