KC STUDIO

April 25, 2013

KC Festival of Fountains

Kansas City has rightfully earned the moniker “City of Fountains” with 48 fountains spread across the community. To maintain this title, two groups hope to unite even more support for the fountains with the first KC Festival of Fountains June 9. The festival will take place at the Bloch Fountain, in front of the Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, from 11a.m. to 5 p.m.

April 25, 2013

Presidential Libraries and Museums: Our Local Treasures

Within a day’s drive and in one case, down the street, five presidential libraries and museums can be found. Four of them are part of the presidential library system, a nationwide network of 13 libraries that are administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, under the watch of the National Archives and Records Administration.

April 25, 2013

A Personal Journey

There’s almost a sweet tune that could be titled Irony with She & Her’s coming production of A Feminine Ending by Sarah Treem. Director Taylor St. John has been beating the drum for this piece since he moved to the area three years ago. While acting in the She & Her production of The Reindeer Monologues, he spoke with Artistic Director Tiffany Garrison-Schweigert and Producer Jennifer Coville-Schweigert.

April 25, 2013

On the Board: Rob Leigh, President, Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre’s Board of Directors

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Rob Leigh came to Kansas City to live at age 5. He was educated in the public school system and graduated..

Performing

April 25, 2013

A Brief History of Music

Rock 'n' Roll was the anthem of a seismic social shift the reverberations of which continue to shake our world. It began in the very middle of the 20th Century in post war America spearheaded by the first generation of Americans duly dubbed “teenagers.”

April 25, 2013

Building The Arts: Wall of Dedication at the Liberty Memorial

A place you may not have visited recently, or one you may not know about, represents a revitalized piece of Kansas City’s great history that..

April 25, 2013

Art About Town: Strange Strange Sam at the Kansas City Zoo

Thank goodness for spring! As new life emerges from an overabundance of late season snow, thoughts turn to the inspiration of nature and perhaps, poetry...

Performing

April 24, 2013

Concert-Style Revue Celebrates the Music of Carole King and James Taylor at Quality Hill Playhouse

Quality Hill Playhouse embraces the music of the Baby Boomer era with its latest production, You’ve Got a Friend. The title song of the concert-style..

Cinematic

April 19, 2013

Jumping into the Oblivion -A Film Review of Oblivion

Wait … I think I’ve seen this before. Post apocalyptic future … check. Robots doing clean-up on a desolated and deserted planet … check. Tom..