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Still they rise

Against the odds, Black women painters in Kansas City are forging a historic path and creating artistic communities through love, resilience and courage.

Holiday Gift Guide: Ceramics

Among the best buy-local options for unique gifts are the annual holiday sales put on by Kansas City’s premier ceramics organizations: Belger Crane Yard in the East Crossroads and KC Clay Guild in Waldo.

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Online Reviews

Bach Aria Soloists Concert Abounds with Seasonal Cheer

Seasonal cheer abounded Friday night, December 5, as the Bach Aria Soloists presented their Annual Holiday Concert at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in midtown Kansas City.

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“Adolf Dehn: At Home and Abroad,” Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing and Gallery

This season, Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing and Gallery presents “At Home and Abroad,” featuring the work of Adolf Dehn (1895–1968), American illustrator, lithographer and painter.

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A Gleaming Anniversary for KC Ballet’s Nutcracker

Ten years ago, then-recently-arrived Artistic Director Devon Carney undertook to refresh the Kansas City Ballet's Nutcracker from top to bottom.

‘Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar’

A book of honest and heartrending letters from prison by Patty Prewitt, whose sentence was recently commuted after nearly 40 years in prison

Artist Pages | Michael Toombs: A plea for spiritual restoration

Kansas City artist Michael Toombs evokes an ominous and searing conflation of existential crisis, spiritual reckoning and celestial transformation in his breakthrough series of new paintings, titled “RTTIN.”

Open wide, ye doubters

In the following interview, we asked William Trowbridge to share his path to poetry.

Arts Consortium

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New exhibit media featuring Big Sonia

On Thursday, September 4, The Museum of Kansas City launched a new exhibit that features a conversational interactive experience with

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New Acquisitions Exhibition: Look at Linda Hall Library’s growing collection

Step into six centuries of scientific and historical discovery at Linda Hall Library’s 2025 New Acquisitions exhibition.

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Visionary: The Work of Michael Brantley

Visionary: The Work of Michael Brantley, guest curated by artist Harold Smith, will feature the elegant and sophisticated work of painter Michael Brantley.