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August 29, 2012

What’s Happening in Rosedale?

To make their neighborhood a healthier and safer environment, the community of Rosedale is using a policy – Complete Streets – that has quickly spread..

August 29, 2012

It’s a Wrap…for the Kauffman Center’s Inaugural Year

With 292 performances under its belt, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has taken a few moments to reflect on its inaugural year. But only a few, as the 2012-13 season revved back up in early August when Starlight Theatre brought 12 performances of Aida to Muriel Kauffman Theatre.

December 28, 2011

Wine Temperature

Ronald Searle, one of wine’s great illustrators, once created a great series of posters, with a poster devoted to each of two dozen or so..

December 28, 2011

Connecting to Kids

A new venture between Starlight Theatre and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will provide an opportunity for Kansas City parents and educators to introduce young people to the magic of live musical theater in 2012. Starlight Children’s Theatre will debut Feb. 1 at the Kauffman Center.

Visual

December 20, 2011

Artists Finding Jobs and Career Satisfaction

Many people still perceive an education in the arts as preparation for living a bohemian life — a life without concern for financial security or..

September 28, 2011

Prohibition: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Prohibition is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall..

Visual

June 17, 2011

Davin Watne’s ‘Consumer Foreplay’ critiques modern materialism

Davin Watne’s sculpture, “Consumer Foreplay,” left, incorporates colored leather, hand-carved legs and arms, beads, hosiery, hair and butterflies. The artist says the butterflies “represent the..

Performing

April 1, 2010

30th Annual Lawrence Art Auction – Lawrence Arts Center BID till April 10

The 30th Annual Lawrence Art Auction, which serves as the Lawrence Arts Center Exhibition Program’s sole fundraiser, will feature original art from approximately 150 artists...

Cinematic