Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Recalling Kansas City’s Gilded Age
“The Gilded Age,” a new HBO drama, makes several references to Kansas City. Here’s a more fact-based account of Kansas City’s Gilded Age.
Weekend Possibilities | Spring Flowers, First City Film Fest, KC Carnival Parade + Block Party
You can get a jump on gardening season with plant and flower sales around town, party at the Crossroads Hotel or make the day trip to Leavenworth for First City Film Fest.
‘You Feel Invincible’: KC Women’s Hockey League Provides Safe Space for Women to Learn Tough Game
New women’s hockey league members range from former NCAA Division I women’s hockey players to hockey moms-turned-athletes.
Fighting for Ukraine’s Independence Here in the Heartland
The Ukrainian Club of Kansas City moves away from cultural activities as members search for ways to support the war effort in their home country.
Weekend Possibilities | Dim Sum Brewery Pop-Up, NCAA Basketball Watch Party, Brookside’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Weekend options range from leftover St. Patrick’s Day parties to World of Wheels at Kansas City Convention Center.
‘Womyn’s Land’: A Rural Version of ‘Womontown’
Like Womontown, Womyn’s Land was created as a place for lesbians who wanted to withdraw from an oppressive “mainstream world” to feel safe and empowered.
Sláinte! Browne’s Irish Marketplace Turns 135
A longtime landmark in Kansas City’s Irish community is set to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with even more joy than usual this year.
Two Kansas City Artists Bring Elders’ Words to Life
In a new exhibit in a Crossroads gallery, older Americans’ wishes have been transformed into artwork that fill two rooms. Artists Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom interviewed over 200 people to learn what they wish for the world.
Weekend Possibilities | Big 12 Hoops, Kansas City Cat Show and Open Season Sportsman’s Expo
College hoops watch parties, a Sportsman Expo, the Kansas City Cat Show, plus St. Patty’s Day fun makes for a full weekend around KC.
Womontown: How 12 City Blocks in Kansas City Became a Radical Enclave By and For Women
Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could “walk hand in hand, freely down the streets.” So they created Womontown. The radical enclave encompassed 12 city blocks and attracted women from all over the U.S.