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January 2, 2018

Editor’s Letter, January/February 2018

Welcome, Dan Cameron! The Kansas City art scene has a new part-time resident, an internationally renowned curator whose stay here will culminate in what aims..
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December 18, 2017

Remembering Michelle Boisseau: A Legacy of Language

The news was not surprising, but devastating just the same. Our friend’s cancer, which had lain in the weeds quietly for the last few years,..
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December 11, 2017

Travelogue: Hot Art at the Summer Fairs

Editor’s Note: Last summer, the art market website artnet asked three dozen “well-traveled experts” to weigh in on the best artworks they saw as they..
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December 7, 2017

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: A Bright Future for the Liberal Arts

Illustration by Jason Needham As promised, this is in follow-up to my last column on the importance of employees with well-developed right brains (which control..
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December 6, 2017

Exhibit Highlights a Couple’s Shared Passion

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures (T/m) is ringing in this holiday season with a special display of Christmas crèches from the Bud and Jan Koupal Collection.
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December 4, 2017

Toro’s Take, November/December 2017

Tom Toro is a cartoonist and writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review and Audubon, among others. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he now lives in KCMO with his wife, Marissa Wolf, a theatre artist who is the Director of New Works at KC Rep.
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December 1, 2017

Spotlight – Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre: “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Ask anyone to name his/her favorite Christmas movie and very likely “It’s a Wonderful Life” will be at the top of the list. The holidays..
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December 1, 2017

The Job: April Berry

“Dance came from the people and should always be brought back to the people.” This quote, attributed to Alvin Ailey, is one that Community Engagement and Education Manager for the Kansas City Ballet, April Berry, takes to heart. Berry began her performing career as a ballerina in Switzerland and was principal dance artist with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for 11 years.
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November 30, 2017

The Best Holiday Jazz: A Roundup of Recordings by the Greats

If you’re into jazz, you know that it’s capable of reshaping any kind of music to its improvisational ends — and that includes holiday music...
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