Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Gather & Grow & Other Weekend Possibilities
Get away from the city this week and discover life on the farm with Gather & Grow this Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. The third annual benefit for Boys Grow features food from chefs Howard Hanna, John Smith, and Ted Habiger, alongside beers from Brewery Emperial (the new downtown brewery that counts Habiger among its…
Five Things to Do This Weekend
Get Crafty Generally, it’s a good idea to be suspicious of anything that adds an extra “e” to the word “fair.” That pseudo-Olde Englishness just reeks of pretension. Make an exception, however, for the Kansas City Maker Faire at Union Station. In an age when most of us are surrounded by technology we don’t understand,…
Boulevardia & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Blip Summer Open House (1101 Mulberry St.) is a little bit coffee and a little bit craft show. Pick up a cup of joe or some jewelry, and watch the pretty motorcycles — part of Blip’s culture — roll into the West Bottoms tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. While you’re there, you can pop…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Picture Him Rolling
This Friday, June 16, would have been the 46th birthday for one of hip-hop’s biggest and brightest stars, Tupac Shakur. The emcee – best known for his infectious smile, his towering bravado, and his thought-provoking lyrics – died in 1996 during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Shakur’s death at the young age of 25 was…
Food Truck Frenzy & Other Weekend Possibilities
It’s a Food Truck Frenzy. The city of Lenexa is hosting a food truck extravaganza from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Lenexa City Center (southeast corner of 87th Street Parkway and Renner Boulevard). It’s a dozen trucks offering up everything from meatballs to waffles to Asian fare. The Colorado imports keep coming. Larkburger (13611…
Hello Atelier | Keeping Time with Maiko Kuzunishi
This week we welcome Maiko Kuzunishi to Hello Atelier. Ten years ago, while designing screenprints, Kuzunishi stumbled across a product that would change her business – a simple clock. Since then she has challenged herself to take clock design as far as she can, incorporating whimsical creatures and flowers with graphic lines to create stunning…
‘Snow at Argentuil’ | The Gallery Comes Home
In art terms, In Situ means “in its original place,” a designation for artwork that lives in its place of origin. Think of a mosaic floor among ruins, a fountain sculpture in a park, an installation crafted for a specific venue. Here, In Situ means the story of how a lifetime of art collection leads to…
Meshuggah Bagels Opens in Overland Park & Other Weekend Possibilities
Meshuggah Bagels has opened its second area location at 7096 W. 105th St. in Overland Park, Kansas. It’s a little piece of New York City in Johnson County. At Meshuggah, the dough is boiled and then placed on a wet bagel board (a piece of cedar wrapped in burlap) before being baked in the oven. The…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Re-awakening Youth
Head into the common room in nearly any senior care center, and you will typically find the same scene — a pleasantly-decorated room filled with residents of varying ages and mobility trying their best. Trying to enjoy the most of their time with activities, to ignore the hospital-like feel of medical machines and care providers…
Let’s Put a Priority on Doing Good Work
Society does a real number on us regarding what the “important” professions are in the world. As with many beliefs we are indoctrinated with, they’re not always true. That’s why when I look at the budget threat to the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s theater department, including the potential cut of four more faculty members, I…