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May 17, 2023

Oak Hall Soirée Gathers Artists and Arts Enthusiasts

Every month or so since 2016, arts supporters Butch and Corva Murphy have hosted The Oak Hall Soirée in the Oak Hall Condominiums at 4550 Warwick Blvd.
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March 21, 2023

In Praise of Sweeping

Something odd. Something off. Something particular, peculiar about the way the tailor sweeps the steps in front of the shop this morning.
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March 20, 2023

Christopher Leitch: ‘Cooking from Memory’

In the Kansas City artist's online chapbook, participants from around the world explore food, art and community.
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February 27, 2023

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Architect’s Imprint on the City is Unmistakable — and Complicated

The architect Moshe Safdie has earned a reputation as a visionary designer and thinker with a global portfolio.
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February 27, 2023

Editor’s Letter, March/April 2023

Writers are the lifeblood of “KC Studio,” not just for the articles they contribute, but for the ideas they propose.
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December 7, 2022

‘Lindsay Hughes Cooper: A Portrait’ by Lindsay Major

If you have a local history buff on your gift list, check out Lindsay Major’s “Lindsay Hughes Cooper: A Portrait.” an engaging account of the extraordinary role played by her aunt, Lindsay Hughes Cooper, in the early days of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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December 6, 2022

Kansas City Author’s New Book of Prose and Poetry Brings Urgency and Insight to Our Troubled Times

Andrew Michael Johnson’s enthralling “The Thread” is two books in one: a poetry collection and a series of prose pieces.
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November 30, 2022

Lewis Morrow: Masterful Portraits of Black Life

In the Kansas City playwright's trilogy of the intense family dramas, Blackness is something active.
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November 29, 2022

Remembering Kansas City’s Homes to Literary Dreams and Dreamers

"In 2019, I took my pickup to haul from the building that had housed The Writers Place — a grassroots literary organization at 36th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue..."
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