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July 3, 2017

Robert Stewart: Leading Man of Letters

What is the written word really worth? Only everything you can put into it. So goes the ardent ethos of probing poet and essayist Robert Stewart, veteran editor of “New Letters” magazine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and founder of the Midwest Poets Series at Rockhurst University. Stewart’s credentials make him a high-profile player in the Kansas City literary community.
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June 30, 2017

Made in KC – That’s the Ticket for The Living Room

The Living Room Theatre, the imaginative company that works out of a funky warehouse-like building near 18th and McGee, is cruising into the final show of its seventh season. And, true to form, the show is a sight-unseen world premiere: “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Kyle Hatley’s reworking of Shakespeare’s classic about ambition, murder and guilt into a chamber piece for two actors and a guitarist.
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June 30, 2017

“Between Silence and Light”

This June, Kansas City Baroque Consortium began its first summer series, “Between Silence and Light.” The series explores the journey artists make from inspiration to realization and the connections between, linking music with architecture, dance, writing and painting. The series got its name from John Lobell’s book, “Between Silence and Light,” a collection of words and images from architect Louis Kahn.
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June 30, 2017

Artist Pages – Toward a New Identity: Contemporary Photography in Kansas City

Unlike painting, drawing and other traditional forms of art, photography’s evolution is tied to its technology and its role in society outside of art. The..
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June 30, 2017

21 Artists You Should Know

Paintings, sculpture and installations by some of the greatest artists you’ve never heard of are now on view at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
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June 29, 2017

Editor’s Letter, July/August 2017

The Kansas City art world suffered a big loss this spring with the passing of Tom Deatherage, longtime owner of The Late Show gallery, which..
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June 19, 2017

Students and Audiences Alike Reap Benefits of UMKC Graduate Theatre Program

Area theatergoers who haven’t experienced productions by UMKC’s graduate theatre program are missing out on some great shows, such as the funny but shocking “Oh, Beautiful,” by Theresa Rebeck, and William Congreve’s “The Way of the World.” As theatre professor Ted Swetz announced in the planning for Congreve’s Restoration-era comedy, “Get ready, for the shackles have been hilariously thrown off.”
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June 13, 2017

Arts News: KC Artist/Author Documents Women Pioneers in Science and Sports

In Rachel Ignotofsky’s short 27 years on earth, the Kansas City artist and author has re-imagined the planet and its inhabitants as colorful, wacky and..
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June 5, 2017

Couple Shares Love of Regionalism in Exhibit of Feisty Depression-Era Talent Joe Jones

When Jim and Virginia Moffett began buying pictures around 1990, they were advised by Henry Adams, then curator of American art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, to “stay within your region.” Adams believed that focusing on artists with local connections would enable the Moffetts to have a superior and more organized collection. Now, a quarter-century after they began collecting, the Moffetts are concentrating on organizing various museum exhibitions [...]
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