KC STUDIO

September 12, 2016

Road Show

Most Americans are too young to remember the discouraging roads that confronted long-distance travelers before President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal Highway Act, enabling the creation of the U.S. Interstate Highway System in 1956. Sixty years later, the virtually completed system’s 47,500 miles of interconnected divided highways continues to promote safety and expediency for motorists while maintaining a vital impact on the nation’s way of life.

September 11, 2016

Cinnamon Schultz is Riveting in Kansas City Actors Theatre’s Production of Classic ‘Streetcar’

Blanche DuBois, caught in a time loop, remains forever a moth drawn to the open flame of Stanley Kowalski. Indeed, “The Moth” was a working..

September 9, 2016

Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts

Jeff Owens, a high-profile artist/filmmaker and developer in Kansas City’s Crossroads area, recalls a time when he actually benefitted from the ghostly atmosphere that permeated a largely abandoned neighborhood. “It was extremely quiet, hardly any activity going on,” Owens told me. “I could do all kinds of things movie-wise.

September 8, 2016

KC Collector Helps Launch Artist-Run Super PAC

That’s what artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman have to say about the current American political climate. Their frustration, shared by many Americans, is not unique. But their solution, the creation of an artist-run super PAC called “For Freedoms,” is without precedent.

September 7, 2016

An Adventure in Italy

It was a pilgrimage he had to make. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art director and CEO Julián Zugazagoitia has been an avid admirer of Bulgarian artist..

September 6, 2016

Welcome to The Residences of Kirkwood.

This private Kansas City community gives residents the luxury lifestyle and a prime Country Club Plaza location. The Residences of Kirkwood offer new-home construction and..

September 6, 2016

Siah Armajani: Bridge Builder

This fall, over 30 drawings, sculptures and architectural maquettes by internationally renowned artist and architect Siah Armajani will be on display at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. “Siah Armajani: Bridge Builder” will showcase five decades of work focusing on bridges, highlighting Armajani’s technical expertise as well as his symbolic and political investment in the bridge form.

September 6, 2016

Karbank Buildings Renovation Includes Three Performance Halls

A glorious new entertainment venue has sprouted in the unlikely setting of a pair of office buildings in Mission Woods. Steven Karbank, chairman of Karbank..

September 5, 2016

Avila Roma Corale

The Avila University Singers embarked on a concert tour through Italy in June. Led by Music Director, Dr. Amity Bryson, the choir performed at St...