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Fall Season Lookahead: Visual Arts | History, pop culture and contemporary issues drive a multitude of exhibits throughout the region

History, pop culture and contemporary issues drive a multitude of exhibits throughout the region.

KC Theater: The 2024-25 Season | Relevant, entertaining and provocative

The 2024-25 Kansas City theater season is relevant, entertaining and provocative.

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“Karen E. Griffin: Red, Black and Green,” Englewood Arts Center

Exhibit A of the prophetic nature of modernist art is textile artist Karen E. Griffin’s self-curated and implemented installation.
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Summer Singers of Kansas City celebrate 25th anniversary with seldom heard masterwork

The Summer Singers of Kansas City performed Ernest Bloch's "Avodath Hokadesh" with power and excitement.
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KCAT’s “Trouble in Mind” Is Tragic, Funny and Essential Viewing

Audiences without any knowledge of the history of "Trouble in Mind" might well think the 70-year-old play is a new work.
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Offbeat, Bittersweet and Eye-Opening: Kansas City Underground Film Festival’s 5th Year

In its fifth year and its fourth at Charlotte Street, the Kansas City Underground Film Festival opens this week, Sept.13-14, and continues next week, Sept. 18-21.
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Arts News: Art in the Loop offers art that moves for KC Streetcar riders

Urban adventurers and KC Streetcar commuters will encounter Art in the Loop productions along the streetcar line through November 2024.
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See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | An Omaha Museum Grows Again in Vibrant New Directions

An intriguing sense of historical continuity slowly emerges in the newly expanded Joslyn Art Museum.
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Live! Onstage in September and October

The Disney movie about the Newsboys’ Strike of 1899 became a popular Broadway musical, thanks to a talented creative team including Tony® Award-winning composer Alan Menken and playwright Harvey Fierstein.
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Sacred Service

The year is 1914: In media, politics and the pulpit, leaders around the world are portraying the start of the Great War as a modern-day struggle against evil.
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An Eclectic 8ft Giraffe Survived

The Giraffe joined us at 3614 Main in 2006. He belonged to a guy named Duncan from Philadelphia, who left him naked in the parking lot.
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