Author: Brian McTavish

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December 2, 2019

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

How do Kansas City arts leaders celebrate the most wonderful time of the year? Here’s a stocking-full of favorite holiday traditions as shared by eight movers and shakers on the local arts scene.
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November 18, 2019

“I Want It to Be Magic.”

For Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol,” the Noel is greater than the sum of its parts.
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July 1, 2019

No Flyover Town: Kansas City Joins Google Arts & Culture

Since 2011, the mission of Google Arts & Culture has been to make the world’s cultural information accessible online. And, this spring, Kansas City became the first city in North America to get its own dedicated page on the far-reaching website and app. Suddenly, the Heart of America has a significantly higher profile in the digital ether.
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May 22, 2019

The Job: Paul Churchill

Art preparator Paul Churchill doesn’t have the easiest job to explain in a jiffy.
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May 14, 2019

Arts News: Not Your Average Art Course

Appreciating art and accurately putting a golf ball may seem like disparate objectives. Yet “each requires a certain level of discipline and commitment and creativity,”..
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April 2, 2019

The Job: Leslie Miller

Nude model Leslie Miller no longer hangs at crowded art galleries on First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District.
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January 21, 2019

The Job: Mike Horner

Since Mike Horner became artistic director of Mesner Puppet Theatre in 2016, he’s tried to build on the successful tradition of the company’s founder and former artistic director, Paul Mesner.
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December 27, 2018

Veg with Netflix . . . or Get Out and Get Smarter

Cinematic adventure, intrigue, tragedy, romance — and a bit of classic Brando to boot. You won’t find it streaming on Netflix or Hulu, at least not with the kind of expertly curated context and additional live commentary available for free at a variety of winter film series and screenings scheduled at area museums and cultural institutions.
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November 16, 2018

TubaChristmas 2018 Aims for Guinness Book of World Records

Kansas City Symphony Executive Director Frank Byrne has been around tubas most of his life, including his early music career playing the big daddy of the brass family for the United States Marine Band. Byrne joined the band with the goal of being a full-time tuba player and wound up a full-time administrator.
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