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Regional Pride
As a graduate student at KU, Brett Knappe wrote catalog entries for artworks in the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Today, he’s running the place. Last February Knappe left his longtime post as associate professor of art history and curator of the Baker Art Collection at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan., to become the Albrecht-Kemper’s executive director.
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Artist to Watch: Liz Pearse
Vocalist Liz Pearse has a maker-mentality of independence, curiosity and conviction. She loves the challenge of dissecting and mastering a complicated score. “That’s the kind of thing I enjoy — I don’t do Sudoku — I like (Milton) Babbitt!” she said, referencing the avant-garde American composer known for his pioneering in electronic music and serialism.
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Forrest Attaway: A Rebel Deserving Applause
Rogue. Nomad. Rebel. These labels describe the slightly larger-than-life persona of Forrest Attaway, an itinerant actor who drifted into town back in 2007. But they also describe many of the roles he’s played on Kansas City stages in the last nine years — by which he established himself as one of the city’s best actors.
