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Goldenburg Duo Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Their fans are hooked on the Goldenberg duo’s twice-yearly concerts at venues around Kansas City. “Quirky, heartfelt and endearing,” is how regular Venne-Richard Londré describes the one-hour free performances featuring pianist William Goldenberg, distinguished professor and chair of the piano department at Northern Illinois University, and his sister, violinist Susan Goldenberg, a longtime member of the Kansas City Symphony.
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Remembering Landon Rowland
Since his death on December 28, 2015, much has been written about Landon Rowland’s meteoric career and tireless work for the benefit of our city. But there is another story to be told, of a man for whom the arts and letters were a life force. All that Landon meant to the arts in Kansas City stemmed from that.
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Collector’s Corner: Marc and Elizabeth Wilson
For Marc and Elizabeth Wilson, the world is a great visual playground of “forms and shapes” awaiting discovery and investigation. Marc Wilson is former director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which he led for 28 years following a decade as a curator of the museum’s Oriental art collection.
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Pot or Not?
The ceramics field today is exploding with possibilities, as new directions supplant the focus on the ceramic vessel that dominated the late 20th century. Trends that stand out include a resurgence of figurative ceramics, both drawn and sculpted, an expansion of functional objects, and—maybe most surprising—the adoption of the clay material by artists with no training in ceramics.
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Making the World a Better Place
Voices in unity have a profound force. The members of the Heartland Men’s Chorus (HMC) have raised theirs for 30 years, serving as a positive force for a community that suffers, still, from prejudice, abuse and loss. They are, and are proud to be, Kansas City’s Gay Men’s Chorus.