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MTH Scores with a Virtual ‘Music of Motown’

MTH Theatre again goes on location for its current classy video production — to the atmospheric art gallery at the picturesque KC Crossroads Hotel. The show, simply titled “The Music

“There are Black people in the future,” a collaborative window installation, Goethe Pop Up Kansas City

After years of living on the coasts Alisha B. Wormsley returned to the Pittsburgh neighborhood where she grew up to participate in a community-based artist residency. She had long been

“London Williams & Izsys Archer: In Truth, Black Angels,” Haw Contemporary

The riveting installation “London Williams & Izsys Archer: In Truth, Black Angels” at Haw Contemporary in the West Bottoms is angelic by virtue of its emotional accessibility and vulnerability. At

“Current Works,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

The Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography’s annual “Current Works” exhibition is now on view on the lower level of the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. Featuring 37 photographs by 23 photographers,

William Baker Festival Singers, conducted by William Baker.

William Baker Festival Singers in “Candlelight, Carols & Cathedral”

For many, singing is a non-negotiable necessity of holiday tradition. Unfortunately, that activity, without precautions, can be high risk for spreading coronavirus. William Baker Festival Singers, with the intention of

“Jason Needham: Wintertide,” Habitat Contemporary Gallery

As we all digest the dire warnings of a “Dark Winter” ahead, Kansas City painter Jason Needham offers up a new body of pandemic-era work in the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center’s newly minted exhibition space called Habitat Contemporary Gallery, run by Robert Gann, formerly of Studios Inc. Needham’s “Wintertide” series, consisting of ten acrylic on canvas […]

December 7, 2020
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Form on Film: A New Mode for New Dance Partners 2020

Up close and personal is not something that’s happening within most arts these days. But the collaborative artists who reimagined this season’s New Dance Partners displayed elaborate, expressive internal worlds, bringing the audience as near to dance as we are going to get in the now times. Dance on film is a different beast than […]

December 5, 2020
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The Rep Tells a Familiar Story in a New Way with its Virtual Production of ‘A Christmas Carol’

“A Christmas Carol” has been dramatized for film and television repeatedly, and stage versions began popping up almost as soon as Charles Dickens’ novella hit book stores in 1843. In Kansas City, family audiences have turned out to see Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s annual stage production for some 40 years. The great irony, of course, […]

December 3, 2020
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A “Hart”warming Thanksgiving Concert with The Wires

Part concert, part historical tour, The Wires Alternative String Duo presented a unique Thanksgiving Eve performance that paired an inside peak to a celebrated Missouri painter with their winsome string stylings. “A ‘Hart’warming Thanksgiving,” filmed at the Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio Historic Site in Kansas City, Missouri’s Roanoke neighborhood, was the second installment […]

November 30, 2020
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A Streaming Drama at the Unicorn: “Death of a Driver” Delivers a Thoughtful Script With Two Good Actors

In “Death of a Driver,” playwright Will Snider delivers a thoughtful two-character drama that depicts a poignant but doomed relationship between people from opposite sides of the globe. The play is being presented by the Unicorn Theatre in a virtual production through Nov. 29. In a program note, Snider explains that for three years he […]

November 19, 2020
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Bach Aria Soloists Charm in “Notes & Letters”

Without fail, the Bach Aria Soloists’ “Notes & Letters” program is a charming offering to the concert season. The ensemble excels at creating welcoming, intimate events and, even in these times of distancing (physical and virtual), the group delivered such a concert. Recorded at the 1900 Building’s Parkway Room and viewable as a live stream […]

November 17, 2020
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