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May 19, 2021

Arts News: Healing and Happiness Through Piano

Finding ways to connect with community and grow as an individual are some of the greatest challenges of this pandemic. Pianist Grace Odell wants to introduce people to the piano as a source of healing and connection.

May 18, 2021

Solid, Liquid, and In Between: The Frag Sculptures of Joe Bussell

Joe Bussell: Frags at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art continues the institution’s forward-facing practice of bringing the art of our time into conversation with the ideas and challenges of the same.

May 18, 2021

Replicating the Regalia of the Royal Thrones of Dungarpur

The spectacular regalia of early 20th-century silver thrones from the royal family of Dungapur, India, includes an intricately hand-embroidered silk parasol with silver mounts. This..

May 18, 2021

Virtual Reality Experience ‘War Remains’ Opens May 27 at National WWI Museum and Memorial

War Remains, the immersive experience from MWM Interactive (MWMi) will debut at its new home, the National WWI Museum and Memorial on May 27, 2021...

May 18, 2021

Artists to Watch: Josh Jones and David Yoon

Josh Jones and David Yoon are quite the duo . . . or they will be once they have the opportunity to play together. These impressive musicians, both under 30, have each experienced wild starts to their Kansas City careers.

May 17, 2021

“Glorious Days: A Retrospective by Marcia Streepy,” InterUrban ArtHouse

“Glorious Days," a collaboration between the artist and curator Polly Alice McCann, is a retrospective exhibition currently on view at InterUrban ArtHouse.

May 17, 2021

‘Nearest By Air to Everywhere’

Six years after Orville and Wilbur Wright had taken to the air outside the tiny coastal fishing village of Kitty Hawk, N.C., eager spectators ventured out to a field near 79th and Floyd streets in what’s now Overland Park for their own first look at a heavier-than-air flying machine. It was a cold Christmas Eve 1909.

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May 17, 2021

Build a Bridge, Save a Bridge and Don’t Forget the River

The Town of Kansas Bridge, at the foot of Main Street, north of the City Market, sometimes seems like a forlorn place. The steel-framed pedestrian path and overlook connect with a riverside bike trail below.

May 17, 2021

From Bach to Bluegrass: Acclaimed Musician Gives Double Bass Its Due

The big, warm, sonorous tone of the double bass can sound like a Russian bass singing an aria from Boris Godunov. It’s a commanding instrument..