Author: Brian McTavish

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July 18, 2023

‘Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing’ fulfills its promise

The exhibit at Union Station includes more than 30 unique pieces of Spider-Man original comic book art, offering a rare look at the superhero's creative genesis.
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May 9, 2023

A Walking Labyrinth in Lawrence

Eminent American artist Janine Antoni's "here-ing" labyrinth at the KU Field Station aims to foster listening, wholeness and healing of the body and the land.
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January 24, 2023

Self-Styled Adventure Artist

Steve Snell, a self-styled adventure artist and associate professor of art at the Kansas City Art Institute, spent 88 days last summer solo-canoeing all 2,341 miles of the Missouri River, from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis.
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September 21, 2022

‘West Bottoms’: ‘We have a good little movie’

KC filmmaker Greg Sheffer makes the most of the evocative local setting in his first original short film, now on the international film festival circuit.
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August 31, 2022

Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival: Bringing Communities Together

The eighth Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival, scheduled for Sept. 10 at Crossroads KC at Grinder’s, looks to be the most ambitious yet in support of Black, Indigenous, immigrant and Latino music and culture in Kansas City.
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May 9, 2022

Coping with the Pandemic

Any serious collector will tell you: Keep the collection going. But that clarion call has become more of a sanity-saving song during the two-year COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 9, 2022

Brad Austin: ‘A Million Stories in His Head’

The great Kansas City stories keep coming from documentary filmmaker Brad Austin, if only because he cares so much about finding the next hometown tale.
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March 8, 2022

Envisioning KC as an Animation Hub

Cross-pollinating between film, television and video games, the next animation revolution is coming soon to a screen — virtually any screen — near you.
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January 24, 2022

Where Price, Imagination and Art Converge

Wrenches are turning, shop cloths are buffing, and feelings of well-earned pride are profound at a meeting last fall of the Olathe Leadership Lowrider Bike Club at the Olathe Advanced Technical Center.
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