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March 8, 2019

PNC Puts Pre-K Kids in the Spotlight at the Kauffman Center

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has launched a new art installation in partnership with PNC Bank and two early education centers as part..

March 7, 2019

2019-2020: the 55th Season of Harriman-Jewell Series

An Anniversary Celebration of Classical, Broadway, Jazz and More The Harriman-Jewell Series has announced its 2019–2020 season and it’s a star-studded extravaganza of classical music’s..

March 7, 2019

Women in Jazz: Glass Ceilings Shattered…Now What?

The month of March has long been set aside to celebrate the contributions of women in jazz. And while there is undoubtedly much to celebrate,..

March 6, 2019

Arts News: A Bigger, Better Fishtank

Heidi Van has a new creative home in the West Bottoms. Van wears many hats as a Kansas City theater artist — actress, director, producer,..

March 4, 2019

See Hear: How a Kansas City Guitarist Found His Groove in Cuba

It’s complicated. Anyone who has had the opportunity to visit Cuba in recent years will recognize the phrase. You hear it all over the place..

March 3, 2019

Women of Color: “School Girls” at KC Rep is a Serious Comedy

Virtually every emotional trauma and competitive humiliation we associate with high school is on full display in Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; or, the African Mean..

March 1, 2019

Concert to Come | ‘Nelly Don: The Musical’ at MTH Theater

Nell Donnelly Reed is going from the history books to center stage with the world premiere production of “Nelly Don: The Musical” at MTH Theater in March. It’s a tale that digs into a significant figure in Kansas City’s past: a story of the American dream, female empowerment, Kansas City mobsters and . . . pink gingham, with ruffles.

March 1, 2019

Women Playwrights Ascendant at KC Rep

In 2010 an arts journalist at the “Denver Post” interviewed theater experts and compiled a list of the 10 most important American plays of the 20th century. The playwrights included all the usual suspects: Arthur Miller (two of his plays were on the list), Tony Kushner, Tennessee Williams (also represented twice), Edward Albee, Eugene O’Neill, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson.

February 27, 2019

Peace in the Madness, A New Way of Looking

Now in its sixth year, Kansas City Ballet’s New Moves program is an established favorite in the dance season’s calendar. Devon Carney, KCB’s artistic director, consistently finds an exciting cadre of fresh voices to create a program of bold choreography, with world premieres and works new to Kansas City audiences.

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