Category: Performing
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Making the Magic Happen
Illusionist Rick Thomas doesn’t promise a good show when he hits the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College Sunday, Nov. 12. He promises the best show, magic or otherwise. In a profession littered by over-the-top presentation, that’s a big boast. Yet Thomas has the résumé to back it up. As a Las Vegas magician for 15 years, he made a name for himself and perfected his craft.
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As the American Jazz Museum turns 20, ‘The Legacy Plays On’
Before the American Jazz Museum opened in 1997, it could be difficult for jazz lovers to connect with the golden era of Kansas City jazz in the 1920s and 1930s. In the late 1990s, outstanding local musicians performed regularly at clubs around town — just as they do today — providing proof plenty of how lively the jazz scene is here for a metropolitan area as small as ours.
