Missouri Life June 2023

OLD-SCHOOL STYLE What was once Academic Hall for Will Mayfield College at Marble Hill has graduated to a new purpose. Owners Daniel Polanczyk and Anthony Yates purchased the historic building earlier this year as an investment in their community. The old classroom building has served many purposes since its school days from 1878 until 1934, including as a hospital, a retirement home, and a restaurant. Daniel and Anthony successfully transformed the building into an elegant, multipurpose facility: the Mayfield Event Center.

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HOW MANY HORSES? There’s a whole herd of horses to be found on the pages of this issue. How many? You tell us. Count them, then email your answer to Sandy@ MissouriLife.com . We’ll pick one winner from all the correct answers to receive a prize from our new Missouri Life Mercantile. CUTENESS OVERLOAD The final round of voting for our “Show-Me Missouri Creatures Great & Small” pet contest is underway. Drop in to MissouriLife .com/petcontest to peruse the photos of readers’ adorable dogs, cats, horses, and other critters and choose your favorites. The winners will be featured in an upcoming issue of Missouri Life magazine.

HORSE SENSE Two Columbia institutions, the University of Missouri and Stephens College, are teaming up to educate a new generation of equine veterinary professionals. Starting with the fall semester of 2024, the Women in STEM Research at Stephens College will accept 10 first-year Stephens students each year who will take classes together and collaborate as they progress through a four-year program. The horses at the Stephens College Stables will be part of the program, too, as the students use the animals for hands-on training led by MU’s

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FOX 4 NEWS, MAYFIELD EVENT CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, D. BISHOP beginning with two 2023 films, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (May 31) and The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (June 1). Three other films round out the festival picks: Miss Juneteenth (June 5), The Blackening (June 13), and Do the Right Thing (June 19). Explore Juneteenth-KC.com for details. FROM FREEDOM TO FILM Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021, is a remembrance of the end of slavery in the United States. In conjunction with that important commemoration, Kansas City’s Fox 4 News film critic and African American Film Critics Association cofounder Shawn Edwards has curated the inaugural JuneteenthKC Film Festival at the Screenland Armour Theatre in North Kansas City. The festival celebrates the Black experience through cinema with a mix of new film releases and classic cinema. The festival takes place over five nights

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