University of Central Missouri Athletics will host its 15th annual Celebrating Central Missouri Athletics auction and dinner presented by Husch Blackwell at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14. The auction raises funds in support of Central Missouri's 17 intercollegiate athletic programs. Participants can enjoy hors d'oeuvres and beverages and bid on silent auction items from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A... Read more »

Jazz scholar Scott DeVeaux will present a lecture titled "Multiphrenia: A New Approach to Charlie Parker" from 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, in the Utt Building, Room 100, at the University of Central Missouri. A professor of music at the University of Virginia, DeVeaux is author of "The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History"... Read more »

Warrensburg Parks and Recreation is hosting a program called Lock'd In from 8-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at the Community Center. Participants will work to crack a code to get to the "Safe Zone." The "Safe Zone" will have pizza, soda, music and dodgeball. Teams will have to work together to figure out how and where to find the... Read more »

UCM Athletics and the Elliott Student Union will host a Family Fun Day event from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, to kick off the 2015-16 Mo's Maniacs membership drive. The public is invited to attend the event at UCM's renovated Union Bowling Center. There will be free bowling and a chance to sign up for Mo's Maniacs,... Read more »