the arts
Art Detour
(http://www.downtownls.org...), Downtown gets spruced up changing artists works scattered around. Also at Longview College. Keep your eyes out for it!Lee's Summit Symphony
(http://www.lssymphony.org/), Heading for its fifth season, LSSO is a great way to end a night! Performances are housed at LS High School's PA Center. For tickets visit their website.Summit Art
(http://www.summitart.org/), Summit Art is a 501c3 organization whose mission is to encourage and promote the visual arts, multi-cultural art education and humanities throughout the Lee's Summit and regional surrounding communities.Not to mention that all three local high schools, as well as MCC-Longview, have their own theatre seasons where they perform plays and musicals several times a year. Notable performances from the past include: Les Miserable, Beauty and the Beast, The Comedy of Errors, Arsenic and Old Lace, plus many more!
To keep up to date on public art displays, check out the Lee's Summit Art Council website.
lakes
Beaches are open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Longview Lake
Beach- 111101 Raytown Rd, Marina- 9898 Longview Rd, 816 767-0727, (http://www.jacksongov.org...), The most popular of the Lee's Summit public lakes, Longview is located next to the college, Ferd Arbanas golf course, and longview mansion.Lake Jacomo
Marina- 7401 West Park Rd, 816 795-8888, (http://www.jacksongov.org...), the largest and most beautiful of the lakes it's nestled in the woods, Lake Jacomo offers up a fisherman's dream. It's in the south end of Fleming Park.Blue Springs Lake
Beach- 1500 NE Bowlin Rd, Marina- Located next to beach, 816 795-0822, (http://www.jacksongov.org...), the most popular with power boaters and water skiers, Blue Springs is in Fleming Park, just north of Jacomo.Prairie Lea Lake
816 795-8200, (http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/ap...) the smallest of the public lakes has two parks on it, South PL on Scruggs Rd between Todd George and Blackwell Pkwys is the larger and North PL on Colbern Rd opposite Lake Jacomo is the smaller. They feature picnic areas, boat ramps, and are the quietest public lake parks.