KC STUDIO

September 12, 2018

Diggers and Doughboys: The Art of Allies 100 Years On

Australian and American troops fought side-by-side for the first time in July 1918 during World War I. Since then, the Diggers (Australians) and Doughboys (Americans)..

Articles

September 12, 2018

Tom Toro’s Take, September/October 2018

Tom Toro is a cartoonist and writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review and Audubon, among others. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he now lives in KCMO with his wife, Marissa Wolf, a theatre artist who is the Director of New Works at KC Rep.

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September 12, 2018

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, September 13 – 16

Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson. Productions of two classic plays premiere this week: Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the..

September 11, 2018

Ramsey Lewis Heads Up Star-Studded Folly Jazz Lineup

Jazz is an oft misunderstood art form. Far too many folks are wary of it, uncertain about how to process a music whose very nature..

September 11, 2018

One Librarian’s Bold Leap Into Wikipedia, and the Community Building That Followed

In March 2018, the American Jazz Museum, in conjunction with the Kansas City Public Library and Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, hosted a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon. This..

September 11, 2018

“Welcome to the Neighborhood,” La Esquina Gallery

Is it a sign of the times that so many of the artworks in “Welcome to the Neighborhood” involve protagonists who are, in one form..

September 10, 2018

Artist Pages | Deanna Dikeman: “Sprinklers, Birdbaths and Puddles”

Deanna Dikeman has always found the real to be more fascinating than the ideal. Over her 30-year career in photography, she has focused her lens on the ordinary and familiar.

September 10, 2018

Arts News: 1850s Home Becoming State-of-the-Art Story Center

An 1850s historic homestead in the Northland is soon to get a $3.4 million facelift — giving it a new lease on life and storytellers a unique place to create.

September 7, 2018

A Year Of Dance

The season begins Labor Day weekend with the 20th Annual Dance in the Park in Roanoke Park Sept. 8, presented by City in Motion Dance Theater and showcasing local dance groups all day long. Multiple groups will also perform in the Carlsen Center Presents’ New Dance Partners, appearing for the fifth year in Johnson County Community College’s Yardley Hall.