Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Weekend Possibilities | Day of the Dead, Free Film Fest, and Beers of the Kaw
Weekend possibilities include Day of the Dead celebrations, a free film fest at Crown Center and beers of the Kansas River.
Kansas City Religious Leaders Grapple With The Notion of Ghosts
Ghost stories do more than just frighten us. They also inspire more serious discussions of the soul and afterlife.
Getting Swept Away With Curling in Kansas City
A small but devoted group of curling followers have formed a league in Kansas City.
Weekend Possibilities | Haunted Houses, CarnEVIL, Rocky Horror Picture Show, And a Corn Maze
Kansas City’s weekend possibilities ahead of Halloween include haunted houses, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chiefs vs. Packers and much more.
Mexican Artist Returned to the U.S.-Mexico Border He Crossed as a Child
It took Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia 30 years to take a trip back to the border where his family crossed into the U.S. Two exhibits show what he found.
Tivoli’s Jerry Harrington Reflects on a Life in Film
Six months after the Tivoli Cinemas closed its longtime Westport location, Kansas City’s cornerstone of independent film exhibition re-opens in the 500-seat Atkins Auditorium at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Bob Dylan and Me: A Kansas City Fan’s “Never Ending Tour” Odyssey
“The circus is coming to town.”
That, in a nutshell, is reason enough for Kansas City actor and comedian John Mulvey to lay his money down for a Bob Dylan ticket. It’s a passion Mulvey has pursued since he and his future wife first saw Dylan in a torrential downpour at the former Sandstone Amphitheater in 1989.
Weekend Possibilities | Brew at the Zoo & Wine Too, KC Mac & Cheese Fest, A Brand New Chicago-style Pizza Joint, and Bob Dylan
From Brew at the Zoo to Bob Dylan, there’s no shortage of things to do this weekend in and around Kansas City.
Porchfest KC Returns to Midtown
The Original Porchfest KC returns to the heart of the metro this weekend after a one-year hiatus. More than 150 artists will play from more than 50 front porches across midtown’s Roanoke, Union Hill and Longfellow neighborhoods
Public TV’s Future Will Be a Huge Tote Bag of Cash, If PBS CEO Paula Kerger Has Her Way
PBS CEO Paula A. Kerger was in Kansas City this week on a mission, one that could be a game-changer for both PBS and local stations like KCPT.