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September 23, 2019

Really, A Whale Once Came Through Here?

You’ve wondered as you’ve driven I-70 east out of downtown about an overhead bridge between Benton Boulevard and Indiana Avenue that goes . . . um, where exactly? It simply connects one unpaved patch of ground to another. If home is on that side of state line, maybe you’ve also questioned why you’re living in Kansas City rather than Missouri City.
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September 23, 2019

Music and Dance Add to Autumn’s Splendor

With crisp temperatures and trees burnished with red and gold, October is perhaps the loveliest month of the year in Kansas City. As always, the Harriman-Jewell Series is adding to the beauty of the season with glorious performances this October: A violinist and two singers will make their Kansas City debuts, and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will bring its distinctive style of dance for a return engagement.
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September 23, 2019

The Arts Asylum – Jesus Christ Superstar

“Nowhere will you see a better version of Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Every aspect of the production excels,” Early reviews of The Arts Asylum and..
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September 20, 2019

Bring on the (Native) Funk – The Mother Earth Ship Has Landed

It was the 1970s. George Clinton’s Funkadelic blistered the airwaves. Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love” had hit Billboard’s top 5, a first for a Native American band. Like thousands of other American teenagers, Preston Singletary dreamed of life on the stage making music — until a detour in the mid-’80s led him down a new path.
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September 20, 2019

Winston Holmes: Kansas City’s Unsung Entrepeneur

The legacy of local entrepreneurs in Kansas City goes as far back as Francois Chouteau, who established a trading post at present-day Kansas City in..
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September 18, 2019

From Page to Stage

We chatted with Steven C. Kemp, the set designer for our first opera of the season, Mozart’s comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio. This new-to-Kansas City production comes to the Kauffman Center September 21-29 and was first seen at New Orleans Opera in April 2019.
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September 18, 2019

Kansas City Jazz Orchestra – Cotton Club Revisited, October 11th at Helzberg Hall

Cab Calloway. Bessie Smith. Lena Horne. Duke Ellington. For a couple decades starting in the 1920s, these legendary performers put on some of their greatest..
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September 16, 2019

Library Lets Loose – Saturday, September 28th, 6-10pm

Library Lets Loose is Saturday, September 28, 6-10pm at Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212. Honorary Hosts – Asher..
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September 12, 2019

Final Weeks of Stonehenge: Ancient Mysteries • Modern Discoveries at Union Station

Stonehenge. Standing in silence for five thousand years. An impossible creation from the ancient past. Mysteries that have remained unsolved…until now! Stonehenge: Ancient Mysteries &..
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