It was the right idea, maybe just the wrong time. The online arts and culture journal KCMetropolis.org announced this summer that it is ceasing operations. The site will remain operational as the principals figure out a way to archive the more than 7,000 articles generated over the last decade. “It was a hard decision,” said “KCMetropolis” executive director and publisher, Marcy Chiasson.

Most of us, at one time or another, feel like we are lost or lacking. If only we could find our place in this world, maybe we’d feel smarter, or braver, or more loving. Maybe that’s why L. Frank Baum’s fairy tale “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” written in 1900, has remained so beloved and […]

Based on a decade of collaboration with Kevin Wilmott, The Coterie Theatre opens its 2018-19 season with a world premiere by the talented filmmaker and writer. Set in 1944, “Becoming Martin” delves into the relationship between a young Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Benjamin Mays, then president of Morehouse College (at that time the […]