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October 29, 2025

We’ve Got Magic to Do — and UMKC Delivers with “Pippin”

Leave your field to flower and your cheese to sour, UMKC's performance of Pippin invites you into a world of illusion, wonder and reflection.
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October 22, 2025

Experiencing Swan Lake

Kansas City Ballet brings Swan Lake to the Muriel Kauffman Theatre at the Kaufmann Center through Oct. 26 for the first time since 2020.
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October 10, 2025

John Smart: Virtuoso in Miniatures

Few artists captured the faces—and ambitions—of a rising class as compellingly as John Smart (1741-1811).
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October 7, 2025

Inside The Color Purple: A Review and Conversation with Angela Wildflower

Angela Wildflower and Bri Woods in KCRep’s 2025 production of The Color Purple – Photo by Don Ipock This review was written by a TeenTix..
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September 24, 2025

Groundbreaking Opera to Open Season

On June 15, 2019, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis presented “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard.
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September 12, 2025

Step into the spirit of Japan at the 27th Annual Greater Kansas City Japan Festival

The upcoming 27th Annual Greater Kansas City Japan Festival is your ticket to the vibrant culture, rich traditions and dynamic energy of Japan, to experience here in the heart of metropolitan Kansas City.
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September 5, 2025

We Want to Welcome You Back

Perseverance and resilience are characteristics long associated with MET’s name.
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July 25, 2025

“Microcosm” by Leo Villareal flickers back to life

Microcosm (2007) by Leo Villareal is a site-specific permanent installation.
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July 25, 2025

Mapping the Heavens: Art, Astronomy and Exchange Between the Islamic Lands and Europe

Mapping the Heavens on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art explores the historical dialogues that advanced global astronomy through books, paintings and instruments.
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