Kansas City Actor’s Theatre hopes to honor the legacy left by great American playwright Sam Shepard with the second production of their 13th Season, “A Lie of the Mind.” Shepard, who passed at the age of 73 this past July, is one of the most-honored playwrights of this generation, whose recognitions include several awards for […]
The 2017 – 18 academic year brings the exciting Conservatory Artist Series to the UMKC Campus, Folly Theater, and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The Conservatory Orchestra kicks off the series with Conservatory faculty member Benny Kim, and the UMKC Opera brings to life a classic fairytale. Our annual fundraiser Crescendo returns with […]
When I first arrived in Kansas City in 2010 to be the new Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell Director & CEO at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, I wanted to understand the community and the history of the museum. I asked both staff and community members what they most wanted to see, and Picasso […]
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is passionate about providing opportunities for youth and underserved community members to experience high-quality performing arts through the Open Doors program. This program’s three components are aimed at connecting youth, families and adults from throughout the metropolitan area to educational programs and performances at the Kauffman Center. The […]
Libraries’ ‘Big Read’ Collaboration Spotlights the Vietnam War Fifty years ago, amid rising anger and unrest, America was grinding through its long, painful and ultimately unwinnable war in Vietnam. Nightly newscasts took grim account of the dead and missing. Nearly half the country considered it “a mistake.” Weary and dispirited, Lyndon Johnson would announce within […]
In her Brookside studio, Debbie Barrett-Jones works the pedals of her floor loom. The rhythmic click, click creates a transfixing, meditative sound as she gets into the zone, weaving her latest scarf. Slowly, a beautiful zig-zag pattern of brown and blue begins to take shape. Scarves are Barrett-Jones’ (’03 Fiber) sketchbook. She uses them to […]
