America’s Creative Crossroads Map
The Kansas City region is a mashup of American creativity – intersection of arts, culture, innovation and imagination.
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Five Things to Know Before Seeing Dog Sees God
Brush up on your Peanuts’ lore. No, seriously. The play, written by Bert V. Royal, imagines the Peanuts’ comic strip characters grown up into wildly dysfunctional teenagers, and works by playing against the audience’s expectations. If you can’t picture, for instance, Charlie Brown’s shirt or how the gang looks dancing around a spindly Christmas tree, [...]
A Dear John Letter to SXSW
Dear SXSW, This is a hard letter to write, but it’s over between us. Kansas City wants to break up with you. Sorry to be rude about it. Admittedly, you and the rest of Austin were hospitable last month when MidCoast Takeover came to town. That three-day showcase of Kansas City-bred bands was well-received by [...]
First Friday at the Crossroads Opera
First Fridays are supposed to be about art. That is, the visual arts. You toodle around from gallery to gallery to see paintings and sculptures. You go to watch the occasional performance artist smear herself with marshmallow fluff and motor oil at taxpayer expense. Good stuff. This event was musical, though. Which is great. Better, [...]
Tour America in KANSAS CITY
As seen in the Houston Chronicle, “Tour America in KANSAS CITY“: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – At one moment, I was immersed in the mystery and intrigue of sunken treasures recovered from a 19th-century “floating Walmart.” At the next, I became overcome with emotions – tears, laughter, angst – at the beautifully designed Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. [...]
Susanne Mentzer: Following Through
As seen in the Huffington Post, “Susanne Mentzer: Following Through“: I had never spent much time in Kansas City, and was only here briefly to judge the regional Metropolitan Opera auditions and another time to eat great BBQ on the summer commute from Chicago to Aspen Music Festival and School. For the past three weeks [...]
In Kansas City, an Arts Center Makes a Debut
As seen in the New York Times, “Kansas City, an Arts Center Makes a Debut“: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As arts organizations from one coast to the other wrestle with cuts in grants and declines in ticket sales, an ambitious new performing arts center in the middle of the country is defying the trend. Donna [...]
Moshe Safdie’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
As seen in Architectural Digest, “Moshe Safdie’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.” Tour the renowned architect’s new building, which is making a splash in Kansas City, Missouri Landlocked though it may be in Kansas City, Missouri, the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts certainly makes a splash. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, the [...]
Kansas City Bets on Culture
As seen in Atlantic Magazine, “Kansas City Bets on Culture.” From the south, the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, in Kansas City, Missouri, looks like the world’s biggest terrarium. The building’s entire southern façade is transparent, with more than 48,000 square feet of glass suspended by a system of columns and steel cables, [...]
