KC STUDIO

October 31, 2019

A Refocused First Fridays

As September First Fridays approached, the Crossroads Association announced that the event would continue — but with tighter restrictions on food trucks and pop-up vendors, and without closing the streets.

October 31, 2019

Meet Geri Sanders, Director of Collections at the American Jazz Museum

The Director of Collections position at the American Jazz Museum was vacant from September 2017 until the beginning of August of this year when Geri..

October 30, 2019

The Plan: Develop New Work and Reflect the City’s Cultural Diversity

We caught up with Stuart Carden, the new artistic director at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, in early September, not long after Kansas City Repertory Theatre made it known that the Chicago director, collaborator and “devisor” would be the fifth artistic director in the theater company’s history.

October 29, 2019

Editor’s Letter, November/December 2019

Recent months have been a time of changes and challenges for Kansas City’s visual arts organizations. On Aug. 2, the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Erin..

October 28, 2019

Gallery Glance: “Yatika Starr Fields: Playing With Fire” at Travois

Travois First Fridays, featuring exhibits by North American Indigenous artists selected by a panel of art experts and American Indian artists, continues this season with..

October 21, 2019

A Serious Comedy at the Unicorn: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’

I wasn’t sure what to expect from “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Lucas Hnath’s inventive sequel to the Henrik Ibsen classic. What surprised me is..

October 21, 2019

La Bohème – The Perfect First Opera?

If you’re a newcomer to the art form of opera, La bohème is often described as the perfect “first opera” to experience. Why is that? Is it because the story is so universal, that it has been remade repeatedly in contemporary settings, like the musical RENT or parts of Moulin Rouge (which is a mixture of La bohème and La traviata, another good “first opera” choice)?

October 15, 2019

“Look Me In The Eye: Portraits of Kansas City,” Epsten Gallery

Jam-packed may fairly describe the installation at the small Epsten Gallery.

October 15, 2019

“Ragtime” Evokes an America Then and Now in Strong MTH Production

Funny how productions of older shows so often reflect our present reality. That’s certainly the case with the handsome MTH Theater production of “Ragtime,” the..