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KC Studio covers the performing, visual, cinematic and literary arts, and the artists, organizations and patrons that make Kansas City a vibrant center for arts and culture.

The Right Color for Your Kitchen

A lot of us have heard at least one of the rules that come with painting your kitchen like “Stay away from orange or you will be in there eating all day!” Right now the trend is to keep paint colors on the light and muted. These colors help open up the kitchen and give […]

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, June 28 – July 1

Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson to round out the month of June. Opening today at the Nelson and on view through December, see works from the collection of Lincoln Kirstein in the American Galleries. Tonight at the Blue Room, percussionist and bandleader Pablo Sanhuenza performs with the KC Latin […]

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, June 21 – 24

Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson! This weekend is your last chance to see three great plays: Unicorn Theatre‘s production of Hir, The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City‘s production of the musical Memphis and Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre‘s The Unsinkable Molly Brown. The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival is still […]

5 Ways to Bring Geometric Prints into Your Home

Geometric prints are huge right now, and we don’t see them going out of style any time soon. The great thing about this type of print is that it can cater to a wide range of tastes. Are you into a monochromatic look? Choose a grey and white hexagonal print. Do you like bold colors? […]

Two Weeks of Fun, FREE Music in the Ozarks

What better way to spend a summer evening in the Ozarks than listening?  The night air is filled with chirpings, trills and croakings. At first it’s a ceaseless cacophony. Then, you really listen.  You start to pick apart the separate calls. Now you can hear the deep brassy bellow of the bullfrog, calling five times […]

KCPT: Arts Worth Watching

KCPT: Arts Worth Watching

KCPT brings the arts to your living room seven days a week. This July, A Capitol Fourth, America’s national Independence Day celebration, kicks off our country’s 242nd birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. With 20 cameras positioned around the city, viewers are front and center […]