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May 14, 2018

Arts News: Central Library Exhibit Collects Wishes

The whole idea started with a rock. “THIS ROCK GRANTS WISHES,” written on the side, a tangible, weighty object infused with mythical promise. “I picked..
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May 11, 2018

Summer Fun Guide

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival is keeping the heart of Shakespeare alive in the hearts of Kansas City’s youth. Each year, more than 3,000 children ages 5 to 18 benefit from school programs, summer camps, internships, apprenticeships and art contents geared around the works of Shakespeare.
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May 10, 2018

Arts News: J Love Band Brings the Funky

The J Love Band elicits a gamut of audience reactions. At Stock Hill Restaurant and Parkway Social Kitchen, expect rhythmic head nodding; at The Phoenix,..
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May 9, 2018

Honors: Anne Boyer

It’s a good bet that Anne Boyer wouldn’t frame her recent success in clichéd terms.
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May 8, 2018

Arts News – Kevin Mahogany: The Joy and Magic of Jazz

Kevin Mahogany was the kind of jazz singer who made it all sound as natural as breathing. The Kansas City native cut an imposing figure..
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May 7, 2018

New Photography Acquisitions Fill Out “The Big Picture” at the Nelson-Atkins

A $10 Million Gift from the Hall Family Foundation Spurs Collection Expansion and an Exhibit In these times when the nation’s socioeconomic differences seem more..
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May 4, 2018

Gallery Glance: New Works by Kathy Liao at Studios Inc.

Since moving to Kansas City in 2014 for a post as assistant professor of art at Missouri Western State University, Seattle transplant Kathy Liao has..
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May 4, 2018

Arts News: Charlotte Street 2018 Visual Artist Awards

In late February, the Charlotte Street Foundation announced three recipients of its 2018 Visual Artist awards.
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May 3, 2018

Pianist Ran Dank Returns for the Kansas City Symphony’s Season Finale

Wrapping up its A Century of Bernstein celebration, the Kansas City Symphony’s season finale is an ambitious double bill: Leonard Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” and Hector Berlioz’ “Symphonie Fantastique.” “The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2 for piano and orchestra) (After W. H. Auden),” to give the work its full title, is based on Auden’s 1948 Pulitzer Prize-winning book-length poem, “The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue.”
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