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November 7, 2022

Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists

On view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art through Aug. 20, 2023, Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists reveals the richness that can be discovered through this process of transformation.
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November 4, 2022

Ban These Books? Librarians Rally As Challenges Rise

The Kansas City Public Library’s downtown parking garage has been a popular landmark for the better part of two decades.
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November 4, 2022

Music Makes the Season Bright

This year, the Harriman-Jewell Series presents Voctave, one of the most popular vocal ensembles in America, in its Kansas City debut, on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Folly Theater.
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November 3, 2022

New Midwest Trust Center Executive Director Returns to Midwest Roots

Meet Stacie McDaniel! The new executive director for the Midwest Trust Center joins an exciting season at Johnson County Community College’s performing arts center.
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November 2, 2022

The Population of Imagination

What is it about iconic characters from books and film that they populate our imaginations with unwavering presence?
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September 23, 2022

“Luxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain”

Three centuries ago, porcelain was the focus of intense competition about European superpowers, all who raced to discover how to make this “white gold” for themselves, after falling in love with imported Asian wares.
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September 23, 2022

Artist Ed Dwight Creates a New Weathervane for the Kansas City Museum Carriage House

The Kansas City Museum announced in August that it is working with artist and historian Ed Dwight and International Architects Atelier to create a new weathervane for the Carriage House at the Kansas City Museum.
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September 22, 2022

Breaking Barriers with Her Beautiful Voice

It’s a long way from Piet Retief, South Africa to the opera stages of Milan, Paris and New York, but through extraordinary talent, pluck and determination, soprano Pretty Yende has the made the journey.
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September 21, 2022

“Norman Akers: Constructed Place: Works on Paper” and “Heinrich Toh: Never As It Was”

The two artists whose exhibitions open at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in September use a number of printmaking techniques to visualize their own stories, memories and outlooks in ways that reflect the often jumbled, hazy or half-hidden thoughts that swirl through the mind.
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