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2023 Holiday Events

This holiday season is filled with great concerts, performances and exhibits by local, national and international artists.

Vibrant, charismatic, joyful in presentation, infectious in execution

Pablo Sanhueza celebrates 20 years as a band leader, making a place for Latin jazz in KC.

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Visual

“Annie Herrero: From the Ground, Up,” and “Jane Booth: Earth Water Sky,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

A look at Annie Herrero’s exhibition “From the Ground, Up” and Jane Booth’s “Earth Water Sky” at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art proves how nature can inspire many interpretations of the world around us.

Performing

The Mark Morris Dance Group’s “Look of Love” Takes Our Breath Away

In a genius bit of theatre, Mark Morris opens “The Look of Love,” his delightful new program of dance set to the music of Burt Bacharach, with solo piano, down in the pit.

Visual

“Harold Smith: BLACKTACULAR” and “César Velez: Movement Through Memory,” Habitat Contemporary Gallery

Habitat Contemporary Gallery is currently featuring solo exhibitions by Harold Smith and César Velez.

From the Magazine

‘Cyrano’ with an Asian face at KC Rep

Nelson T. Eusebio III's groundbreaking production unearths truths about 'what it means to be an Asian American in this country'.

Arts News: Whim Productions Finds a Permanent Home

The newly opened Whim Space at 415 Prospect has transcended its beginnings as a playwright and theater producer’s whim, to become a mainstay of the LGBTQ+ theater community.

Spencer Museum celebrates the 40th anniversary of History of Black Writing research center with ‘Black Writing’ exhibit

When I first viewed the “Black Writing” exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art, I thought of a quote by renowned Black author Alice Walker.

Arts Consortium

Community News

Albrecht-Kemper Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Membership Exhibitions

On Jan. 12, 2024, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art will premiere its 50th Annual Membership Exhibition.

Community News

Striving for Excellence from Journey to Destination

It is often debated whether the journey or the destination holds the most significance. For the special events team at the Kauffman Center, the answer is both.

Community News

Library Kicks Off a Celebration 150 years in the Making

Not quite a century ago, before he’d spawned an American empire, a young Walt Disney boned up on the basics of animation through a book he checked out from the Kansas City Public Library.