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Summer of Shakespeare in KC
In 1623, a couple of guys got together and self-published some work by a dead friend of theirs named William Shakespeare. Four hundred years later, this piece of “vanity publishing” is considered to be the crown jewel of our Western canon. Shakespeare’s First Folio, as it is now known, is one of the most influential and treasured books in history.
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Gary Staab: The Second Coolest Job in the World
He calls himself a “paleosculptor.” Gary Staab brings the wow factor to natural history and science museums, recreating ancient fossils and skeletal remains in mesmerizing detail and at mammoth scale. Staab spends his days (and sometimes nights) engrossed in his work in his Kearney, Mo. barn-studio.
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Communication. Collaboration. Reconciliation.
Painting changes things. This simple premise led artists Nicholas Ward and Amber Hansen down a six-year path through four states that ended in the creation of their film, Called To Walls. Shown in February at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kan., and in April at Kansas City FilmFest, Called To Walls is a feature-length film that could be described as one part road trip movie and one part art documentary.