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January 8, 2024

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Prepare for amazement as the Rabbit hOle’s book-loving experience soon comes to life

In March, a huge, gray-painted warehouse in an industrial, highway-hugging expanse of North Kansas City, is to be reborn as a place of wonder.

November 15, 2023

2023 Holiday Events

This holiday season is filled with great concerts, performances and exhibits by local, national and international artists.

July 6, 2023

From Easter Island to Kansas City Polynesian Pianist to Play the Folly

Mahani Teave, an acclaimed international pianist who was born in Hawaii to a Rapa Nui father and an American mother, was raised on Easter Island.

May 17, 2023

Behzod Abduraimov completes Park University’s ICM 20th Anniversary celebration

Behzod Abduraimov, one of Park University's International Center of Music's iconic alums, completed the Center's 20th Anniversary celebration and its 2022-2023 season.

March 28, 2023

Heartland Men’s Chorus Gives Us Reason to Believe, “After All”

Heartland made a persuasive case for Cher as nothing less than the role model we need.

January 24, 2023

Virtuosic Friendship: Friends of Chamber Music presents “Festive Hungarica”

Friends' co-artistic directors Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park make series debut with a little help from their friends.

November 27, 2022

Voices and Vision: Celebrating Black Classical Music Artists in “Our Song, Our Story”

“Our Song, Our Story: The New Generation of Black Voices” was more than a recital of arias and art songs. It was a tribute to the legacy of Black excellence.

June 10, 2022

New Folly Theater Collection

If archival items can be called juicy, the Folly Theater Collection, now housed in the Kansas City Public Library’s Missouri Valley Room, contains quite a few.