events

Brookside Barkery & Bath invites you and your pooch to dine with us on the patio at JULIAN on Sunday, September 29th at 6pm. Chef Celina Tio will host a special dinner at her Brookside restaurant, which will benefit Wayside Waifs. Reservations are required. You and your guest will enjoy a bottle of wine and a delightful three-course meal prepared by the talented chefs at JULIAN. Brookside Barkey & Bath will be serving a scrumptious gourmet dinner followed by tasty dessert for the pooches. Cost: $65 per person Call (816) 333-BARK (2275) or email Jason at info@barkerybath.com.

The John Wornall House Museum will be closed temporarily to the public starting on Monday, June 24, 2013 for a major capital project to make repairs to the foundation, facade, and interior of the house, which has sustained damage due to the two-year drought. The construction to the exterior of the house is slated to begin in early July. The house will be closed to the public from June 24 through at least the end of September 2013,

Long-time Brookside business and property owner Leon Goodhart was honored March 22 at a brief ceremony where Brookside Plaza was be renamed “Leon Goodhart Way.” Goodhart had been a Brookside businessman since 1949, when he came to the United States from Poland to work for his great uncle, Jacob Hyman, at the Country Club Shoe Store. Goodhart went on to take over the business, and operated it until his retirement in the late 1990s. In addition, Goodhart owned and managed much of the property along Brookside Plaza, including the Brookside Plaza office building. He was a past president of the Brookside Business Association and a board member of the Brookside Community Improvement District. Goodhart passed away in June 2012.
You can also search on youtube.com for Leongoodhartway it is the only video by that name on youtube.com or go to: http://youtu.be/ZN7DLIzMgQ4