Category: Partners
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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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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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Four Companies. Four Choreographers. Four World Premieres.
Since New Dance Partners launched in 2013, the annual showcase has staged 17 world premiere dances for Kansas City audiences — and has become a powerful and innovative player on the local dance scene. This year will be no different, as New Dance Partners showcases four world premieres from four world-renowned choreographers, with each new work staged by a different professional dance company from the Kansas City area.
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This week, August 27 – September 2, in Open Spaces (Content Provided by Open Spaces)
On Thursday, Aug. 30, at 5:30 p.m., the 21c Museum Hotel will host a convergence of Historic Restoration, Contemporary Art and local artists at the 21c Salon: A View From Home. Five Kansas City artists will speak about the Open Spaces Exhibition in the renovated Savoy Grill Building at 219 W 9th Street. Enjoy the art of the 21c Museum Hotel and the Open Spaces installation of Brad Kahlhamer’s extraordinary wire and bell hanging artwork.