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Death on the Mountain: ‘Everest’ comes to the Kauffman Center
In the spring of 1996, “Outside” magazine sent writer Jon Krakauer to Mount Everest chasing a story: the commercialization of Everest. Since 1985, tourists with little or no climbing experience had been able to reach the summit thanks to company tours designed to allow any reasonably fit person to make the trek. In the years that followed, as many as 40 people per day reached the summit as a part of a paying group.
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Arts News – Art of War: Gifts of Peace
The story almost sounds like a tale from the “Antiques Roadshow”: a large closet full of art objects stored in a disorganized fashion. Mysterious works acquired over many decades from all around the world, of different ages, media and stylistic approaches. Many lack documentation; most need further research. But the biggest surprise here is that the location of this treasure trove was the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Julius A. Karash on Business and the Arts: Artists Learn Legal Ropes at Boot Camp
Most artists spend their lives honing their techniques and striving to make a name for themselves. Far fewer develop expertise in areas such as taxes, contracts and copyright law. But understanding such issues can help artists make a living, especially since so many are self-employed and don’t have corporate legal and accounting departments to rely on.
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International Sculpture Conference Comes to KC Oct. 25 – 28
Kansas City continues to attract conferences from nationally and internationally prominent arts organizations. Spring of 2016 brought the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, and this fall the International Sculpture Center holds its 27th conference here, under the organizing topic of “Intersections + Identities.”
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As the American Jazz Museum turns 20, ‘The Legacy Plays On’
Before the American Jazz Museum opened in 1997, it could be difficult for jazz lovers to connect with the golden era of Kansas City jazz in the 1920s and 1930s. In the late 1990s, outstanding local musicians performed regularly at clubs around town — just as they do today — providing proof plenty of how lively the jazz scene is here for a metropolitan area as small as ours.