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March 17, 2020

Special Exhibition: 100 Years of Collecting | April 2, 2020 – March 7, 2021

The National WWI Museum and Memorial started collecting objects and documents directly from the war in 1920, making it the second oldest collecting institution of..

March 17, 2020

Love, Death and Power – On Steroids

What should you expect from an opera based on one of the most terrifying horror stories of all time? Believe it or not, a story about humanity. That’s what composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell discovered when they turned Stephen King’s novel into an opera for the Minnesota Opera.

March 16, 2020

Special Ticketing Programs Usher in Diverse Audiences at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Discount ticketing is one of the ways that the Kauffman Center connects Kansas City’s many communities to world-class performance experiences. Kauffman Center provides ticket discounts..

March 16, 2020

‘The Word is King’: EARTh, Script-in-Hand Theater Flourish at the Library

The best place for good theater is . . . the library? Doug Weaver concedes that it took a while to come around to the..

March 16, 2020

Harriman-Jewell Series’ New Season to Offer More Variety

From Joshua Bell to Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Harriman-Jewell Series’ 2020-2021 season is aglow with some of classical music’s biggest stars. For opera lovers, there are recitals by three of the world’s most famous singers — Renée Fleming, Juan Diego Flórez and Joyce DiDonato. There is also a wealth of dance, from tap to Indian, the Stuttgart Bach Akademie performs Bach’s St Matthew Passion, bassist Edgar Meyer plays a solo program from Bach to bluegrass, and three remarkable young artists will make their Kansas City debuts with free Discovery Concerts.

March 15, 2020

COVID-19: Kansas City Goes Dark

It was a Friday the 13th like no other. Friday is normally a big day for the performing arts. But this was not a normal..

March 13, 2020

The Reminders Bring Soulful Upbeat Sound to Polsky Theatre

On April 2, Carlsen Center Presents introduces the community to The Reminders, a rare and remarkable high-energy duo that blends family-friendly hip-hop and world music...

March 13, 2020

Women in Jazz 2020 – What They Want You to Know

This article is typically my opportunity to showcase the historical objects, staff and programs of the American Jazz Museum. Last March, I wrote about the..

March 12, 2020

Kansas City Performing Artists See Incomes Trending Upward, But Community Support is Needed More Than Ever

As new technologies wreak creative destruction in our nation’s workplaces, many Kansas City performing artists are making a good living doing what they love. For..