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May 8, 2017

Under This Roof: Stories from a White House Insider featuring Paul Brandus

Why did Abraham Lincoln never sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom? Why, in the minutes before John F. Kennedy was murdered, was a blood-red carpet installed..
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May 8, 2017

Arts News: Charlotte Street Foundation Honors Six KC Artists

The Charlotte Street Foundation recently announced this year’s recipients of what are possibly this city’s biggest awards for the visual and performing arts. The winners..
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May 7, 2017

New Works Festival: “Man in Love” is Stunning, “Crazy Horse” Not So Much

Now and then you encounter a play so unique and utterly compelling that it defies comparison to any dramatic work that came before.That’s the case..
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May 5, 2017

Arts News: Nelson-Atkins Lands Rare Kongo Power Figure at Paris Auction

What to do when you’re tied up in Kansas City and you desperately want to bid on a piece in a Paris auction? Last winter,..
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May 5, 2017

Artwork Dazzles at KCAI’s Art & Design Auction June 3

Over 200 pieces of stunning original artwork donated from alumni, faculty and friends of KCAI will be auctioned at the Art & Design Auction on..
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May 4, 2017

Editor’s Weekend Calendar Picks, May 4 – 7

Time for the first round of weekend calendar picks for May! Tomorrow in the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,..
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May 4, 2017

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: Who Would Steal the Arts?

Writing a column on public policy for a bi-monthly publication has its challenges. In today’s reality, one can’t wake up in the morning without a surprise, and simple conclusions can become obsolete overnight.
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May 3, 2017

Plays With a Punch: A Theater Critic’s Wish list for KC

I was heartened in February when the ever-feisty Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre undertook a drama that by rights should have been staged in Kansas City years ago — August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean.” “Gem” was the second-to-last play Wilson wrote in his historic 10-drama cycle depicting African-American life in each decade of the 20th century.
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May 3, 2017

Olathe Civic Theatre Association Presents “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” thru May 7th

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is gearing up for their fifth and final mainstage show of the season. In the contemporary play, Vanya and Sonia..
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