KC STUDIO

May 7, 2019

Concert to Come | Celebrating the Contributions of Musica Vocale’s Arnold Epley

Arnold Epley has devoted nearly half his life to the musical culture of Kansas City and he’s not finished yet. “I used to say, if you wake me up at 3 a.m. and shake me and ask, ‘What do you do?’ I would say, ‘I’m a singer,’” said Epley. Epley turns 80 years old May 18.

May 6, 2019

“Roger Shimomura: American Muse,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

With more than 100 paintings, and subject matter that unabashedly juxtaposes politics and pop culture with the personal, Roger Shimomura blows the roof off Sherry..

May 6, 2019

Gallery Glance: “Ahram Park: Almost Nothing” at Haw Contemporary Stockyards

Last seen in KC in a 2017 solo show at Haw Contemporary, former Kansas City artist Ahram Park, now of Los Angeles, returns to the..

May 6, 2019

An Actress, an Artist and a Mystical Quest: ‘Frida’ at KC Rep

Vanessa Severo has assigned herself a next-to-impossible task in the one-woman show, “Frida . . . A Self Portrait” — to tell a compressed version..

May 3, 2019

A Tony Award-Winner, A Rising Star and a Diva

Three Amazing Vocal Talents to Make Kansas City Debuts Presenting great vocal artists has always been an important component of the Harriman-Jewell Series. Three spectacular..

May 3, 2019

Fantastic Variety of Events: Carlsen Center Presents Announces 2019-20 Season

Carlsen Center Presents at Johnson County Community College launches another spectacular season in September of this year. As the venue enters its 30th season of..

May 3, 2019

Charlie Parker’s Plastic Sax

One of the most beloved objects in the American Jazz Museum’s collection sits on display behind a wall of protective glass, attracting jazz pilgrims from..

May 3, 2019

A Break With Tradition

Funny what a difference just a few words can make. Not long ago Sidonie Garrett, executive artistic director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and the organization’s board of directors agreed to alter the theater company’s mission statement. It marked a major shift.

May 2, 2019

Arts News: Block Artspace Project Wall Features Eminent KCAI Alum Stanley Whitney

Kansas City knows the alluring gridded abstractions of Stanley Whitney from his paintings in the permanent collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the..