Performing – KC STUDIO

June 1, 2018

A Job to Remember: Victoria Patrick

Victoria Patrick, manager of artistic relations for the Kansas City Symphony, took it upon herself to safeguard Joshua Bell’s prized instrument...

May 31, 2018

Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest Presented by Arvest Bank

On Friday and Saturday, June 1 & 2, 2018, the Gladstone Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with City of Gladstone, will host Bluesfest at..

May 24, 2018

Business and Heart in “Skylight,” Presented by Kansas City Actors Theatre

The inspiration for award-winning playwright David Hare in writing “Skylight” was, in a word, business. “It was something in my life that I began to..

May 22, 2018

All Musicians on Deck!

The blues is a voyage both personal and universal. So it’s fitting that Roger Naber, founder of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, has navigated such waters to move himself and other blues lovers. Move where? Forward, despite pain. Forward, inviting gain. Always and forever, forward. “This is my passion and this is something that I do,” Naber says. “And it’s not because (legendary blues vocalist) Bobby Bland once said, ‘Roger, never stop promoting the blues.’”

May 21, 2018

Heartland Men’s Chorus Production Ponders the Identity of the Unknown Soldier

In 1921, Sergeant Edward F. Younger stepped into a room with four flag-draped coffins, filled with the remains from four American soldiers, each from a..

May 17, 2018

Rocking the Blues: Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest Presented by Arvest Bank

For 22 years the Gladstone Area Chamber, in partnership with the City of Gladstone, have worked to bring in well-known Blues artists to the Northland...

May 11, 2018

Kauffman Center Showcases Area Youth Performers and Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Future Stages Festival

This June, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will present the fifth annual Future Stages Festival. The free community event places a spotlight on..

May 10, 2018

Arts News: J Love Band Brings the Funky

The J Love Band elicits a gamut of audience reactions. At Stock Hill Restaurant and Parkway Social Kitchen, expect rhythmic head nodding; at The Phoenix,..