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May 30, 2016

Julius Karash on Business and Arts: Introducing KC’s Next Wave of Arts Supporters

Damian Lair looks back with joy on school field trips to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art when he was a child living in Piqua, a small Kansas town about two hours southwest of Kansas City. “Through these visits, the Nelson planted a seed early in my life, a love of art and the museum,” Lair recalls.
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May 27, 2016

KC Studio is pleased to announce that noted theater critic Robert Trussell will write regular online theater reviews, beginning June 5.

Trussell is a veteran journalist who has covered news, arts and theater in Kansas City for almost four decades. He will also contribute to the..
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May 27, 2016

Memorial Day Weekend Brings Out the Crowds at National World War I Museum and Memorial

If Memorial Day Weekend activities are part of your plans for the coming three days, look no further than the National World War I Museum..
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May 26, 2016

“Clay Landmarks,” Arabia Steamboat Museum

“Clay Landmarks” at the Arabia Steamboat Museum features artwork by nine artists who explore the museum’s collection of 19th-century artifacts from the sunken steamboat. Mounted..
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May 26, 2016

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, May 26 – 29

Memorial Day Weekend is almost here and it’s time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor, Alice Thorson. This is your last weekend to..
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May 25, 2016

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: Scoring the House

During this interminable campaign season, one longs to hear specific commitments on what candidates will do once elected. Congress works for us — that’s the way it’s supposed to be — but the job interview process falls down through raucous debates and vaudevillian-like rallies.
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May 23, 2016

Honors: Jay Carter

When charged with voicing angels, kings and gods, call countertenor Jay Carter. The Liberty, Mo.-based singer is an artist in demand. In April he performed with Ars Lyrica Houston; on May 15 he joins the Bach Society of St. Louis for a performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
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May 19, 2016

Kansas City Welcomes U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will give a reading at the Central Library on May 27. Photo by Carlos Puma, for UC Riverside. How..
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May 19, 2016

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, May 19 – 22

Here are this week’s calendar picks from KC Studio editor, Alice Thorson. This evening, learn about the art of the snapshot at the Nelson Atkins..
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