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The Alcott is now over half way through our season and have good news to share with all of our supporters.
Thank you for believing in Alcott.
Alcott was formed as an Arts Center in 2002 and has always run without grants. Some say why on earth would you do that? Why not?
When we first started, we were a small group of neighborhood people that came together to keep an area historical landmark from becoming a minimum security prison.
Nine years later we proudly look back at all of the accomplishments and always wish for people to see these things and believe in what we are doing.
This has been the year that others are really noticing what can be done without grants. We solely operate with volunteers, that's right volunteer staff too. We will be going after grants this year based on on past history and who all have been offered Artistic Opportunities. Now that we have established ourselves we beleive we know how to make any grants we might get, go further than some think is possible. Wish us luck!
We have been blessed by the groups helping us out this year, along with all of the fine people who Perform, Direct, Teach and Exhibit we have been recognized by the corporate side. We were honored to receive an award from UMB Bank for what Alcott does, an award from NAIC for our contributions to the community, Partnership with Verizon Wireless to help stop Domestic Violence and Alcott has become an official drop off site for HopeLine phones. We have have two wonderful teachers come in and help make sure that we would be able to offer classes, one was even here from New York. We have had several fundraisers others have done on our behalf and Alcott has even had the chance to help other charities through Arts fundraisers. It has been a great year!
And we still have some great things to come this year.
Upcoming events:
SITPLOT IV or Shakespeare in the Parking Lot IV September 11,12,18 & 19 curtain is at 4:30 each day at the Alcott Arts Center 180 s. 18th Street Kansas City, Kansas 913.233.2787.
This years production is "Much Ado About Nothing" Directed by Richard T. Sutton. Cost is $5 each. We encourage everyone attending to bring in their old cell phones to donate to the HopeLine Box. These phones are "cleaned" and redistributed to battered womens shelters and victims of domestic violence.
This year Alcott will host an Art Expo the first weekend of SITPLOT. We are still accepting registration for booth space ($25.00 which makes it a low cost of $12.50 a day for two days). Check the alcottartscenter.org website for more info.
Art Expo runs 1 to 6pm September 11 & 12.
Click here for the call for Artists
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Tivoli Cinemas and the UMKC Department of Communication Studies will present a special SILENT FILM SERIES beginning September 2 that will culminate with the Kansas City premiere of THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS the first week of October.
Tickets are available day of show only at the Tivoli Box Office. The first five films in the series are $4.00 per screening and free for UMKC Students/Staff with ID. The showings of THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS are presented at regular Tivoli ticket prices for the general public and free for UMKC Students/Staff with ID.
The films selected for the series are:
PANDORA’S BOX
Thursday, September 2 • 6:30pm
One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by this lurid, controversial melodrama. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. (133 minutes).
CITY LIGHTS
Thursday, September 9 • 6:30pm
Quite possibly the most perfect romantic comedy ever, and not a single word is spoken. You are never lost in translation as Charlie Chaplin at his masterful best creatively communicates each hint of emotion subtly to his audience. He adores the blind girl who sells flowers on the street corner, so much that he sacrifices to raise funds for her operation. Unfortunately,the girl mistakes the tramp for a millionaire. Can the tramp win the heart of the girl who knows not what he did for her? Heartfelt, hopeful and wonderful. (90 minutes)
PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
Tuesday, September 14 • 6:30pm
With its stunning camerawork and striking compositions, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1927 masterwork convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, as the young maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to have been lost to fire, the original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981—in a Norwegian mental institution. Spellbinding and captivating on the big screen. (82 minutes)
SUNRISE
Thursday, September 30 • 6:30pm
One of the last great silent films that is filled with so many wonderful moments which helped it win the first and only Academy Award for Best Artistic Production in 1929. Janet Gaynor and George O’Brien star in a story of a country man torn between his wife and a seductress Director F. W. Murnau’s visual mastery, his marriage of expressionism, visual lyricism and the daring technological ambition of pre-sound Hollywood, shows silent cinema at its pinnacle and has gone on to exert a profound influence on countless subsequent films. (110 minutes)
THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS
One Week Only — October 1-7
Our Silent Film Series culminates with a weeklong showcase of THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS. Seldom has the rediscovery of a cache of lost footage ignited international curiosity as did the announcement, in July 2008, that an essentially complete copy of Fritz Lang’s revered masterpiece had been found. Join us for Kansas City’s first big screen showings with the lost footage. Visit www.TivoliKC.com for METROPOLIS showtimes, previews & special links.
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Exhibition Previews Hauber Collection of WWI Machine Guns and Related Objects
“Man & Machine: The German Soldier in World War I” Offers Rare Insight
September 3, 2010 - December 31, 2011
The special exhibition “Man and Machine: The German Soldier in World War I” tells a tale that no American museum has ever told before – the story of the Great War from the German viewpoint.
The exhibition opens September 3, 2010 at the National World War I Museum. It will be housed in Exhibit Hall, one of the two original 1926 buildings which flank the Liberty Memorial Tower. Access to the special exhibition is included with admission to the National World War I Museum.
This new perspective – one that only ninety years after the war can provide – will explore the machines of war and the men who used them. Visitors will see the war through the eyes of the German soldier – his words, his technology, and the actual objects used by him to fight and survive.
Nearly all of the objects and documents will be on display to the public for the first time.
“This is a truly unique exhibition for this country. It explores this pivotal world event from a total new perspective,” says Vice President of Museum Programs Eli Paul. “Not only are you seeing the Great War through the eyes of those who fought against America and its
Allies, you are seeing how machines transformed the war. When you look at this material you wonder who is in control…the man or the machine.”
In 2009 during the conceptual development of this special exhibition an extraordinary historical collection was donated to National World War I Museum. The Carl H. Hauber donation holds the record as the largest number of historical objects ever given by one donor in the Museum’s ninety-year history. The private collection of 1,700 objects, collected with a discriminating curatorial eye and almost encyclopedic in nature, essentially told the story of 
the machine gun during WWI. A stunning addition to the most comprehensive WWI collection in America, several of the historical objects from this donation have been integrated into “Man and Machine” The exhibition serves as a preview of this significant acquisition to the museum collections.
“I was thrilled to see the tremendous number of personal items that were part of the donation from the Hauber family,” explains Curator Doran Cart. “It’s not just weapons. Objects from the German home front, equally poignant, are included in the exhibition. Surprisingly, the soldiers carried many personal items throughout this intense conflict.”
Some of the most distinctive items included in the exhibition are:
- a Christmas cigar box that was given to soldiers with patriotic images of Kaiser Wilhelm II on the lid
- a handmade calendar for 1918
- a stoneware schnapps bottle and glasses
- a pull toy of a machine gunner
- a small Imperial German flag which was silk-screened on wool
- a collar for a German service dog
- a paper sign from a trench that warned “do not use this route”
At the beginning of the war, the common German infantryman still retained equipment and traditions from decades before. As the war progressed, many innovative
changes occurred in the German infantryman’s equipment and uniform. Steel helmets replaced leather. Body armor, trench clubs, hand grenades, knives for close combat, and even submachine guns were used on the battlefield. Gas masks protected against the terror weapon of poison gas.
This exhibition is partially funded by the Kansas City, Missouri Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
Man & Machine – Insight through the German Soldier’s Own Words
How better to understand the experiences of one’s adversary than through their own words? These quotes, which are integrated into the exhibition, also give insight into how those fighting the war felt about the advance in technology.
“Life is one hell, death is a mere trifle; we are all screws in a machine that wallows forward, nobody knows where to.”
– German soldier Ernst Toller, 1916, describing service at the front
“After only ten minutes, the battle of the Somme was working away like a giant machine. Everything operated with a terrible rhythm. . . .Splinters clattered against our steel helmets but we took no notice. An attack absorbs all the senses. . . .”
– Unteroffizier (Corporal) Feuge, 6th Company, 68th Infantry Regiment, 1916
“Whose heart was not in his mouth at times during this appalling storm of steel? All were seized by a deep bitterness at the inhuman machine of destruction which hammered endlessly.”
– Landwehr Leutnant (Territorial Army Lieutenant) M. Gerster, 119th Reserve Infantry Regiment, 30 June 1916
“When I joined the army in the spring of 1916, I carried presumptions that the war would be fought like the 1870 War between German and France. Man-to-man combat, for instance. But in the trenches friend and foe alike suffer from the effects of invisible machinery. It is not enough to conquer the enemy. He has to be totally destroyed.”
– Reinhold Spengler, 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment.
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Greetings!
We're announcing a spectacular
evening to benefit the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and Musical
Theater Heritage at the beautifully renovated Midland Theater! The event will
feature
cocktails and silent auction in the dramatic chandelier bar at the top
of the
house, dinner and live auction on the main floor, performances by
Musical
Theater Heritage and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra (the best of
Baroque and
Broadway!), and dancing in the grand lobby to send everyone singing into
the
night! Join us!
Cheers,
Bruce Sorrell & George Harter
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Another Opening, Another Show!
Get a
kick out of our elegant Cole Porter-era nightclub scene. 'All Through
the Night' we will dine and be entertained. 'Let's Misbehave' for a
good cause - bid high, bid often! This party is going to be 'Too Darn
Hot'!
Ticket prices start at just $150.
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Event Info & Ticket Purchase: www.kcco-mth-gala.com
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Patron's Event!
Join Producer, George Harter, and Music Director, Bruce Sorrell, at our exclusive speakeasy. Club 'Night and Day'!
6:00 pm - Special cocktails & entertainment will begin your evening in style!
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Special appearance by 'American Tenor'
Nathan Granner!
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It's Delightful, It's Delicious...
---It's De-Lovely!
A spectacular evening to benefit Musical Theater Heritage and the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra.
Featuring music by two great men of the theater: Henry Purcell and Cole Porter.
J. Scott Francis, honorary chair
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What the Heck Is Arts Alive?
We're a range of folks - young, old &
anywhere in between - who want to learn more about and enjoy the arts while having FUN!
Stop by and check out what we're about...we promise you'll fit in!
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Join us Saturday, July 10th
DUST OFF YOUR BOOTS, SLIP ON YOUR JEANS, WE'RE HEADED FOR AN
EVENING WITH THE MULTI-TALENTED TERRY ALLEN.
First stop is the Belger Arts Center, featuring "Beneath the Surface," an exhibit kicking off their second decade showing Terry Allen, Jasper Johns, William T. Wiley, Viola Frey and William Christenberry. A new publication entitled "Terry Allen" will be signed by the artist and show over 300 images of his work as well as his songwriting history.
After drinks and Southwestern fare, we head for Knucklehead's and an evening of the best Country/Western music you'll ever experience, with Terry and his band. If you've never been to this biker bar/roadhouse in the East Bottoms, you've missed a great Kansas City experience. We have a special block of tickets for Arts Alive members. Sign up now for this July 10th event!
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Reception will begin at 6:00pm at Belger
Performance begins at 8:00pm at Knuckleheads
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Tickets are just $25 each
and include food and drink
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Terry Allen
at the Belger Arts Center
2100 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
Click here for map
and here for driving directions from Belger to Knuckleheads
**Reception begins @ 6:00pm**
Terry Allen is an independent artist working since 1966 in a wide
variety of media including musical and theatrical performances,
sculpture, painting, drawing and video, and installations which
incorporate any and all of these media.Terry Allen was raised in
Lubbock, Texas
and has worked as an artist & musician since 1966. He has received
numerous awards and honors including a Guggenheim Fellowship and
National Endowment for the Art Fellowship.
His work has been shown throughout the United States and internationally and is represented in major private and public
collections. He has written for and worked in both radio and theater. Allen has recorded 11 albums of original songs. He has been described by critic Dave Hickey in the Los Angeles Times as
"...renowned for his effortless command and outrageous combination of
disparate genres and media, according to the task at hand."
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Terry Allen
at Knuckleheads Saloon
2715 Rochester
Kansas City MO
64120
**Performance begins at 8:00pm**
It was 1887 when the old
boarding house was built by the tracks. You could hear the music of the old
west, the song of the cowboys and the trains. Today the old west and the
trains sounds still can be heard, along with the sounds of todays BEST blues
and honky tonk music in Kansas City. Not much has changed. It's still the
best of the old and the new!
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Facebook for even more on KC Jazz!
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This Saturday, July 3 At Midnight
Celebrating Our One Year Anniversary
And the Birthday & Music
of Billy Eckstine
With Special Guest Luqman Hamza
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Billy Eckstine
(July
8, 1914 - March 8, 1993)
Singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine
broke down barriers with his smooth and distinctive vocal style.
With hits like "Prisoner of Love" and "I
Apologize", Eckstines influence spanned early soul and
R&B genre.
As a bandleader, Eckstine is credited
with the first bebob big band. His group brought together some of
the most talented young performers of his time, including Charle
Parker, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie and Fats
Navarro to name but a few.
"You can't sing about love
unless you know about it."-Billy Eckstine
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No Cover - One Drink Minimum
Doors at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, 200 West 12st Street,
open at 11:30 p.m. Validated parking at the Marriott garage is
subject to space availability.
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Or catch the show live at www.kcur.org
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Romantic Getaways Abound in Kansas City
Along with singing Valentines and chocolate, the Kansas City metropolitan area is full of romantic places to have a “night away near home.” Here are a few of these wonderful places around town. Just check the Internet under “hotels” and “beds and breakfasts, Kansas City.”
Oread Hotel
The Oread Hotel is located near the University of Kansas campus. It may be the place for casual elegance. Media Director Patti McCormick says the hotel opens in January and should be really booming by Valentine’s Day.
She offered several suggestions. Enjoy a private dinner for two on the top of the Big O (5th, 9th and 10th floor terraces) overlooking the beautiful KU campus and the spectacular view of all of Lawrence, Kan. Sit by one of the two Oread roaring fireplaces, sharing a bottle of wine. Dance the night away in the state-of-the-art nightclub, the CAVE. Enjoy breakfast from your own terrace in one of The Oread's King Premier Suites. Grab ice cream or cookies from The Oread's own ice cream bar before your romantic walk to downtown Lawrence and the nightlife. Have your knight in shining armor propose to you on Top of The Oread. If there is a wedding in the future, there are the Hancock and Griffith ballrooms for the reception. How about a massage in our own Lemon Bliss Spa and retire to your Oread King Suite overlooking the city, McCormick says.
www.theoread.com
InterContinental at the Plaza
The InterContinental offers several packages that might be romantic or fun for the more adventurous couple. There’s the Plaza shopping package, which opens up the Country Club Plaza to happy shoppers. There’s the Kansas City Heritage package, which includes
historic neighborhoods and world-class museums such as the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, Truman Presidential Library & Museum, and the Steamboat Arabia Museum. Then there’s the Private Collections package that allows visitors to see the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
The Oak Room serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon tea. According to the hotel, “the ever-evolving menu changes with the seasons to take advantage of the great variety of fresh local and organic ingredients raised by area farmers.”
www.kansascityic.com
The Raphael
The Raphael is another romantic hotel. The romance package is designed for honeymoons, anniversaries and other celebrations to mark milestones. The romantic suite includes a two-person whirlpool, a welcome basket, bottle of wine, heart-shaped chocolates, breakfast served in bed and more. Head downstairs Don’t forget to step downstairs and dine at Chaz on the Plaza in the hotel.
There is also a chance to retreat to a suite for a private wine tasting that features a bottle of red and a bottle of white from a regional vineyard. Handcrafted chocolates by local chocolatier, Christopher Elbow, are also included.
www.raphaelkc.com
The Elms
An older hotel in Excelsior Springs, the Elms captures charm and romance. Their romance package includes a bottle of wine and breakfast. The package can be personalized even more by adding dinner for two, chocolate dipped strawberries, roses, spa voucher, renewal of vows and more.
There’s a weekend escape package too. Stay Friday and Saturday in a deluxe guestroom with breakfast each morning. Personalize this package by adding 18 holes of golf at the historic Excelsior Springs Golf Course, skydiving for two, spa voucher, wine or champagne, dinner for two, anniversary or birthday surprise. Something similar can be arranged during a weekday retreat too.
www.elmsresort.com
Chateau Avalon
According to the hotel, Chateau Avalon is a three-floor, 62-room, luxury French-inspired chateau featuring suites themed in 24 diverse accommodation themes. They represent in detail unique eras, personalities, environments, cities and countries from around the world like Jessie James, Hemingway, Lincoln, Venice, the Mayan Rainforest, Camelot, Havana, Seville and Casablanca, just to name a few.
Amenities and extras can include wine and champagne, chocolate covered strawberries and spa baskets. Other treats might be plush bathrobes and towels. There is a complimentary DVD library and evening indulgences for a little extra. Guest favorites include massage therapy, in room chromotherapy whirlpool spa and walking trails.
www.chateauavalonhotel.com
The Terrace Avenue Inn
Innkeepers Al and Brenda Hedrick own Terrace Avenue Inn in Liberty and offer an escape from the regular life. The two main rooms are designed for respite, but the add-ons are worth a little excitement. Brenda also owns Anna Marie’s Teas and so guests can share a pot of tea and two homemade cream scones. The treat can be served in the room, out on the private porch or in the cottage style dining room. There are two romantic packages and include items such as homemade sweets, seasonal fruit with dark Italian dipping chocolate, cheese and crackers and a bottle of wine, champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic beverage. Or try an evening tray of desserts designed by Brenda and Al.
If guests check out the Web site, they might want to visit during one of Brenda’s unique tea events. There are tea parties and tea tastings in front of a roaring fire.
www.theterraceavenueinn.com
Here are some other choices in the area to try out too.
- Southmoreland on the Plaza
- Su Casa Bed and Breakfast, 92nd Street, Kansas City
- Benner House, Weston
- Inn on Crescent Lake, Excelsior Springs
- Hatchery B&B, Weston
- Laurel Brook Farm, Weston
- Stone-Yancey House, Liberty
- The Porch Swing Inn, Parkville
- Weston Bed & Breakfast, Weston
- Bridge Water Bed and Breakfast, Lexington
www.bedandbreakfast.com
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