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November 5, 2019

New Players Expand KC Theater Scene

Kansas City theater is all about starting small. What became Kansas City Repertory Theatre, for example, began at UMKC as a summer repertory company that performed in an un-air-conditioned space lovingly referred to by Rep veterans as the Quonset Hut.
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November 5, 2019

Arts News: Kansas City Artists Coalition Sets Ambitious Goals in New Location

Last fall marked a milestone for the Kansas City Artists Coalition, as the popular organization bid farewell to its River Market location and moved to..
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November 4, 2019

Issue-Driven Yard Art Livens Mission Hills

On an unusually mild morning in late August, near the corner of Tomahawk Road and Willow Lane in Mission Hills, Rusty Leffel is gathering his art supplies.
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November 4, 2019

Kansas City Symphony Presents World Premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Piano Concerto

Throughout many ancient traditions, the soul is equated with the breath: “atman” in Sanskrit, “ruh” in Sufism, “pneuma” in ancient Greek. In Jewish mysticism, the concept is “neshama,” the part of the soul that is intellect and expression and awareness, of God and of one’s self.
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November 1, 2019

Artist to Watch: Krista Eyler

A Kansas City creation performed by a Kansas City cast won the “Best of Fest: Production” award at this year’s New York Musical Festival. “Overture, the Musical,” co-written by Krista Eyler and Barb Nichols, made its debut at the 2018 Kansas City Fringe Festival.
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October 31, 2019

A Refocused First Fridays

As September First Fridays approached, the Crossroads Association announced that the event would continue — but with tighter restrictions on food trucks and pop-up vendors, and without closing the streets.
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October 30, 2019

The Plan: Develop New Work and Reflect the City’s Cultural Diversity

We caught up with Stuart Carden, the new artistic director at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, in early September, not long after Kansas City Repertory Theatre made it known that the Chicago director, collaborator and “devisor” would be the fifth artistic director in the theater company’s history.
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October 29, 2019

Editor’s Letter, November/December 2019

Recent months have been a time of changes and challenges for Kansas City’s visual arts organizations. On Aug. 2, the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Erin..
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October 28, 2019

Gallery Glance: “Yatika Starr Fields: Playing With Fire” at Travois

Travois First Fridays, featuring exhibits by North American Indigenous artists selected by a panel of art experts and American Indian artists, continues this season with..
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