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January 22, 2020

Arts News: KC Comics Master Launches New Miniseries

David Dastmalchian grew up in Overland Park devouring superhero comic books and dreaming of being in the sort of fantasy, science-fiction and horror movies that enraptured him.

January 20, 2020

Arts News: Exhibit Marks 10th Anniversary of Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America

For 10 years, the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA) at the University of Missouri Kansas City has been an invaluable repository for historical, social, cultural and political material involving the region’s LGBTQ community.

January 10, 2020

Picture This: Library Coloring Books Tell the Stories of Notable Women in KC History

Mary Tiera Farrow was a legal pioneer, one of the first female lawyers in Missouri and later a judge and city treasurer. Denied membership in..

December 11, 2019

Arts News: Anatomy of a Paleo Artist

In his new art book, “Lost Anatomies: The Evolution of the Human Form,” esteemed paleo artist and Kansas City area native John Gurche presents a captivating cache of 189 images steeped in both science and imagination.

November 25, 2019

Saved from the Ax, UMKC’s Literary Publishing Operation is in Transition

Seventy years ago, in 1949, one of the best-known literary figures in the land spent two weeks in Kansas City. Martha Foley, editor of an..

August 1, 2019

Arts News: Summer Zine Convention Showcases Creativity in Print

On Aug. 31, 2019, KC Zine Con (KCZC) presents its annual fest, where dozens of artists exhibit, sell and trade their self-published zines.

July 2, 2019

Hidden Talents: A Singer, A Critic and an Artist Reveal Their Creative Alter Egos

For 33 years with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, chorister Mary Lou Pagano has thrived on the transcendental potential of two-way communication. “When you’re performing, you’re communicating with an audience, and that audience is communicating back with their laughter and clapping,” Pagano says.

June 10, 2019

Back at You

At the New Letters & BkMk Press offices on the campus of UMKC, we recycle plastics and cans almost exclusively at the direction of Angela..

May 30, 2019

HEAR Now Festival – A Treat For Your Ears

If you are a fan of audiobooks, storytelling, radio plays, sound art and more then you won’t want to miss the 7th annual Hear Now Festival,..

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