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Lar Lubovitch excites and inspires
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Presenting four works from his company's 42-year history for the Johnson County Community College Performing Arts Series, Lar Lubovitch's works are vital, engaging, and thrilling.
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Do tell
Wed, Jan 26, 2011
In Kansas City Rep’s production of his one-man tour de force, "Another American: Asking and Telling," writer/performer Marc Wolf dissects the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy with passionate and seamless portrayals of those who lived—and were silenced—by it.
Reviews
FILM REVIEW: Don't be my "Blue Valentine"
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
Two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling burn up the screen with sadness and pain as their ill-fated marriage crumbles into dust in "Blue Valentine."
Jean-Yves Thibaudet offers Liszt retrospective
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Jean-Yves Thibaudet's program for the Harriman-Jewell Series captivated with his performance of Liszt rarities.
Charged up for “In the Next Room”
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Characters in the Unicorn Theatre production of Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room" struggle with Victorian social mores and eventual coming of modernity in the twentieth century. It's also about vibrators.
PREVIEW: Community experience with 940 Dance
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Sarah Bluvas previews Lawrence-based 940 Dance Company's upcoming performance with City in Motion's Modern Night at the Folly on February 5. It'll be a dash of Midwestern modernism.
Imagination rules "Bridge to Terabithia"
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
"Bridge to Terabithia" is a powerful story of friendship and discovery. The cast and crew of the Coterie Theatre created a believable fantasy world with a nostalgic feeling of 1970s rural Virginia.
Articles : Local Arts News
Arts leaders honored at annual Arts Council luncheon
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
Last Friday, the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City held its 8th Annual ArtsKC Awards Luncheon at Starlight Theatre. This annual event celebrates exemplary leadership in the arts by presenting five businesses and two individuals with awards.
UMKC to host Arts Enterprise Summit
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
On February 19–21, arts leaders, innovators, and marketers will converge at UMKC for the 2nd Annual Arts Enterprise Summit. The focus will be working across disciplines to develop global ideas for the twenty-first-century economy.
Arts supporters organize against elimination of the Kansas Arts Commission
Mon, Jan 31, 2011
The Rally to Support Kansas Arts will be held in Topeka on February 10th, 2011 in front of the Judicial Center from Noon – 1:00 p.m. to oppose cuts to the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC) that have been proposed by Governor Brownback. It will be followed by a march to the Capital Building, where letters will be delivered to members of the state legislature protesting the cuts.
JCCC announces spring Ruel Joyce Recital Series
Fri, Jan 28, 2011
The Ruel Joyce Recital Series at Johnson County Community College marks its 22nd year with another line-up of Kansas City’s finest classical musicians. The recitals, which are free and open to the public, are scheduled at noon Monday for nine weeks, Feb. 21-April 18, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, JCCC.
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KC Events this week and beyond
Sat, Sep 22, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
Harriman-Jewell Series announces 2011–12 season
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
There is no shortage of stars on the Harriman-Jewell Series' 2011–12 season. Vocalists, dancers, jazz greats, pianists, and instrumentalists abound across the eighteen concerts and three performance venues: the Folly Theater and the Kauffman Center's Helzberg Hall and Muriel Kauffman Theatre.
INTERVIEW: Baiba Skride, violin
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
David Peironnet interviews the Kansas City Symphony's guest soloist violinist Baiba Skride on her thoughts about the Khachaturian Violin Concerto, her Stradivarius violin, and Latvian winters compared to Kansas City's.
INTERVIEW: Achieving that Grammy sound
Tue, Feb 01, 2011
The Grammy’s award excellence in artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry. The Kansas City Symphony’s recording "Britten’s Orchestra" for Reference Recordings has been nominated as Best Surround Sound Album for surround mix engineer Keith O. Johnson and surround producer David Frost. Frost, a four-time winner, is also nominated as Producer of the Year, Classical.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City announces 2011–12 season
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City announced its 2011–12 Season on Tuesday that will "present opera in ways that Kansas City has never before experienced." Steel yourself for Samuel Ramey's Lyric debut in the new production of "Turandot," the KC debut of "Nixon in China," the return of Sandra Piques Eddy in "Barber of Seville," and opera-goers' perennial favorite "Così fan tutte."
Columns : City Classics
Music and Dance through mid-February
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
The first two weeks in February bring Valentine’s day concerts, and we have some special ones by The Friends of Chamber Orchestra, Fine Arts Chorale and Heartland Men’s Chorus. Although not billed as such, the recital by Kansas City’s own world-famous Joyce DiDonato on February 13th would certainly be a treat for any classical music-loving romantic interest in your life. Also on tap are a Kansas City Symphony concert featuring a Mozart symphony and Smetana’s luscious “Moldau” from Ma Vlast, an appearance in Independence by Chanticleer (The Friends of Chamber Music), one of today’s top male vocal ensembles, the Alexander String Quartet at the Lied Center, and several other treats. For fans of dance there is only one local performance in early February, but it’s a doozy…City in Motion Dance Theater’s annual A Modern Night at the Folly, featuring the work of a number of local choreographers. For this audience member, it is always once of the dance highlights of the season.
Columns : City Stage
Theatre through mid-February
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
“Maybe, Baby, It’s You” at the American Heartland Theatre; “Another American: Asking and Telling” at Kansas City Repertory Theatre; “Blues in the Night: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer” at Quality Hill Playhouse; “Bridge to Terabithia” at the Coterie Theatre. “Oh What A Lovely War” at Kansas City Actors Theatre; “A Night with Martin Short” at Johnson County Community College; “Musical Monday” at Musical Theatre Heritage.