Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
SantaCon, Game of Thrones-Inspired Whisky & Other Weekend Possibilities
Hold onto your sleighs. Pull on your red hat, and leave some cookies and milk on the front doorstep. SantaCon KC 2018, the bar crawl ($40) that encourages folks to don their best Kris Kringle get-up, begins at Kelly’s Westport Inn at 4 p.m. After checking in, party buses equipped with Jell-O shots will be…
Sympathetic Vibrations | The Goodbye Girls
In September, the Facebook page for local blues rock trio Katy Guillen and the Girls was hit with a torrent of crying emojis from fans – 243 to be exact – in response to a post announcing that the band would be going on “an indefinite hiatus.” The Kansas City band of six years wanted…
Holiday-Flavored Macarons, Charlie Brown at Worlds of Fun & Other Weekend Possibilities
Winter has its own food group. Dive into hot chocolate and caramel popcorn and all the foods that let you add a bit of cold weather insulation at WinterFest. Decorate cookies with Mrs. Claus, pop by the North Pole or catch Charlie Brown’s Christmas Spectacular. The winter-themed celebration runs through Dec. 31 at Worlds of…
Me, Dorothy…and This Road to Oz
Take an unprecedented immersive trip down the yellow brick road with Kansas City Ballet as the cast and crew prepared for the world premiere of “The Wizard of Oz” in this full documentary film.
Sympathetic Vibrations | Grasping Infinity
Dedric and Delaney Moore grew up in a Kansas City, Kansas, household that nurtured a love of music. Their mother was a classical pianist who gave them lessons on the instrument, and their father had a sprawling record collection the boys were free to explore. The Moore brothers’ band, Monta at Odds, celebrates the vinyl…
Missing Ragazza? The Italian Eatery Pops Up In The West Bottoms & Other Weekend Possibilities
Listen up, eaters. The second annual Kansas City Foodie Fest is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at iWerx (1520 Clay St., North Kansas City, Missouri). It’s a chance to meet and try bites from more than two dozen local food makers. Borgman’s Dairy Farm will bring cajeta (caramel made from goat’s milk), Common…
Tap List | The Day the Music Died: Rock & Run Brewery and Pub Closes
A brewery at the forefront of the recent craft beer boom has closed. After nearly five years in downtown Liberty, Rock & Run Brewery & Pub shut its doors last Tuesday. The following note was posted on the brewery’s site: “From all of us at Rock & Run Brewery, we are sad to say that…
Small Business Saturday, Local Pig, & Other Weekend Possibilities
We celebrate with cake. Butchers celebrate special occasions with charcuterie (bacon, sausage, ham and all the meats cured and sliced). After five years in the East Bottoms, the Local Pig (and attached sandwich shop Pigwich) is moving to the City Market in December. This Friday, it will be open in its original location at 2618 Guinotte…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Orchestrated Payoff
How do you get to Carnegie Hall in New York City? Practice, the old joke goes. But not everyone has time for that. As a kid, earning the chance to join an orchestra can be as simple as signing up for music lessons, obtaining access to an instrument and learning sheet music. As an adult,…
Pie, Thai & Other Weekend Possibilities
Curry, pad thai and all the ginger has arrived in Independence, Missouri. Thai Kitchen is now open at 19321 E. U.S. Highway 40, Suite A. The restaurant serves papaya salad, fried rice and Thai iced coffee. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and…