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September 18, 2015

Eastward Ho for “Missouri’s Artist”

Next to Thomas Hart Benton, George Caleb Bingham is probably the best-known artist of Missouri and the first major American painter to be based west of the Mississippi. He was born in 1811 in Virginia and moved to Boon’s Lick, Mo., as a young boy. Even as a child, Bingham was fascinated by rivers and all the activity on them.

Community News

September 18, 2015

6 Sensational Jazz Performances at Folly Theater

Opening the Folly Jazz Series on Friday, September 18th, is the Bobby Watson Quartet, featuring Curtis Lundy. A saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, Bobby Watson..

September 15, 2015

“A Night At The Cotton Club”

Friday October 2, 2015 at 8:00 PM Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts The KCJO will feature the music of the great..

September 15, 2015

Cyprus Avenue Presents Wylliams/Henry Live at the Folly

Music lovers of all genres are making their way to the Folly on Saturday, September 19. Creator and host of KCUR’s Cyprus Avenue, Bill Shapiro..

September 14, 2015

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library is Organizing The Big Draw for Kansas City

Join us on October 17th from 11am – 3pm at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library for The Big Draw. The Big Draw is the world’s..

September 14, 2015

Great City, Great Read

Libraries lead Kansas City down the rabbit hole. The rabbit hole remains irresistible. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – the tale of a precocious..

September 11, 2015

Whitney Manney Launches a New Line this Fall

Three years out of the Kansas City Art Institute, fiber artist Whitney Manney has racked up an impressive list of exhibitions and fashion events for..

September 8, 2015

“A Night At The Cotton Club” Season Premiere – Friday, October 2nd at 8pm

On Friday, October 2nd at 8pm, the KCJO will feature the music of the great musicians, singers and orchestras who performed at New York’s legendary..

September 8, 2015

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: The Devil’s Playground

Like a good father, Washington spent much of his final term as President writing – advising us on the democratic experiment, our obligations to the founding principles and potential pitfalls of democracy. One of his oft-reiterated warnings was of extreme partisanship and the scourge it could be to governance.