One thing to know today
We still believe.
Overland Park native Jason Sudeikis is back as beloved soccer coach Ted Lasso.
AppleTV+ this week released a roughly minute-long trailer previewing season three of the hit show, which premieres on the streaming app on March 15.
As AppleTV+ describes it, this season will follow newly promoted AFC Richmond as they struggle to compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.
Meanwhile, Ted “deals with the pressures at work” and “continues to struggle with his personal issues at home” in America.
The show catapulted Sudeikis to international stardom and earned him two Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Sudeikis is also an executive producer on the show, which has become one of the Apple streaming service’s most popular original series.
The new season will be 12 episodes long and episodes will debut weekly on Wednesdays instead of Fridays like in previous seasons.
Things to do on the weekend
- ArtHeals exhibit at InterUrban ArtHouse in downtown Overland Park, 5-8pm tonight [More info]
- Kansas City Ballet’s “Cinderella” premieres Friday at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts [More info]
- Emerson Quartet, Midwest Trust Center at JCCC, Saturday at 7pm [Get tickets]
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at KCMO’s T-Mobile Center, Saturday at 7:30pm [Look for tickets]
- Pickleball and Jams Tournament, Chicken N Pickle at Overland Park, Sunday 9am-12pm [More info]
The best Thursday stories of the post
More local news
- A 27 year old male was charged with trespassing and invasion of privacy after he allegedly broke into women’s restrooms and made lewd remarks to female students at Johnson County Community College. [Kansas City Star]
- THE Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center in Lenexa will host the Kansas State High School Boys’ Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend. [Topeka Capital-Journal]
- Lenexa Police are still looking for two suspects in an armed robbery in a Game crash near Oak Park Mill where an employee was tied up and threatened with a gun. [Fox 4]
Notable tweets
Now is the time to check out the Johnson County Museum’s latest exhibit on the history of American Indian boarding schools.
So far, we’ve seen a great response to the “Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories” special exhibit. This nationwide traveling exhibit from @KCMAAA AND @Exhibits_USA it’s only with us until March 18, so be sure to plan your visit early.
Would you like to know more? A: pic.twitter.com/6sxGRI93JG
— JohnsonCountyMuseum (@JoCoMuseum) February 16, 2023
A dive into the past of the Chiefs.
Of today #ThrowbackThursday is special from @jocomuseo showing the world champions @Capi team from 1969. The photo was found in a time capsule from 1975 Indian Hills Junior High. Let’s celebrate #Chiefs be world champions again this year for the third time in the history of the franchise! pic.twitter.com/FaXh1WJUH8
— JCPRD (@JCPRDparks) February 17, 2023
Coffee and jazz in downtown Overland Park on Thursday nights.
A full house @Homerscoffee In @DowntownOP to enjoy the SMS 6th grade jazz band – an amazing talent on display! @MrSchapker pic.twitter.com/UBjaN4NNBN
— Britt Pumphrey (@brpumphrey) February 16, 2023
A thousand words
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and United States Representative Sharice Davids (third and second from right) along with Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog (center in red tie), were all in attendance at the Hilltop Conference Center Thursday to officially kick off the Toll lane construction stage on US Highway 69. Photo credit Nikki Lansford.
