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November 21, 2016

Concert to Come – In War & Peace: Harmony through Music

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato returns to the Harriman-Jewell Series for a concert promoting peace.
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November 17, 2016

Honors: Eddie Moore

Since its inception in 1997, the Charlotte Street Foundation has noticed and honored this heritage, most recently by awarding a 2016 $10,000 Generative Performing Artist Award to pianist, composer, educator and band leader Eddie Moore.
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November 14, 2016

Exhibit of 1930s Woodcuts Illumines Depression-Era Collecting in KC

“Originality, Simplicity, Freedom of Expression, and above all Sincerity, with a clean cut block, are characteristics of a good wood block print.” These are the..
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November 10, 2016

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: Art and Literature Offer Election Season Therapy

Since this column is written two months in advance of publication, I feel safe in saying that, as you read it, we’ll have endured the most distasteful, degrading and vacuous campaign season most of us, having not been around for Jefferson vs. Adams in 1800, can recall.
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November 9, 2016

Leading Israeli Photographer Mines Experiences of Peace and War at Epsten Gallery

Renowned Israeli photographer Yuval Yairi grew up in the shadow of a military man. In fact, his father’s service in the Israeli army brought Yairi’s..
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November 7, 2016

Nelson-Atkins Displays Nick Cave’s Provocative “Property” Sculpture

Two years ago, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art acquired Property, a major work by Kansas City Art Institute graduate and world-renowned artist Nick Cave.
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November 3, 2016

Dramatic Exhibit About the Destruction of Pompeii Comes to Union Station

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius spewed 1.5 million tons of lava per second and unleashed the thermal energy equivalent of more than one..
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November 2, 2016

Posing Questions

With the country on the threshold of electing a new president, KC Studio devotes this issue’s “Artist Pages” to works that reflect some of the..
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November 1, 2016

Tales from the Pit

For Ramona Pansegrau, music director of the Kansas City Ballet, there’s nothing like being in the orchestra pit conducting a Christmastime performance of The Nutcracker and being touched by the audience’s reaction. “One time, a little girl came down and started petting my hair in the middle of Nutcracker, Pansegrau drolly recollects.
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