KC STUDIO

September 17, 2016

KC Rep Opens Season with a Spectacular ‘Evita’

Kansas City Repertory Theatre kicks off its 2016-17 season with a visually dazzling production of the musical Evita, a modern classic that benefits from the..

September 15, 2016

To Alfonso, Gardener of Moon-dried Tomatoes

“Lately I’ve been writing poems that are shaped a little bit like tornadoes,” Wetzel says. “Most of them are about as chaotic, though I liked..

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September 15, 2016

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, September 15 – 18

We’re back again with more weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor, Alice Thorson. Tonight, Cuba Bound: Photographs by Jesse A. Fernández opens at the..

September 15, 2016

Honors: Vi Nhan Tran

With his folk musical memoir, The Butcher's Son, the Vietnamese-born actor, storyteller and musician scored a major hit – and the funding to tour it.

September 15, 2016

It’s High Fives All Around

Kauffman Center celebrates fifth anniversary and announces upcoming performances. As the Kauffman Center celebrates its fifth anniversary in September 2016, the organization reflects on milestones..

September 15, 2016

Library’s Collaborative Web Project Spotlights Highs – And Lows – of Kansas City’s Pendergast Era

The two-page letter, written a week after Easter in 1933, was among hundreds that Harry S. Truman sent to his wife Bess during their courtship..

September 14, 2016

Kansas City Art Institute’s Sponsored Studio Connects Business with Creative Talents of Students

If you traveled down Main Street in downtown Kansas City last spring, you saw a colorful poster hanging at every stop along the new streetcar’s..

September 14, 2016

Nelson-Atkins Lecture Series Features the “Most Innovative Architecture Firm in the World”

Kansas City’s skyline is ever-changing. The Mary Atkins Lecture Series at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offers an annual forum for looking at the evolution of architecture here and abroad.

September 14, 2016

A Beloved Diva and a Rising Star Usher in Autumn

For those who love the beauty of the human voice, the Harriman-Jewell Series is promising a bountiful fall. One of the world’s greatest opera stars,..