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July 5, 2016

Spinning Tree Whirls Ahead

Spinning Tree Theatre directors Michael Grayman and Andy Parkhurst are not status quo types. They go for broke — in the pieces they choose to produce, in the venues they select, and in the actors and musicians they contract. Spinning Tree has only been active in Kansas City for four years, but already Grayman and Parkhurst have more than fulfilled their goal.
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July 5, 2016

KC Fringe Events

Johson County Library Preview July 7th ~ 6:30pm Central Resources Library 9875 W 87th St, Overland Park, KS Come enjoy several short teasers of this..
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July 4, 2016

Boomerang Artists

Meet two Kansas City artists who moved away but later returned to Kansas City to hone their careers. Actress Heidi Van, 38, was born in..
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July 4, 2016

Susan Schmelzer on Arts Policy: We, the Grassroots People!

“I found my first success in the visual arts when I was nine. I am now a professional artist. Art saved me.” This note was written by a Missouri artist to the General Assembly. If you think this little piece of lobbying made a ripple amidst the wrangling and aggression that went on in Jefferson City this spring . . . you’re right!
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July 1, 2016

Shakespeare All Year

Although Twelfth Night takes its final bow on Sunday, July 3, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival has plans to “play on” all the way..
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July 1, 2016

Editor’s Letter, July/August 2016

“Dream for KC Studio” was the label Christopher Leitch put on his images for this issue’s Artist Pages, featuring his captivating “Dream Drawings.” As it..
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July 1, 2016

Against All Odds

A few months back Tivoli Theatre owner Jerry Harrington ran into a man who once booked films into Harrington’s Westport art film emporium.
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July 1, 2016

“Dream Drawings,” Christopher Leitch

Christopher Leitch is a multifaceted artist, a Buddhist adept at balancing the insistence of self with the workings of chance and the unexpected. Following early..
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July 1, 2016

Art Fabricator to the World

On a Sunday morning in early May, a helicopter gently removed the eastern-most and largest of the four Sky Stations atop Bartle Hall. Damaged by lightning, the nearly 40,000-pound sculpture was trucked to Zahner Co. for repairs. That destination made perfect sense: Zahner Co. is the Kansas City firm that worked with artist R.M. Fischer to produce the $1.2 million public sculpture, which was installed in 1994.
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