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September 18, 2018

Travel Through Space and Time at Gladfest 39

Since 1980, the Gladstone Area Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the City of Gladstone, has organized Gladfest for their fall festival. Some of the..
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September 17, 2018

Edgar Snow Memorial Concert, October 6 at Kauffman Center

The Kansas City Wind Symphony is excited to be a part of the Edgar Snow Memorial Concert, which will take place on October 6, 2018..
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September 14, 2018

The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance Presents the 2018-19 Conservatory Artist Series

Each season, the Conservatory Artist Series brings to the stage a wide variety of performances from talented students, faculty and guests. Stunning opera performances and..
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September 14, 2018

Nelson-Atkins Docents: Inspiring Kansas City for 85 Years

When The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art opened its doors in 1933, volunteers were present to educate the public about the new collections. Eighty-five years later,..
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September 14, 2018

Volunteers are the Integral Part of Kauffman Center’s Success

As a non-profit organization hosting more than 300 performances each year, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts relies on a core group of nearly..
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September 13, 2018

An Interview with the LAST DAYS OF SUMMER Creative Team

At the start of rehearsals for Last Days of Summer, KCRep Associate Artistic Director/New Works Director Marissa Wolf sat down with the creative team to..
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September 13, 2018

Kansas City Public Library’s Dementia-Friendly Programming

The con in quaint River City was beginning to work. Robert Preston, as roguish professor Harold Hill, had sung a few early numbers and won over the school board and mayor’s wife when, suddenly . . . The screen in the lower-floor auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch went dark, and the strains of Dixieland jazz filtered in.
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September 13, 2018

Eugene O’Neill’s Life at Tao House

I visited Eugene O’Neill’s home, Tao House, in Danville, California, where he lived from 1937 to 1943. It is now a national historic site that..
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September 13, 2018

The Whole Package

For its 2018–2019 season, the Harriman-Jewell Series presents three world-class orchestras in what Clark Morris, the Series’ executive and artistic director, calls “the whole package.” Not only are the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony appearing in Kansas City with their music directors, but each concert will also feature an internationally acclaimed soloist.
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