Arts & Culture

Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.

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Boulevardia Leaving West Bottoms for Crown Center in 2020

Boulevardia has announced plans to move from the West Bottoms to Crown Center in 2020.

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A wrestler takes another wrestler off the turnbuckle and through a table.

Bingo Hall Brawlers Battle for Big Time

Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling (KCXW) operates at the periphery of big-time professional wrestling, developing wrestlers hoping to one day appear on national TV.

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A basketball coach and player bump fists

Weekend Possibilities | A Plethora of Holiday Season Festivities

Flatland’s weekend possibilities offers a plethora of holiday season festivities.

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Jan Kraybill with the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ

Jan Kraybill Hits All the Right Notes

The excitement of the small volunteer church choir couldn’t be contained. After all, sitting at the piano keyboard was Jan Kraybill, who just hours earlier had received a Grammy nomination. The enthusiastic applause that night in the sanctuary of the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park was just one of countless congratulatory accolades…

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Rendering of new Kansas City International Airport.

New Twist Emerges in KCI Public Art Debate

A new twist in the debate over public art at Kansas City International Airport emerged at Monday’s meeting of the Municipal Art Commission (MAC).

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a photo of the catholic church in Mission Woods

Johnson County Churches, Cities Going to Court Over Land Use Disputes

Johnson County churches and cities increasingly are going to court over land use disputes.

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John McGrath, Jerry Harrington and Blake Miller discuss film topics on the premiere episode of "Art House."

Coming Now: The Premiere of “Art House” – a Show for Cinephiles

Flatland is producing “Art House,” a monthly show for cinephiles, featuring Tivoli curator Jerry Harrington..

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The NutCracker's Snow Queen poses for the camera.

Weekend Possibilities | The Nutcracker, Another Nutcracker, Christmas Festivals and Strange Days Chili Cookoff

Weekend possibilities in Kansas City include the Nutcracker, another Nutcracker, Christmas festivals and Strange Days’ Chili Cookoff.

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Danielle Nicole plays the guitar and sings into a mic.

Weekend Possibilities | Danielle Nicole’s Thanksgiving Blues, Lighting Ceremonies and Raiders Week

Weekend possibilities in Kansas City include Danielle Nicole’s Thanksgiving eve blues show, Christmas lighting ceremonies and Raiders week.

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The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

Nelson-Atkins Obtains Rare Image of Slaves Working on a Plantation

The Hall Family Foundation has given the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art what may be the earliest photographic image of slavery in America.

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