Present Magazine Photo Essay
Photographer Phil Peterson captures the revelry with this series for Present Magazine.KC Library Houses Priests of Pallas Collections
The Kansas City public library has a collection of Priests of Pallas memorabilia, postcards and photographs. These are available for online viewing at....Nara to Roll for the Priests of Pallas
The Priests of Pallas Ball is thrilled to announce an extension of the 'Fast East' theme with the addition of Sushi from Nara. Nara, "Neo-Japanese and Robata Grill" was inspired...From Urban Times
On Oct. 26, 2007, from 7 p.m. to midnight, Union Station will come alive with the thrills and pageantry of Kansas City’s original harvest -festival ball.The Priests of Pallas annual festival made its debut on Oct. 11, 1887, with a glorious run until 1912 and a brief attempt at revival from 1922 to 1924. A week-long autumnal celebration akin in spectacle to....
From the Kansas City Star
Long before the Spirit Festival, Kansas City had a parade and ball called the Priests of Pallas that reportedly drew hundreds of thousands over a week.The Priests of Pallas began in 1887 and was a harvest-time effort to draw interest and business to Kansas City. It was based on a supposed visit to the city of ....
From the Examiner
As for many of you, my summer has been pretty laid back. Mercifully the pace of life slows down during this season, and we have all enjoyed a much-deserved reprieve from the hectic demands of our ordinary lives.Vacation over. A glance at the upcoming social calendar reveals....From the Examiner
The lost is found.Those receiving an invitation this week to the Priests of Pallas Ball are undoubtedly intrigued by the mystery and eclecticism that heralds the Oct. 14 masquerade ball staged within the towering majesty of Kansas City's historic Union Station.Not in recent memory has a first-year event created such widespread buzz....David W. Jackson Portals to the Past
Priests of Pallas event was an extravaganza.A once wildly popular social event called "Priests of Pallas" will return to Kansas City's Union Station on Oct. 21, thanks to the Westport and Jackson County historical societies.
And you're invited!....







