Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Walk, Turn, Walk: Backstage With The Casting Director
Imagine walking down an unfamiliar strip of stage with audience members on both sides of you, and then having to stop, pose, and retrace your steps. This can make even the most seasoned of models apprehensive. And that’s where the casting director comes in. Their role is to prepare the models for that all-important jaunt…
Blue Milkshakes, Rooftop Bocce & Other Weekend Possibilities
We can’t all afford an island vacation, but you can have a moment when you feel like you’re gazing out at the ocean with an umbrella drink in your hand. TikiCat, the tiki cocktail lounge in the basement of HopCat, celebrates its second anniversary from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday. They’ll have commemorative…
Walk, Turn, Walk: Backstage With a Makeup Artist
Kansas City Fashion Week audiences see stunning models walking the runway. But what they don’t see are the hours and hours of preparatory work before the show. Backstage is where people like the makeup artists and hair stylists really shine. See for yourself how one makeup artist goes about her work during Kansas City Fashion…
Broad Strokes: “We Make Artwork Too”
Blanca Herrada says she’s painting a space for more people of color in the art world—in and behind the canvas.
Brisket and Waffles, Pizza Shuttle & Other Weekend Possibilities
Pizza Shuttle (12094 W. 135th St.) has landed, Overland Park. Over the past three decades, Pizza Shuttle is the spot that’s been on the other end of many a late night call in Lawrence, Kansas. The new location brought Brobecks BBQ Chicken pizza along for the ride, as well as cheesesticks, sweet sticks (cheesy rectangles…
Food Truck Friday, A Milk Bar & Other Weekend Possibilities
Food Truck Friday returns to Union Cemetery (227 E. 28th Terrace) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. this Friday. The initial lineup for the monthly food truck series, put on by the Union Cemetery Historical Society, is The Waffler, Taste of Brazil and Bop N’ Bowl (Korean bowls, fried rice and potstickers). Krokstrom (3601 Broadway)…
Cinnamon Rolls, Agave Cocktails & Other Weekend Possibilities
Going to a farmers’ market is like a hall pass for the weekend. Once you’ve filled your vegetable crisper, what you actually eat and drink doesn’t count. Stock up on vegetables, eggs and meat at the opening day of the Brookside Farmers’ Market (63rd and Wornall) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The Boulevard…
Why Tivoli Cinemas Was A Filmmakers’ Movie House
Tivoli Cinemas understood the value of anticipation. Movies don’t start when the opening credits roll. Movies start with the trailer, a tease of what’s to come. And for thousands of Kansas Citians, the Tivoli starts at the bottom of that steep staircase. It starts with a conversation about what’s playing, one hand on the long…
Cake & Wine, All The Sushi & Other Weekend Possibilities
Don’t overthink Friday. McLain’s Market Lawrence (1420 Crescent Road, Lawrence, Kansas) has Cake & Wine from 6 to 8 p.m. The bakery’s cake decorators lead the class ($65), which includes two glasses of wine, snacks and a two-layer, 6-inch white cake to adorn as you see fit. The flowers are starting to bloom and spring…
Sushi burritos, BBQ Pizza & Other Weekend Possibilities
Dip it all in butter. Krab Kingz — which has a location in Westport — is holding a grand opening for a second spot at 320 SW Blue Parkway in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, at 11 a.m. Saturday. Krab Kingz serves all the pieces of a traditional seafood boil with crabs, shrimp, potatoes and corn available….