Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Silent Spring at Popular Fishing Resorts
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought outdoors tourism to a screeching halt.
Art House Extra: Imagining ‘The Day After’ a Nuclear War
Art House host John McGrath reviews “The Day After,” the most famous film ever made in the Kansas City area.
Pet Placement Surges During Pandemic
A population stuck indoors during the global pandemic has given pet placement an all-time boost.
No Man is an Island, Even in a Pandemic
An Artist Responds to Social Isolation by Creating This Short Film
Art House Extra: A Masterpiece Created ‘In Cold Blood’
Flatland producer John McGrath reviews Richard Brooks’ classic 1967 true crime film “In Cold Blood” in this Art House extra.
Are You Entertained? A Virtual Weekend Guide to Everything KC
Here’s a selection of (mostly) Kansas City-influenced works to absorb while we are stuck indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Helzberg Has No Plans to Walk Away From Landmark, Despite Webster House Closing
Despite closing the Webster House, the Helzberg family will retain ownership of the building and is considering options for after the COVID-19 stay-at-home order is lifted.
A Flatland Flight of Fancy for 420 Day
Some may be celebrating an unofficial holiday right about now. So Flatland has decided to take some fictionalized creative liberties to mark 420 Day.
Proposed Freight House District Apartment Project Backtracks Size
(Updated May 7: The developer of the planned Tracks 215 apartment deal lost his national partner this week but did obtain local tax incentives in his quest to build the $52.4 million project in the Freight House District. Vince Bryant of 3-D development told the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority board today that Greystar, a major…
Art House Extra: John McGrath Recommends ‘McCabe and Mrs. Miller’
Flatland producer John McGrath recommends “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” an idiosyncratic Western directed by Kansas City native Robert Altman.