Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Grilled Cheese, BLTs & Other Weekend Possibilities
We’ve had peach season and heirloom tomato season (it’s still happening), but now it is time for you to get your fill of fried foods. The Johnson County Fair runs through Saturday in Gardner, Kansas. There’s a carnival, chainsaw art auction, goat milking demonstrations and all the fried dough you can handle. The humble grilled…
Work in Progress | The Miniaturist
As young as 5 years old, Wolfe Brack used mud, rocks and plants to create imaginary, miniature worlds. Now, as an adult, he creates miniature works of art to explore and learn more about the world around him. “With small things, the closer you get, the more complexities you see,” he said. Brack, a self-described…
The Art of (Hometown Pride)
Our photography series, “The Art of (KC)”, brings you beautiful, thought-provoking and compelling images of our city and surrounding areas every other week. This week, we’re highlighting the very picture(s) of hometown pride. From Jason Sudeikis repping KC on the national scene (and when he came into our sister studio at 90.9 The Bridge) to the unabashed “Property…
Hello Atelier | ‘Making Spaces for Myself’
Artist Glyneisha Johnson uses collage art as a way to represent the “dislocated, collaged nature of Black history due to colonialism.” Much of her work comprises of domestic spaces, bright, colorful images that invite you to sit and visit on the front porch. In this episode of Hello Atelier, we discuss the teachers who have…
Sympathetic Vibrations | To Bold Men
Local music fans unleashed a collective fist pump last spring when word began spreading that Shy Boys, one of the area’s most beloved indie outfits, was back in the studio tracking its much anticipated sophomore effort. That album, “Bell House,” will release next week through Polyvinyl with an album release party at recordBar on August…
Bennie, Basie and Bird & Other Weekend Possibilities
Discover Kansas City’s rich history of jazz at Bennie, Basie and Bird: An Evening of Kansas City Jazz at the Mutual Musicians Foundation (1823 Highland Ave.) from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Listen to live jazz and learn about jazz icons who played and lived in KC. Tickets, which include food and drinks, are $35…
Work in Progress | The Watercolorist
Don Gore’s paintings allow him to combine his architecture background with the free flowing unknown of watercolor. Treating watercolor as his therapy, Gore says the art transports him to a simpler time and place. “I have so many different things on the inside, and that’s my way of getting whatever is in my head out,…
West Bottoms Flats Starting Soon, First Major Renovation Project in Historic Warehouse District
By Kevin Collison Construction is expected to begin soon on the $68 million West Bottoms Flats apartment development, the first major renovation project in the downtown warehouse district that fueled Kansas City’s economic growth in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. MCM Company plans to renovate three historic buildings on the north side of…
The Business of Donuts & Other Weekend Possibilities
Ever wanted to open a donut shop? Ever eaten a donut? All you needed was to answer yes to one of those questions and you’re in for The Business of Donuts. The latest discussion from Square One Small Business Services and the Mid-Continent Public Library dives into what it takes to sling donuts in the…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Setting the Record Straight
For many musicians, writing and performing music for the public is a privilege. And though artists rights typically don’t factor into the general perception of being a kick-ass rocker, that doesn’t mean those rights should be ignored. But safeguarding those rights can often be more difficult for female artists. In my time as a practicing…