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July 7, 2021

In Memoriam: Robert Fletcher

ou love “Star Trek,” George Balanchine, Orson Welles, Liza Minnelli and the “Game of Thrones,” then you love the art of famed designer Robert Fletcher.
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July 6, 2021

Arts News: KC Artist Raises Awareness of Transgender Issues in New Film

The “T” in LGBTQIA+ has been the sharp focus of attack in recent years.
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April 28, 2021

Shawn Edwards: Cultural Activist

“If you study the history of film, one of the things that’s been misrepresented is how Black people fall in love. How we demonstrate our love for each other,” says award-winning film critic Shawn Edwards.
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March 1, 2021

Kansas City Artist Explores Gender Fluidity of Mexico’s Muxe Culture in New Documentary

The legend of the Muxe says that the saint flying around the earth dropping seeds of gender was supposed to distribute men, women and Muxes equally.
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November 9, 2020

Reckoning With 2020 Vision: Is it Over Yet?

So how has your year gone? And do we have anything more to worry about? As I write this, I do not know whether today, as you’re reading, we have a conclusive view of the current state of our democracy.
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May 18, 2020

Honors: Emiel Cleaver

Emiel Cleaver has used his video production skills to educate and enlighten by casting a light on Kansas City’s rich, yet complex, Black history.
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American composer and Kansas City native Virgil Thomson is the subject of a forthcoming PBS documentary by veteran filmmakers James Arntz and John Paulson working with KC-based producer Aimee Larrabee. (Carl Van Vechten Photographs Collection at the Library of Congress)K
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April 30, 2020

KC Composer Celebrated in Upcoming PBS Documentary

Walt Disney. Harry S Truman. Most Kansas Citians recognize these native sons. But Virgil Thomson? Blank stare. Actually, Virgil Thomson is the most important KC native most people have never heard of.
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March 4, 2020

Kansas City Underground Film Festival Debuts in Westport

Seen any unseen films lately? That unusual opportunity will be presented to probing cinephiles at the inaugural Kansas City Underground and Unseen Film Festival running March 12 – 22 at the Westport Coffeehouse Theatre.
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