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04-23-2024
Live at the Library: John Depew
Enjoy listening to Kansas-based musician, songwriter, and traveler John Depew as he performs at the Olathe Indian Creek Library.
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04-23-2024
Trailblazing Talks with David McLain, Photographer
Learn more about the planet and how humans can extend their lifespan in this talk by David McLain
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04-23-2024
Data Visceralization: The Materiality of Quantified Reality
This talk will explore various examples of Data Visceralization in digital art and expand on what it means to translate data into sensory experiences that provoke somatic feelings.
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04-24-2024
Fracture! Saxophone Quartet
The Fracture! Saxophone Quartet presents an enchanting program of contemporary classical saxophone quartet repertoire.
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04-24-2024
Life Drawing at Artskc with SCBWI
SCBWI is teaming up with the ArtsKC gallery in the Crossroads district of Kansas City to provide a life drawing event for our SCBWI members for only $5! For non SCBWI members the fee is $10. Please bring any supplies, snacks, drinks.
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04-25-2024
Kansas City Ballet Presents Second Company @ HOME
Second Company @ Home is an evening of dance with Kansas City Ballet’s Second Company performing a variety of both classical and custom-made contemporary works.
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04-25-2024
Simply the Best: The Music of Tina Turner
Simply the Best: The Music of Tina Turner | Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 8:00 PM | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
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04-25-2024
Sip and Shop with Desiree Warren at the KC Museum
Come enjoy free wine and small bites at Wisteria Boutique inside the Kansas City Museum while perusing new work from Desiree Warren’s Geo collection of housewares.
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04-26-2024
“Spark of Genius”
“Spark of Genius” on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 PM at the Folly Theater Chamber Music, Classical Music, Curated Performance, Kansas City
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03-01-2024
Eden to Eternity
a collection of 40 molas from various Cuna artisans on the San Blas Islands, depicting biblical stories
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04-27-2024
Dancing Through the Decades
“Dancing Through the Decades” is an exciting and immersive dance showcase that aims to take the audience on a captivating journey through time, celebrating the evolution of dance styles across different eras. Hosted by Ice Studios School of Dance,
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04-27-2024
Rude Revue’s Greatest Hits
Annie-Mae Allure is bringing back her favorite acts in the show’s history with Rude Revue’s Greatest Hits! Live performances and video playbacks
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04-04-2024
Tim Murphy Art Gallery: Visualizing Sound and Space
Featuring artists David Morris and Chris LaValley.
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04-26-2024
Stockyards Studios Open Studio Show
Open Studios at the Livestock Exchange Building. 1600 Genessee St., KCMO 64102.. Dates are April 26, from 5PM-9PM , and April 27, from 11AM-3PM.
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04-27-2024
Artist Talks from Re: Generation Group Exhibition
Closing Reception & Artist Talk
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04-27-2024
Cedar Creek Art Festival
Do you enjoy art, music, live performances, food and drinks? Then come join your Cedar Creek friends, neighbors and local community on Saturday, April 27, from 12 PM to 4 PM at Hidden Glen Park for an engaging, and fun-filled afternoon for all ages
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04-27-2024
Oliva Mills – Closing Reception, Artist Talk & Hand-Spinning Demonstration
Closing Reception, Artist Talk & Hand-Spinning Demonstration
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04-28-2024
The Simon & Garfunkel Story
The Simon & Garfunkel Story | Sunday, Apr. 28 at 2 & 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | A moving and powerful concert featuring all the hits.
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04-28-2024
Wanderfest 2024
Wanderfest! Explore TowerEast – Join over 20 participating businesses and organizations for music, art, crafts, food, drinks, fun!
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04-05-2024
Control≈Center
Artists Noelle Choy and Adams Puryear explore speculations of humanity’s precarious future with a collaborative exhibition
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04-28-2024
In Our Lifetime
Join Cardinalis for “In Our Lifetime.” Featuring works by Dale Trumbore.
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04-12-2024
Rocky: Live On Stage
This immersive production of the Broadway musical follows the story of the first original ROCKY movie. Rocky Balboa is a small-time Philadelphia boxer who is chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed.
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04-28-2024
Arts in Prison presents the East Hill Singers, Songs of Transformation
This unique men’s choir consisting of inmate singers from Lansing Correctional Facility and volunteer community singers performs outside of the prison walls 4 times a year. Join us for Songs of Transformation and celebrate our life changing work .
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04-28-2024
Olathe Community Orchestra Concert: “Beginnings”
OCO Concert “Beginnings,” featuring 2024 OCO Annual Scholarship winner Celes Kramer performing Rondo from Piano Concerto in G, Op. 73, by Johann Hummel. Sunday, April 28, 2024, 3:00 pm, Grace United Methodist Church, Olathe, KS. Admission free.
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04-21-2024
Believe In: 2024 Night at The Museum
Support the American Jazz Museum at Believe In: Night At The Museum for an exciting fundraising concert featuring private museum tours and an evening of jazz with the KC Jazz Masters along with a surprise special guest.
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04-30-2024
Make a Ceramic Planter
Make your own plant pot! Workshop includes instruction, clay, glaze & firing.
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04-30-2024
The Latin Jazz Instistute Presents: International Jazz Day with Pablo Sanhueza & KCLJO
The Latin Jazz Institute presents International Jazz Day 2024 with Pablo Sanhueza & Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra. The evening will feature a concert setting of Charles Mingus’ Cumbia & Jazz Fusion at the Mexican Consulate of Kansas City.
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05-02-2024
Les Violons du Roy Jonathan Cohen, Music Director Miloš, Guitar
Les Violons du Roy | Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Featuring works from the Baroque and Classical periods.
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05-02-2024
ArtPop – Kansas City Art Institute
The biggest party of the year at the Kansas City Art Institute, ArtPop, is back on May 2! Purchase student art, enjoy outdoor art installations, music and more.
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05-02-2024
Rainy Day Books presents “Creative Flow” with artist & author Jenny Hahn
A free evening program with Creative Flow author and artist Jenny Hahn, moderated by producer, film critic and arts advocate Lonita Cook. Presentation will be followed by a book-signing.
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05-02-2024
Spring into Musical Adventure
1) Bring your spring alive with the KCCO as we take wing with thrilling Baroque, Jazz, and folk music tunes for string orchestra
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05-03-2024
‘Around the Americas’ with 123 Andrés
Around the Americas | Friday, May 3 at 10 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | An incredibly lively and engaging show that will take students on a journey through North, Central and South America using music and story.
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05-03-2024
Chanticleer
Chanticleer on Friday, May 3 at 7:30 PM at Atonement Lutheran Church Chamber Music, Classical Music, Vocal Music, Early Music
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05-03-2024
First Friday w/ Bryan Brinkman
First Friday featuring the art of Bryan Brinkman & P1A
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05-04-2024
MTC Kids Jam – 123 Andrés
MTC Kids Jam | Saturday, May 4 at 11 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Specially designed with families in mind! Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities led by the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by a 60-minute concert.
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04-25-2024
2024 Graphic Design Student Portfolio Exhibition
2024 Graphic Design Student Portfolio Exhibition
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05-04-2024
Sheep Shindig
Don’t miss the annual shearing of the sheep at Missouri Town Living History Museum.
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04-05-2024
Heartland 6 – Glass Exhibition
Heartland 6 | April 5, 2024 – May 4, 2024 | Belger Crane Yard Gallery | A juried exhibition of the Midwest’s finest glass art.
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05-04-2024
Pablo Sanhueza Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Blue Room
Pablo Sanhueza moves into his 21st Year of Salsa and Latin Jazz at 18th & Vine!
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05-05-2024
Opus 76 Quartet with Paul Neubauer, viola
Mozart and Brahms | Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | The Midwest Trust Center’s artists-in-residence are joined by violist Paul Neubauer for Mozart’s C Major viola quintet & Brahms’ G Major Viola Quintet.
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04-26-2024
Spinning Tree Theatre presents Rubik by Vanessa Severo
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly presents the world premiere play Rubik by Vanessa Severo.
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05-03-2024
Guadalupe Centers Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
An event for the whole family! In the Historic Westside of Kansas City, MO
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05-04-2024
Garden Party for the Planet
Make a marionette puppet, see our green screen activities, learn about storm water runoff, watch a puppet show, join in on a drum circle, bubble fun and more.
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05-05-2024
Bachathon XLV
45th Annual Bachathon featuring some of the musical masteries of JS Bach for organ, chorale ensemble and more.
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05-03-2024
KC Arts Institute End-of-Semester Exhibition and Sale
The highly-anticipated bi-annual Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) End-of-Semester Exhibition and Sale is almost here again! The exhibition and sale is free and open to the public. It will take place May 3 – 5 at the KCAI campus.
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05-06-2024
Kansas City Musical Club May Concert
The Kansas City Musical Club will host a concert Monday May 6th at 12pm in the sanctuary of Asbury United Methodist Church.
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05-09-2024
Transformations: New Perspectives on the Art of Miniatures
The National Museum of Toy and Miniatures curators, Amy McKune and Madeline Rislow, talk to the four artists featured in the exhibition Transformations: New Perspectives on the Art of Miniatures, on view through May 20.
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05-10-2024
The Concert Truck
The Concert Truck | Friday, May 10 at 8 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | A mobile music venue strengthening communities by redefining the concert experience and making live music accessible to all.
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05-10-2024
Birds and the Bees
“Birds and the Bees,” May 10, 2024, at 7:30 pm, at The Folly Theater in Kansas City. Spring concert all about our feathered friends.
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05-10-2024
The Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Chorale: J. S. Bach Sacred Cantatas
J. S. Bach Sacred Cantatas | FRIDAY, MAY 10 at 7:30pm | Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral | Featuring chamber orchestra, the Chorale performs four of Bach’s most revered sacred cantatas
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03-20-2024
Park University Biennial Faculty Art Exhibit
Past and present Park University faculty from the Department of Art and Design are showcasing their work in an art exhibit in the Campanella Gallery, located within Norrington Center on the University’s flagship Parkville Campus., through May 10.
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05-10-2024
Englewood Arts Presents: Motherwind
Experience the music of Motherwind with special guests: Ivory Blue and Heath Church on Friday, May 10th; 7 PM.
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05-02-2024
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
May 2 – 11 at 7:30pm | Just Off Broadway Theatre | Albee’s provocative look at love, marriage, and privilege challenges the thin line between love and hate.
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05-11-2024
George Thorogood and The Destroyers “Bad All Over The World – 50 Years of Rock”
The Cohen Community Series presents 50 years of rock with George Thorogood and The Destroyers. Relive classics like “Get A Haircut,” “I Drink Alone,” “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” “Move It On Over,” “Who Do You Love?” and “Bad To The Bone.”
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05-11-2024
Lenexa Art Fair
Browse some of the region’s best fine artists at this one-day event featuring live music; wine, spirits and beer tasting; and activities for the kids. Free admission.
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05-10-2024
KC Clay Guild Spring Pottery Sale
Join KC Clay Guild for the annual Spring Pottery Sale. 45 ceramic artists, May 10&11, 10am-7pm, 7850 Holmes Road.
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05-11-2024
Healing with Weaving | May 2024
Join textile artist Debbie Barrett-Jones, creator of Healing with Weaving, for a two-hour weaving workshop hosted by the Leedy Foundation as a part of their Art & Mindful Workshop Series.
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05-11-2024
Makers Meetup | May 2024 | FREE
Join us for this FREE event to launch our Art & Mindful Series. The act of making art can take a toll on the creative mind. The Leedy Foundation is committed to educating artists in every aspect of being their very best.
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02-02-2024
Greenlease Gallery Temporary Exhibition, “Revelaciones” Works by Patrick McGrath Muñiz
This display combines figures and icons from Spanish Colonial Iconography, American Pop Culture and Tarot layered with the artist’s personal myths and memories.
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04-05-2024
Art Course Mini Golf
Art Course is an artist-designed mini golf experience located in the Nelson-Atkins’ exquisite Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. Each stop on the nine-hole course presents a creative interpretation of a work of art in the museum’s collection.
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05-04-2024
Handmade Mug Workshop
Make your own ceramic mug! Workshop includes instruction, clay, glaze & firing. Workshops are single-day events, 2 dates available in May
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04-29-2024
Glass Blowing 101
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of glassblowing with Glass Blowing 101, a comprehensive 2-week, 6-day class designed to ignite your creativity and unleash your inner artist.
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05-16-2024
INSPIRE! Fauna Fantastic
INSPIRE! is our annual showcase of creativity and collaboration. With the support of Kaleidoscope, Hallmark, and the Kansas City Art Institute, our students are crafting fantastical creatures from recycled materials.
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05-17-2024
¡Viva Mexico! ¡Viva America!
!Viva Mexico! !Viva America! | Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Celebrate the music and dance created when Mexican Americans combine elements from both sides of the border!
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05-17-2024
stART the conversation art exhibition
stART the conversation is a mental health-focused art exhibition hosted by Wyandot BHN. Our goal with stART the conversation is to provide an equitable platform for individuals to share about their mental health & recovery journey through their art.
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05-17-2024
Sci-Fi Spectacular
Sci-Fi Spectacular | Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
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04-30-2024
Little Shop of Horrors
Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant. A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years.
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05-20-2024
“Reflections on Augusta” with artist Brent OConnor
Brent’s discussion will review the events and incremental steps taken to rekindle his artistic abilities utilizing examples of self-expression in oil, pastel, and watercolor painting mediums.
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05-21-2024
Trailblazing Talks with Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer
Learn more about the world’s oceans and what we can do to protect them in this talk by TED Prize winner Dr. Sylvia Earle.
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05-24-2024
Lawrence Busker Festival
A three-day street performer festival in the fun, funky and historic downtown of Lawrence, KS. Over 25 different acts are scheduled and lots of surprises on the streets. Best of all, it’s free to attend. Only you decide how much to tip the performers
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04-01-2024
Daily Admission to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art.
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06-01-2024
Te Deum – Sacred Banquet (Village Presbyterian)
Te Deum presents Sacred Banquet | Saturday, June 1st at 7:30 PM | Village Presbyterian Church. This concert explores the sacred texts of the Feast of Corpus Christi, joined by guest conductor Antanina Kalechyts.
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06-01-2024
Art On The Side
Art on the Side is an annual juried Art Festival in Liberty, Missouri.
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05-02-2024
Tim Murphy Art Gallery: Nature in Harmony
Featuring artists David Schaber and Kimberly Yates
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05-31-2024
Joshua Bell and Ravel
Joshua Bell and Ravel | Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
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05-08-2024
H.O.T. the Musical
H.O.T. the Musical | May 8 – June 2, 2024 | Unicorn Theatre | New Musical by Shelly Verden & Sarah Crawford
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06-02-2024
Te Deum – Sacred Banquet (Visitation Catholic)
Te Deum presents Sacred Banquet | Sunday, June 2nd at 4:00 PM | Visitation Catholic Church. This concert explores the sacred texts of the Feast of Corpus Christi, joined by guest conductor Antanina Kalechyts.
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06-03-2024
Sacred Banquet – The Music of Corpus Christi
Please join us for a concert featuring Antanina Kalechyts, organ, Matthew Christopher Shepard, conductor and The Te Deum Chamber Choir. A pre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm will be given by Fr. Paul Turner.
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06-07-2024
Arts in the Park
Arts in the Park held on June 7th and 8th is an accessible two-day art festival features over 70 local artists and makers, live music, roaming performances and more. Located at Macken Park in North Kansas City, Missouri.
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02-02-2024
Arte-Sano: Soy libre porque pienso – Salvador Jiménez-Flores
“Arte-Sano: Soy libre porque pienso” | February 2, 2024 – June 8, 2024 | Belger Crane Yard Gallery | “Arte-Sano: Soy libre porque pienso ” is a solo exhibition featuring the works of Salvador Jimenez-Flores.
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06-08-2024
Fun on the Bluff
Ready to make memories for the whole family? Join us for music, food, storytelling, games and crafts from the past.
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06-09-2024
With a Company of Instruments
The final concert of Liberty Community Chorus’s 2023-2024 season is, “With a Company of Instruments,” to be held Sunday, June 9 at 2 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church in Liberty, MO.
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06-11-2024
Donny Osmond
Experience the legendary hits of Donny Osmond and learn more about the man behind the music.
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06-13-2024
An Evening with Ari Shapiro
In a special presentation as part of the Library’s 150th birthday, Ari Shapiro discusses his work and the power of stories and storytelling to foster connectedness in our society.
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06-15-2024
Basic Sewing Workshop
From garment mending to creation, this workshop will take you through the basics of hand sewing.
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06-14-2024
Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony
Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony | Friday, June 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
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06-15-2024
Heartland Men’s Chorus Presents ‘Rise Up’
Just in time for PRIDE, Rise Up! takes you on a musical journey through the spirit of activism and the fight for equality.
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06-12-2024
Art of the Imagination Summer Drop-Ins
Visit the Museum to make a MAKERSPACE project. Create objects inspired by the Museum’s collection of historically significant toys and fine-scale miniatures.
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06-21-2024
Stern’s Farewell with Sibelius and Barber
Stern’s Farewell with Sibelius and Barber | Friday, June 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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06-24-2024
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Experience music from artists who have worked with some of the biggest names in music.
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04-10-2024
LUMINOUS: New Work by Anne Garney
Kansas City-based artist Anne Garney creates plein air landscape paintings that burst with joyful vibrancy. Inspired by the Fauve painters, her super-charged palette and structural brushstrokes capture the light, allure and energy of national and int
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06-28-2024
KCBC: Pearls of the Baroque / Concert I: Jay Carter, countertenor
Kansas City Baroque Consortium presents the music of Vivaldi, Corelli, Caldara, and Geminiani with Jay Carter, countertenor.
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06-06-2024
Tim Murphy Art Gallery: Natural Wanderings
Featuring artists Jean Denny and Chris Gipson.
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07-04-2024
Independence Day Celebration
Experience how Missourians celebrated our nation’s independence in the 19th century.
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02-09-2024
AnticKS & MOdels + My theater to your eyes: Kahlil Robert Irving
With AnticKS & MOdels, the artist’s goal is both to fool the eye and the opposite: to make space for viewers to experience more. Irving uses material culture to reflect his own life and memorialize the present.
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07-10-2024
Art of the Imagination Summer Camp
Learn about how all the ways you can use your imagination to create and tell stories through this unique camp experience.
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07-19-2024
KCBC: Pearls of the Baroque / Concert II: Hannah De Priest, lyric soprano
Kansas City Baroque Consortium presents the music of Handel and Vivaldi with Hannah De Priest, lyric soprano.
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04-27-2024
Niki de Saint Phalle: Rebellion and Joy
One of the most innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century, Niki de Saint Phalle (French-American, 1930-2002) burst upon the international art world in the 1960s.
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07-12-2024
KC Fringe Festival
The KC Fringe Festival 2024 is the largest celebration of arts and culture in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Returning live for its 20th season for a two-week explosion of performance, film, visual arts exhibitions and events.
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06-03-2024
Community School of the Arts Summer Camps
Sing, Dance, Act, Make and Play in KCYA Summer Camps! Join professional teaching artists for week-long performing and visual arts camps designed to help children discover and develop their own unique talents.
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08-16-2024
KCBC: Pearls of the Baroque / Concert III: Daniel Lee, violin, and Trevor Stewart, recorder
Kansas City Baroque Consortium presents the music of Vivaldi, Telemann, and J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 with Daniel Lee, violin, and Trevor Stewart, recorder.
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08-17-2024
Knitting Basics Workshop
Have you ever wanted to try knitting but didn’t know how to start?
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08-17-2024
Bluey’s Big Play – The Stage Show
Experience the joy of the wildly popular show Bluey in this live stage show.
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09-07-2024
Fort Osage Ladies Academy
Ever wonder what it was like to be a young lady in the Regency Era?
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09-21-2024
Food on the Missouri Frontier
njoy the sights and smells of history in the making!
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05-19-2024
Lenexa Outdoor Concert Series
Sit back and relax or get up and dance. Lenexa’s Outdoor Concert Series is the perfect way to cap off your weekend in a laid-back atmosphere.
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10-05-2024
48th Annual Fall Festival of Arts, Crafts, & Music
Explore the sights and sounds of the harvest season at this two-day festival.
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10-20-2024
30th Annual Dogtober Fest
Who let the DOGS out? Join more than 3,000 dogs and dog lovers for a doggone good time at the Kemper Outdoor Education Center!
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10-26-2024
Paranormal Investigation
Search for paranormal activity with trained ghost hunters!
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12-07-2024
A Christmas Celebration
Experience the holidays with the music, decor and foods of the mid-1800s in rural Missouri.
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12-14-2024
Candlelight Tour
Experience how the holidays were celebrated at the historic Fort in the early 19th century.
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01-29-2024
Elizabeth Layton: Drawing as Discourse
Taking cues from the artist’s enduring interest in the power of art to inform, disarm, and engage, the exhibition presents Layton’s art as a space for discourse.
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