Julius Karash

Julius A. Karash is a freelance writer, editor and public relations person. He formerly was a business reporter for the Kansas City Star and executive editor of KC Business magazine. He devours business and economic news, and is keenly interested in the relationship between arts and economic development in the Kansas City area.

Dramatic Exhibit About the Destruction of Pompeii Comes to Union Station

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius spewed 1.5 million tons of lava per second and unleashed the thermal energy equivalent of more than one hundred thousand Hiroshima atomic bombs, destroying Pompeii. Beginning in November, visitors to Union Station will have the opportunity to relive that fateful day and the civilization decimated by the volcano […]

November 3, 2016
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Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts

With tax abatements on the line, Crossroads Arts District hopes for continued city support. Jeff Owens, a high-profile artist/filmmaker and developer in Kansas City’s Crossroads area, recalls a time when he actually benefitted from the ghostly atmosphere that permeated a largely abandoned neighborhood. “It was extremely quiet, hardly any activity going on,” Owens told me. […]

September 9, 2016
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KC Arts Groups Launch Bricks and Mortar Projects Thanks to Generous Donor Support

A vacant, former OfficeMax store at 3732 Main St. soon will become the first permanent home of Kansas City Young Audiences, thanks to generous support from area donors. KCYA has purchased the 18,000-square-foot building, expects to begin a $3.1 million renovation spearheaded by Helix Architecture + Design in July, and plans to move in at […]

July 11, 2016
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Art Fabricator to the World

KC’s Zahner Co. treads the cutting edge with leading artists and architects at home and abroad. On a Sunday morning in early May, a helicopter gently removed the eastern-most and largest of the four Sky Stations atop Bartle Hall. Damaged by lightning, the nearly 40,000-pound sculpture was trucked to Zahner Co. for repairs. That destination […]

July 1, 2016
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Julius Karash on Business and Arts: Introducing KC’s Next Wave of Arts Supporters

Damian Lair looks back with joy on school field trips to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art when he was a child living in Piqua, a small Kansas town about two hours southwest of Kansas City. “Through these visits, the Nelson planted a seed early in my life, a love of art and the museum,” Lair […]

May 30, 2016
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NCECA Conference Will Fire Up KC Ceramics Community

A giant spotlight will shine on the Kansas City area’s ceramics community March 16-19, when the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) holds its 50th annual conference here. The conference is expected to draw more than 5,000 artists, students, teachers, collectors and enthusiasts from around the world. Besides bringing added recognition and […]

March 7, 2016
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