Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Time to Destress: Books With a Kansas City Twist
It’s been an intense several months, so Flatland’s here to offer a list of books by local authors to read as a way to escape.
Art House Extra | Boulevard Drive-In Theatre Hosts World Premiere
Flatland spent a recent evening at the Boulevard Drive-In, which hosted the world premiere of “I Am Lisa,” local filmmaker Patrick Rea’s latest movie.
Weekend Possibilities | Outdoor Live Music, Black is Beautiful Beer and Crossroads Cars
Local live music, taproom events and a few activities for the kids are on deck as Kansas City enters the dog days of summer.
Art House Extra | ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’
Lawrence-based filmmaker Misti Boland discusses “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”
Remembrance of Independence Days Past in Kansas City
Kansas City has persisted in celebrating Independence Day in both good times and bad.
Weekend Possibilities | Fourth of July Celebrations In-Person or Online, VillageFest and Sips & Sounds
An Independence Day weekend unlike any in recent memory features a range of in-person and online events despite the pandemic.
Racing to Embrace Nature During the Pandemic
Getting back to nature is an emerging theme for the coronavirus era.
Out of the Closet
With the loss of the West 18th Street Fashion show this June where is anyone to go to get their fashion fix? If you miss the glamour, color, humor and sparkle there is no better group to talk with than the designers of drag fashion.
Art House | A Love Story Behind the Camera
Filmmakers Misti Boland and Jeremy Osbern discuss their lives as a personal and professional couple.
Bomba, the Puerto Rican Genre of Resistance, Stands With Black Lives in Kansas City
“Bomba is a genre of resistance,” says Barbara Liz, a descendant of Rafael Cepeda, an Afro-Puerto Rican musician who’s known as the bomba patriarch.