Time for weekend calendar picks from KC Studio editor, Alice Thorson. This is the final weekend to see Unconventional Clay at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; tomorrow night, listen to Tom Sachs discuss his innovative multimedia approach to art and see his film, A Space Program. Stop by the H&R Block Artspace at 6pm to see the opening reception of the 2016 Kansas City Flatfile exhibition, on view through September 24. Saturday and Sunday, Heartland Men’s Chorus presents their anniversary show, I Rise, at the Folly. And celebrate Shakespeare’s First Folio Sunday at the Kansas City Public Library Central Branch. For more ideas this weekend, visit Kansas City’s most comprehensive arts calendar at kcstudio.org/events.
Talk & Film–Artist’s Talk: Tom Sachs
June 10 @ 6:00 am – 8:30 pm | Free
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Celebrate the closing weekend of Unconventional Clay: Engaged in Change with artist and filmmaker Tom Sachs. Discover his innovative approach to creativity through objects that appear familiar but are executed in unexpected techniques and materials. Sachs multi-media approach includes filmmaking, and a screening of his film A Space Program follows the talk.
Lady D
June 10 @ 5:30 pm | Free
American Jazz Museum – The Blue Room
Ida McBeth
June 10 @ 8:30 pm | $15
American Jazz Museum – The Blue Room
2016 Kansas City Flatfile | Digitalfile
June 11 – September 24 | Free
H&R Block Artspace
The H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute is pleased to present the 2016 Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, an invitational biennial exhibition featuring artwork by 225 regional visual artists.
Visitors are invited to browse through artist portfolios and view rotating installations of artwork selected by local and regional guest curators. Please visit www.kcai.edu/artspace for additional information and upcoming public programs.
Opening reception: Friday, June 10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
I Rise
June 11 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
June 12 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Folly Theater
$15 – $40
Celebrate this milestone anniversary with Heartland Men’s Chorus, as we present unforgettable music—and special guests—from our 30-year history. You’ll be transported by songs of inspiration and hope, including the world premiere of a new commission by composer Mark Hayes based on the life and work of Maya Angelou.
Show Me Shakespeare: Family Day
June 12 @ 2:00 pm
Kansas City Public Library-Central Library
The entire family can enjoy a celebratory afternoon of special, Shakespeare-centric activities. Learn the basics of stage combat. Make a trebuchet (a catapault) suitable for launching pom-poms or ping pong balls at a Shakespearean target. Or do some Mad Libbing. First Folio Family Fun also features poetry readings, soliloquies, short scene enactments, and Shakespeare on the screen in the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault.
