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10-22-2024
Andy Grammer Greater Than: A One Man Show
Emmy Award winner and multi-platinum artist Andy Grammer continues to engage, energize and empower audiences.
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10-22-2024
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story
David Dorado Romo is a writer, translator, musician, and historian. He’s also a “fronterizo,” someone who grew up and lived on the U.S. Mexico border. Romo discusses his book.
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10-22-2024
Public Art: A Peek Behind the Scenes
Holly Hayden shares how public artwork is commissioned , procured and created.
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10-22-2024
Joyous Longevity Book Reading
Englewood Arts is thrilled to host author, Sieglinde Othmer for a book reading of her recent book titled, JOYOUS LONGEVITY: The A-Z Field Guide. The evening event will include a music performance by Julia and James Othmer, and a live book reading.
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10-09-2024
Intro to the Collagraph: Printing with Leaves and Paper
In this 3 week Wednesday evening workshop you will learn how to make a collagraph plate and print on a professional intaglio press!
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10-24-2024
ICM/Park University Presents “Stanislav Ioudenitch Piano Studio in Recital”
October 24, 2024 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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10-24-2024
UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony Concert
The UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony performs.
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10-24-2024
Night/Shift at the Nelson-Atkins
The next edition of Night/Shift — Floating Worlds — summons the spirits of the season and explores classic Japanese print culture and contemporary print culture in Kansas City — on paper, in poetry, as tattoos, and more.
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10-24-2024
How Facts Help Us Feel Less Afraid: Lessons from The Small and the Mighty
Sharon McMahon, a former teacher whose fact-checking social media posts went viral during the 2020 election, discusses her new book .
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10-24-2024
Kate Clements – Free Artist Talk at Belger Crane Yard Gallery
Kate Clements: Free Artist Talk | Thursday, October 24 from 6pm to 7pm | Belger Crane Yard Gallery | 2011 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108
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10-25-2024
Sonia De Los Santos ‘A Celebration of Latin America’
Sonia De Los Santos ‘A Celebration of Latin America’ | Friday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Featuring songs inspired by various Latin American rhythms like huapango, cumbia, salsa and festejo, as well as North American folk traditions.
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10-25-2024
Walking with Ghosts: Real Life Hauntings with Amy Bruni
Paranormal investigator, author, podcaster and star of Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters, Amy Bruni will share hair-raising tales from her countless hours hunting ghosts at America’s most haunted locations.
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10-25-2024
Frontier Shadows: Ghost Tours at the Alexander Majors House
Prepare yourself to be frightened by the frontier. Frontier Shadows: Ghost Tours at the Alexander Majors House blends historical insight with chilling tales, offering a unique perspective on the lives of those who shaped the Wild West of Kansas City.
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10-04-2024
Periphery
Periphery is a thought-provoking exhibition that showcases a harmonious blend of film photography and utilitarian sculpture, transporting viewers to a tranquil realm of contemplative spaces.
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10-26-2024
Paranormal Investigation
Search for paranormal activity with trained ghost hunters!
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10-26-2024
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico: Our Latin Thing
Mariachi Herencia de Mexico: Our Latin Thing | Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Fresh off a 2023 Latin Grammy nomination for Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album for “Herederos.”
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10-26-2024
Kids Jam – Sonia de los Santos
Kids Jam – Sonia de los Santos | Saturday, Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
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10-26-2024
Some Enchanted Evening featuring Benny Benack III and Stella Cole
Led by Emmy-nominated crooner Benny Benack III and social media sensation Stella Katherine Cole, “Some Enchanted Evening” will lead you on a jazz-inspired journey through Broadway’s greatest hits from the Golden Age of yesterday to today’s hits
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10-26-2024
Handel: Apollo e Dafne – Twelfth Night Ensemble
Handel’s cantata Apollo e Dafne — a unique work among the composer’s output, with its highly operatic and theatrical elements
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09-06-2024
Reverberation: Faith in Motion | a solo exhibit by Emily Cramer
In Reverberation: Faith in Motion, Emily invites viewers to contemplate elements of faith such as courage, love, perseverance, and discernment through works with intimate details and dreamlike perspectives.
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10-26-2024
Trace Adkins, Somewhere in America Tour
In his 25-year career in country music, Trace Adkins has sold more than 11 MILLION albums, charted over 20 singles and earned numerous awards and GRAMMY nominations.
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10-24-2024
UMKC Fall Dance Concert
UMKC Conservatory Dance students perform in the Fall Dance Concert. This is a Conservatory Artist Series event.
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10-26-2024
Jim Leedy and the Beginnings of the Crossroads Arts District
Stephanie Leedy and her daughter Erin Woodworth discuss Leedy-Voulkos Art Center founder Jim Leedy’s influence and his contributions to Kansas City’s visual arts scene.
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10-08-2024
Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Step into the smoky allure of this Tony Award-winning play and go on a spellbinding journey through the life and music of the iconic Billie Holiday.
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10-27-2024
Historic Howl-O-Ween
Wornall/Majors’ fourth annual Howl-O-Ween is for puppers and those who love them.
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10-28-2024
UMKC Conservatory New Faculty Debut Concert
New faculty with UMKC Conservatory perform in an exciting debut concert at the Kauffman Center in Helzberg Hall. This is a Conservatory Artist Series event.
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10-29-2024
Cult Following
The Edgar Award-winning author J.W. Ocker’s latest book is called Cult Following: The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations – and Take Over Our Lives. Ocker discusses the most notorious cults in history and how everyday people are lured in.
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10-29-2024
Story Connections
A free program for adults experiencing memory loss and their caregivers.
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10-30-2024
Conservatory Wind Ensemble and UMKC Jazz Orchestra Joint Concert
The Conservatory Wind Ensemble and the UMKC Jazz Orchestra perform in a joint concert event.
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10-01-2024
Black Boy Joy Art Exhibition
A diverse celebration of Black boy joy, featuring creative works from Black male artists based in Kansas and Missouri.
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08-22-2024
Studio Illustration: Page Studio 24 Exhibit by Cody Page
The Campanella Gallery at Park University has opened its 2024-25 season with an exhibit of illustrations and paintings by Cody Page. The exhibit, “Studio Illustration: Page Studio 24,” runs through Thursday, Oct. 31.
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10-01-2024
Pumpkin Hollow
Take a horse-drawn hayride down to Pumpkin Hollow, all month long in October at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead.
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11-01-2024
Disney’s Encanto Live Sing-Along Film Concert
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Academy Award(R)-winning feature-length film Encanto(TM) comes to life with a screening and live music with the film.
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11-01-2024
Park ICM Orchestra Fall Concert With Guest Conductor Laura Jackson
Friday, November 1, 2024 7:30 p.m. Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel
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11-01-2024
Village Choir presents “Gather at the River: An All Saints Evensong”
Join us to celebrate the All Saints Feast Day with the Village Choir.
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10-29-2024
The Kansas City Horror Play Festival and Spooky Sh!t Show
KC Horror Play Festival and Spooky Sh!t Show are coming to haunt The Black Box!
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11-01-2024
Forward Progress: A Celebration of Twenty Years
Join KC Contemporary Dance for our annual Fall Repertory Concert, celebrating twenty years of performing in Kansas City!This contemporary dance performance is family friendly, and runs approximately seventy minutes. Don’t miss it!
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10-04-2024
Art Installation by Kate Clements at Belger Crane Yard Gallery
Art Installation, Blue Hydrangea, by Kate Clements | Belger Crane Yard Gallery | 2011 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108
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11-01-2024
Confluence
An intimate concert with Calvin Arsenia. Performing for the first time inside the planetarium. With visuals from Evan Tedlock and live Aerial Silks
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11-01-2024
Laser Visions
Laser Light Artist Laser Lew’s immersive planetarium film, and a live laser set up.
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11-03-2024
Hyprov with Colin Mochrie & Asad Mecci
Hyprov with Colin Mochrie & Asad Mecci | Sunday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | HYPROV (pronounced “hip-rawv”) comes to Yardley Hall after a 70-show run off-Broadway in New York City, six-month residency in Las Vegas and 100 cities toured!
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10-30-2024
Bubble Boy
The Kansas City premiere of the musical comedy “Bubble Boy” by “Schmigadoon!” creators Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, based on their 2001 film.
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11-03-2024
Dia de los Muertos Festival
Enjoy vibrant folkloric dance performances, live music, artist demonstrations, special menus and activities. See the collaborative altar display inspired by elements of Dia de los Muertos parades.
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11-04-2024
Learn to Solder: Nouveau Cat Lamp
Are you ready to dive into the world of electronics? We’ll get you started with this basic skill- soldering.
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11-07-2024
Vitamin String Quartet | VSQ The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton and Beyond
Long before Bridgerton broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music.
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11-08-2024
“Poulenc’s Homage to Winds” – The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Friends partners with the nation’s premier chamber music organization — the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center — to bring to light a spectacular program centered around music for wind instruments in multiple combinations.
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11-08-2024
Bach Unlocked featuring Dr. Christoph Wolff
BAS pays homage to our namesake with an all-BACH concert welcoming back the world’s preeminent scholar of Bach, Dr. Christoph Wolff, Founding Director of Leipzig Bach-Archiv and Adams University Professor Emeritus at Harvard.
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11-09-2024
Journey to Oz
Join us indoors at Starlight to visit Oz with Dorothy as the audience becomes part of the production, singing, dancing, and acting with the cast. Developed for children ages 4-10 and their families.
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10-24-2024
“Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors” by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen, Kansas City Premiere!
KC premier of “Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors” Oct. 24- Nov. 9. This campy, vampy 90-minute gender-bending romp is a scream. A bloodcurdlingly hilarious send-up of the classic with clever wordplay, quick-change antics, & a dangerous, sexy Dracula!
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11-07-2024
Hello, Dolly! | Presented by The Culture House School of Theatre
Hello, Dolly! is a heartwarming musical filled with dynamic songs, creative choreography, and delightful characters. With a mix of laughter, love, and a touch of romance…it’s the perfect uplifting experience for families!
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11-09-2024
Talk and Signing: Zoe Oli, 12-Year-Old CEO
Join The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures for a one-of-a-kind, uplifting afternoon with Zoe Oli, 12-year-old CEO of Beautiful Curly Me.
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11-02-2024
Build a Ceramic Gingerbread House
Have you ever wished your gingerbread house would last forever? Get creative and learn about clay while making your own ceramic Gingerbread during this two-part class.
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10-23-2024
The Heart Sellers
In 1973, new Americans Jane and Luna, feeling invisible in their lives with workaholic husbands, dream of freedom over Thanksgiving wine and a frozen turkey. This funny, moving play asks: Would you give up your heart to make a new home in the USA?
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11-14-2024
Park ICM Presents the String Studios in Recital
Thursday, November 14, 2024 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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11-14-2024
2nd Thursday Recital: Sascha Groschang Jazz Quartet
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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11-14-2024
Opus 76 Quartet Signature Series II: Beethoven’s op.132
Get ready for a night of classical music magic with Opus 76 Quartet as they perform Beethoven’s beautiful op.132
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11-15-2024
Ceramics Date Night
Enjoy a special evening with your special someone as you do a one-time workshop exploring clay together.
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11-16-2024
J.S. Bach: St John Passion – Dunedin Consort
The Friends continues its Early Music Series with one of J. S. Bach’s most foundational works – the St John Passion – with Dunedin Consort, one of the world’s leading Baroque ensembles.
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11-16-2024
Hands-on Glassblowing Experience – Make Your Own Glass Ornament
Make Your Own Glass Ornament | Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 9am – 5:30pm | Belger Glass Annex | Hands-on Glassblowing Experience
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11-16-2024
INfusion
INfusion is a Bollywood dance charity showcase conducted by Seva Dance that will take place on November 16th at 2:30pm at The Lied Center. All tuition and ticket sales proceeds will be donated to Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer.
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11-15-2024
Our Villain Era concert
Get ready for a concert filled with inspiration from fierce, courageous, and fearlessly powerful female characters, both fictional and real. Not every “villain” is bad, but it’s best not to test them and find out.
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11-15-2024
Stockyards Studios Open Studio Show
Open Studios at the Livestock Exchange Building. 1600 Genessee Street, KCMO 64102. Friday November 15, 5PM-9PM and Saturday, November 16, 11AM-3PM
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11-16-2024
3D Printed Keychain Class
Come learn how to design for 3D printing while making your own unique keychain!
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11-17-2024
Handmade Mug Workshop
Make your own ceramic mug! Workshop includes instruction, clay, glaze & firing. Workshops are single-day events
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11-17-2024
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra in Meet Me at the Fair!: Music from the Great World’s Fairs
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra | Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. | Yardley Hall | “Meet Me at the Fair!” is a two-hour spectacular musical celebration of the world’s fairs.
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11-14-2024
White Christmas presented by First Act Theatre Arts
Celebrate the holiday season with First Act Theatre Arts’ heartwarming production of White Christmas, where classic tunes and festive cheer bring a touch of magic to the stage.
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11-15-2024
The Barber of Seville
Don’t miss this whimsical twist on opera’s catchiest comedy.
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11-19-2024
Story Connections
A free program for adults experiencing memory loss and their caregivers.
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11-20-2024
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
A holiday mash-up for the whole family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker returns for another spectacular tour.
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11-21-2024
An Evening with Gillian Flynn
Writers for Readers, one of Kansas City’s premier literary events, returns with an exciting evening featuring #1 New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn in conversation with UMKC’s Whitney Terrell.
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11-22-2024
Sip, Mingle & Jingle
Start the busy holiday season with the perfect laid-back evening at the Public Market. Shop this free event for high-quality products from an array of local pop-up vendors while you enjoy delicious drink and food specials from your favorite merchants
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11-20-2024
UMKC Theatre Presents: Silent Sky
UMKC Theatre presents a reading of Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson.
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11-21-2024
UMKC Opera Presents: The Marriage of Figaro
UMKC Opera Theatre students present The Marriage of Figaro, an opera in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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11-23-2024
Acrylic Painting Class
Learn tips and techniques to paint with acrylic paints. Students will explore acrylic painting with mini technical studies during this one-day lab.
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11-24-2024
Holiday Kid Makers Market
Looking for a fun gift with a great story? At this special holiday shopping event, discover a wide variety of heartwarming, handmade products crafted by local youth. See the list of the kid makers and their charming creations.
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11-07-2024
Colorful Reflections
Featuring artists Karen Golmer, Eileen McCoy and Ugo Paradiso
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09-19-2024
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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10-04-2024
Lauryl Sidwell – Digital Debut Exhibition at Belger Arts
Digital Debut: Lauryl Sidwell | October, 4 – November 30, 2024 | Belger Crane Yard Gallery | 2011 Tracy Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108
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10-07-2024
Kansas City Musical Club – Monthly Concert Series
The Kansas City Musical Club will host a concert Monday November 4th.
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12-03-2024
UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony Concert
The UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony performs.
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12-05-2024
UMKC Conservatory Wind Ensemble Concert
The UMKC Conservatory Wind Ensemble performs.
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12-05-2024
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: Wintersong
A much loved holiday tradition, the Kansas City Chorale singing seasonal favorites in the resonant beauty of Rozzelle Court at the Nelson-Atkins. Ticket price includes reserved table seating and complimentary wine service.
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12-06-2024
Isidore String Quartet
Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the Isidore String Quartet was formed with a vision to revisit, rediscover, and reinvigorate the repertory.
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09-25-2024
“Show Your Art Here” Exhibition
Join us for an unforgettable event celebrating our community’s talented artists at the Carter Art Center Gallery, at the Metropolitan Community College- Penn Valley.
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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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12-04-2024
What If Puppets Shiver Me Paintbrush: A Pirate’s Adventure in Art
What If Puppets | Wed.-Sat., Dec. 4-7 | times vary | Polsky Theatre | Ahoy, mateys! Hop on board with First Mate Mache and Captain Colorful. Created with a neurodivergent audience in mind.
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12-07-2024
Park ICM Orchestra Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 7, 2024 7:30 p.m. Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
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12-07-2024
Kansas City Ballet Presents the “Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball”
Saturday, December 7, 2024 10:30am-1:00pm Muehlebach Tower of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown
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12-07-2024
UMKC Conservatory presents “A Season for Giving” – Annual Holiday Choir Concert
UMKC Conservatory choirs present “A Season for Giving,” an annual holiday concert tradition.
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08-09-2024
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that considers how artistic practices use kinship, healing, and restorative intervention to foster a deeper consciousness of our interconnectedness with the earth.
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08-09-2024
Emilio Villalba: Everything is Something
Villalba’s large-scale, brightly colored paintings explode with the joys and chaos of everyday life.
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08-09-2024
Gabriel Mills: Aunechei
Gabriel Mills’ paintings are, in many ways, personal responses — responses to life events, to language, to music, and to one another.
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12-06-2024
All Is Bright Holiday Concert
In a time of uncertainty, change, and divisiveness that can make it hard to embrace the holiday spirit, join us to unwrap a musical package of love, joy, and hope (even if you’re on the naughty list!).
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12-09-2024
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo soprano and Kings Return present KINGS ReJOYCE! with Craig Terry, piano
Join us for an extraordinary musical celebration this holiday season with “KINGS ReJOYCE!”
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12-10-2024
Christmas with the Celts
Christmas with the Celts | Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | A wonderful combination of timeless ancient Irish Christmas carols and lively Irish dance, along with modern contemporary songs with Irish instrumentation.
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12-10-2024
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: Alpine Christmas
This festive concert will transport you to the enchanting world of German carols, including lush adaptations of Silent Night, “O Tannenbaum,” and more. Enhance your holiday experience with a visit to our Christkindlmarkt stands.
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12-12-2024
2nd Thursday Recital: Stan Kessler Trio
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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12-13-2024
Drink Your History – Wine Wonderland
History is brimming with stories of and influenced by alcohol. During the 2024 season of Drink Your History, Wornall/Majors is exploring four more historic topics through the lens of libations.
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12-13-2024
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: A Christmas Carol
Don’t miss this stunning dramatization of the tale by Charles Dickens, with actor Matt Schwader. Grammy-nominated composer Benedict Sheehan has created a concert-length story score that weaves familiar Christmas carols and a choral orchestration into
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12-13-2024
Rezound! Holiday Handbell Concert
Enjoy the festive sounds of the holidays with Rezound! Handbell Ensemble.
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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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12-05-2024
Jawbone Crack Quick
In this riveting drama, a small-town community grapples with the aftermath of a tragic event, exposing the tensions and secrets that lie beneath the surface of their seemingly idyllic lives.
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12-14-2024
BAS’ Annual Holiday Concert
BAS invites you to our beloved Holiday Concert in beautiful St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with heartwarming music that includes joyous arias from Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel, plus traditional carols.
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10-12-2024
City Center Live
A free performing arts series featuring a variety of musical and small theatrical acts.
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12-14-2024
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: A Chorale Family Christmas
One of our most popular concerts of the season, this one-hour concert showcases the talents of 200 high school honor choir students who will join the Chorale for soul-stirring performances of everyone’s favorite holiday music.
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12-14-2024
Holiday Program at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
KCMTA will feature a program of seasonal selections free to the public in the Atrium of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
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12-13-2024
Owen/Cox Dance Group “The Nutcracker & the Mouse King”
“The Nutcracker & the Mouse King” | Friday & Sunday, Dec. 13, 15 | times vary | Polsky Theatre | Owen/Cox Dance Group performs their raucous version of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s holiday classic, with The People’s Liberation Big Band of Greater Kansas City.
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12-15-2024
Tidings of Joy!
Join us to celebrate the Christmas holiday. Live music and readings.
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12-15-2024
Rezound! Holiday Handbell Concert
Celebrate the holidays with this festive concert featuring exciting new arrangements and traditional favorites.
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12-15-2024
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: Holiday Pops!
A lighthearted nod to the simple joys of America’s favorite holiday tunes: Jingle Bells, The Christmas Song, Carol of the Bells, White Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and more!
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12-15-2024
IMMANUEL – a concert by Melanie Penn with Störling Dance Theater and The Culture House School of Dance
Enjoy the simplicity and joy of the holiday season as we return, back to the manger, for a musical retelling of the Christmas story, live in concert with Melanie Penn. Sharing the stage with her are Storling Dance Theater and The Culture House.
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12-16-2024
Te Deum – A Precious Child: Annual Christmas Concert, featuring David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion
Te Deum professional choral music ensemble presents A Precious Child: Te Deum’s annual Christmas concert, featuring David Lang’s “The Little Match Girl Passion | Monday, December 16th at 7:00 PM, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
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12-17-2024
Te Deum – A Precious Child: Annual Christmas Concert, featuring David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion
Te Deum professional choral music ensemble presents A Precious Child: Te Deum’s annual Christmas concert, featuring David Lang’s “The Little Match Girl Passion | Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00 PM, Village Presbyterian Church
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12-19-2024
The King’s Singers in Holiday Concert
The King’s Singers have set the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years.
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11-18-2024
Acrylic Painting- Advanced Level
Dive deeper into techniques that bring your canvases to life as you work on refining your style as an acrylic painter under the guidance of our teaching artists.
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12-28-2024
Sin Fronteras: Music Without Borders
A concert about Borders, created by Musicians without Borders.
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11-23-2024
A Christmas Carol
Join Ebenezer Scrooge on his redemptive journey with Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and rediscover the true meaning of the holidays.
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12-05-2024
High School Visual Art Competition
A juried show featuring area high school student artists.
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04-25-2024
General Admission
Enjoy single day admission to explore the museum’s galleries and collection. Use discount code TheDrop24 at checkout.
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09-21-2024
Hokusai: Waves of Inspiration from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waves of Inspiration immerses guests in the vast ocean of Hokusai’s influence, showcasing roughly 200 additional works by the artist’s teachers, family, students, rivals, and worldwide admirers.
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10-05-2024
An Exchange of Gifts: The Art of Kansas City Public Library Staff
The Library celebrates the wide-ranging talents of its staff in this 150th anniversary capstone – a multimedia exhibition of staff artwork and an exchange of creative gifts curated by the Library’s Exhibitions Coordinator Craig Auge.
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11-01-2024
Winter Magic – Northland | KC’s FAV Drive-Thru Holiday Light Party
Exciting UPDATES for 2024: 2X the lights! — Exciting new location! — Most affordable pricing yet! This holiday season at Winter Magic, you’ll create cherished core memories as you gather under the glow of our sparkling holiday lights!
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01-09-2025
2nd Thursday Recital: Lucas Fletcher, organ
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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10-17-2024
Where Have All The Pheasants Gone?
Englewood Arts 10901 E Winner Rd, Independence, MO 64052 proudly announces an upcoming art exhibition titled “Where Have All The Pheasants Gone?”, featuring a new body of work by Missouri artist GK Callahan.
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01-18-2025
Kids Jam – Funky Mama
Kids Jam – Funky Mama | Saturday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
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01-18-2025
Yellowjackets
Russell Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, Will Kennedy, and Dane Alderson return to the Folly Jazz Series fresh off their 2023 GRAMMY(R) nomination for “Parallel Motion”, the band’s latest album that “showcases a collective at their prime” (bandcamp).
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01-24-2025
Hiplet Ballerinas
Hiplet Ballerinas | Friday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Making ballet accessible by pairing it with current songs familiar to audiences who don’t normally attend ballet performances.
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01-24-2025
Park ICM Presents Park Trio in Recital
Friday, January 24, 2025 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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01-26-2025
Time for Three
Time for Three | Sunday, January 26 at 7 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | The Grammy- and Emmy-winning ensemble defies convention and boundaries by showcasing excellence across different genres, including classical music, Americana, and singer-songwriter.
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01-31-2025
Anthony McGill, clarinet and Emanuel Ax, piano in duo recital
Decorated artists, musicians, and good friends Emanuel Ax and Anthony McGill come together in a special recital featuring a diverse program of great music.
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01-31-2025
Young Playwrights Festival 2025
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly presents the 5th annual Young Playwrights Festival, showcasing 3 short original plays by Kansas City metropolitan area teens.
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02-06-2025
Opus 76 Quartet Signature Series III: Schubert – The G Major Quartet
Join us for a night of exquisite music with Opus 76 Quartet playing Schubert’s iconic G Major Quartet!
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02-07-2025
Park ICM Orchestra Valentine’s Concert with Guest Conductor Jason Seber
Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO Friday, February 7, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
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02-10-2025
DRUMLine Live
DRUMLine Live is an international tour based on the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching band tradition.
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02-11-2025
Nikolai Lugansky, Master Pianist
The master pianist Nikolai Lugansky “is clearly one of those chosen few. [He] possesses one of the most complete and remarkable keyboard arsenals of our day.” — Chicago Classical Review.
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02-13-2025
Second Thursday Recital: Rachel Priest, soprano
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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02-15-2025
MOMIX Alice
Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton.
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02-15-2025
Bach Aria Soloists presents: The Adventures of Don Quixote
The Adventures of Don Quixote, highlighting the most popular scenes from Cervantes’ literary masterpiece Don Quixote!
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11-01-2024
Undying Love: Illustrations of Faith and Courage from the Lives of Christian Martyrs
In this collection of large scale paintings, Jeffrey Hakes invites viewers to meditate upon powerful stories of Christian martyrs throughout history.
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02-16-2025
Winterlude Jazz Festival featuring New Orleans Songbook
Sunday, February 16 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Bringing the soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras to this amazing evening.
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02-19-2025
Hero: The Boy from Troy
Hero: The Boy from Troy | Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 10am & 12:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | A musical journey through the decades that shows how the heroes in the Civil Rights movement inspired young John Lewis to protest injustice & get into “good trouble.”
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02-21-2025
The Addams Family
The Addams Family | Friday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | The magnificently macabre hit musical features everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters.
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02-21-2025
The Gesualdo Six
In their Kansas City debut, The Gesualdo Six present a program full of ‘jewels in the crown’ of the Italian Renaissance entitled “Josquin’s Legacy” by tracing themes of pedagogy and patronage in northern Italy over 150 years.
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02-22-2025
Alisa Amador Trio
Alisa Amador Trio | Sat,, Feb. 22 at 7:30 pm | Polsky Theatre | Her EP, “Narratives,” is a six-song snapshot in time. It’s a deep look at a person stumbling through life in 2 languages — English & Spanish — & in many states of mind about it all.
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02-13-2025
FENCES
“Fences” explores the complexities of family, race, and identity in 1950s Pittsburgh. Troy Maxson, a former baseball player turned sanitation worker, struggles to reconcile with his past while navigating the challenges of fatherhood and marriage.
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02-22-2025
Te Deum – Palestrina: Honoring the 500th Birthday of the Renaissance Master
Te Deum professional choral music ensemble presents Palestrina: Honoring the 500th Birthday of the Renaissance Master. | Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM, Visitation Catholic Church
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02-23-2025
Imani Winds/Boston Brass
Imani Winds & Boston Brass | Sun., Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Two powerhouse ensembles join forces to create a “super band” collaboration featuring the music of the iconic, multi-Grammy-winning musician and composer, Arturo Sandoval.
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02-23-2025
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
Founded in 1952 by dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernandez, Ballet Folklorico brings together the music, dance and costume of Mexican folklore from pre-Colombian civilizations through the modern era.
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02-25-2025
Czech National Symphony Steven Mercurio, conductor, Sandy Cameron, violin, Maxim Lando, piano
Led by Steven Mercurio, conductor, Sandy Cameron, violin, Maxim Lando, piano and continuously growing for 26 years, the CNSO has earned an enviable reputation among both Czech and Europe’s top symphonic ensembles.
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10-03-2024
West Coast Swing Dance | Leveled Classes and Dance party
The Thursday Night WCS party is your opportunity to join the local community for a night of dancing and enjoyment!
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02-28-2025
säje
GRAMMY(R) Award winning vocal supergroup, saje, make their Kansas City debut on the Folly Jazz Series!
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03-06-2025
Goitse
Goitse | Thursday, Mar. 6 at 7:30 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | The popular and multi-award-winning quintet, Goitse, was forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick’s Irish World Academy.
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03-07-2025
Leonidas Kavakos, violin and Daniil Trifonov, piano in duo recital
Two masterful virtuosos will appear together for the first time in an eclectic evening of works for violin and piano.
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03-07-2025
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: Gatsby Gala
Experience the glitz and glamour of the Roaring Twenties at the Kansas City Chorale’s Gatsby Gala, a spectacular choral concert and afterparty at The Loretto.
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03-08-2025
Kids Jam – Pierce Freelon
Kids Jam – Pierce Freelon | Saturday, Mar. 8 at 11 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
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03-08-2025
Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond
Rhythm India | Saturday, Mar. 8 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Go on a journey of dance and celebration through “Bollywood and Beyond.”
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03-09-2025
Dirty Dancing in Concert
Dirty Dancing in Concert | Sunday, Mar. 9 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | With a soundtrack that marked a generation, “Dirty Dancing in Concert” brings a thrilling new and unique experience to the ’80s classic.
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03-11-2025
Keb’ Mo’ & Shawn Colvin
Keb’ Mo’, award winning blues artist, Shawn Colvin, folk storyteller take to the stage for a musical performance you can’t miss.
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03-13-2025
Opus 76 Quartet Signature Series IV: Schumann & Brahms
Join us for a night of beautiful music with the Opus 76 Quartet playing Schumann and Brahms!
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03-13-2025
2nd Thursday Recital
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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03-14-2025
L.A. Theatre Works: “A Room with a View”
“A Room with a View” | Friday, Mar. 14 at 7:30 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | Featuring animated classical art of breathtaking Italian landscapes & cameo video appearances by celebrity actors, this is immersive theatre like you’ve never experienced before.
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03-14-2025
Park ICM Presents David Radzynski and Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich
March 14, 2025 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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03-15-2025
An Evening with Branford Marsalis
New Orleans-born saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. See the Branford Marsalis Quartet LIVE at the Folly on March 15!
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03-16-2025
“R.E.S.P.E.C.T.” — A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin
“R.E.S.P.E.C.T.” | Sunday, Mar. 16 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | You’ll be out of your seat and dancing in the aisles as you lose yourself in the music that inspired a generation.
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03-21-2025
Thomas Dunford in Recital
Dubbed by BBC Early Music Magazine “the Eric Clapton of the lute,” Thomas Dunford makes his Kansas City debut in a captivating program.
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03-28-2025
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar | Friday, Mar. 28 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Featuring soul-stirring arrangements of contemporary gospel, musical theatre, and rich original compositions.
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03-28-2025
Leonkoro String Quartet
The winners of the Wigmore Hall Quartet Competition, Leonkoro String Quartet, in their Kansas City debut, offer a multifaceted program with music by Haydn, Berg, Shaw, and Mendelssohn.
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03-29-2025
Trailblazing Women of Country: From Patsy to Loretta to Dolly
Trailblazing Women of Country | Saturday, Mar. 29 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton revolutionized country music and blazed a trail for future generations of female artists.
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03-27-2025
Lyric Opera of Kansas City – “Maya and the Magic Ring”
“Maya and the Magic Ring” | Thur.-Sun., Mar. 27-30 | times vary | Polsky Theatre | Be careful what you wish for! An opera for families with music by Lori Laitman and libretto by Dana Gioia.
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04-05-2025
Helen Sung Meets Bach Aria Soloists
Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Helen Sung meets Kansas City’s own Bach Aria Soloists for a world premiere performance! BAS commissioned Sung to compose a work celebrating Bach as the OG improviser, the foundations of jazz.
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04-10-2025
2nd Thursday Recital: Washington University Choir
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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04-11-2025
Omnium Circus: “I’m Possible”
Omnium Circus | Friday, Apr. 11 at 7 p.m. | Yardley Hall | A world renowned, fully inclusive circus company bringing excitement, thrills and joy to the young and young at heart as only a circus can!
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04-11-2025
Les Arts Florissants with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin
Presenting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300. When published in 1725 nobody could imagine Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons would become perhaps the most frequently heard music of all time. Yet today, 300 years on, they remain as popular as ever.
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04-11-2025
Park ICM Presents Hansjörg Schellenberger, Oboe, and Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, Piano
Friday, April 11, 2025 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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04-19-2025
Uptown
Uptown | Saturday, Apr. 19 at 7:30 p.m. | Yardley Hall | The perfect mix of Bruno Mars-caliber stage presence with the vocals of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. You’ve never seen anything like Uptown!
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04-15-2025
First Generation
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly produces the world premiere play “First Generation” by Kansas City-based playwright Victor Wishna.
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04-19-2025
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: Spring Song
The Chorale’s much loved celebration of Spring and the Easter season. This one-hour concert is performed in the lush acoustic and visual splendor of Kirkwood Hall at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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04-25-2025
Park ICM Orchestra Season Finale With Guest Conductor Barbara Yahr
Friday, April 25, 2025 7:30 p.m. Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO
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04-25-2025
“Voyage de passion”
A phenomenal concert celebrating the riveting abandon of francophone passion.
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04-25-2025
“The Pa’akai We Bring”
“The Pa’akai We Bring” | Fri.-Sat., Apr. 25-26 | times vary | Yardley Hall | Mixing in ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of audience participation into a tasty potluck of performance, joyously served up with aloha.
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05-01-2025
esk and Silverback Films present “Our Planet Live” – A Netflix Documentary Series
“Our Planet Live” | Thur.-Fri., May 1-2 | times vary | Polsky Theatre | Featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the explorers, filmmakers, scientists, and adventurers that created some of the most eye-catching footage of our planet.
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05-02-2025
Yellow Roses and Green Hills
Highlighting a concerto celebrating the band’s new timpani!
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05-03-2025
Kids Jam – Mister G
Kids Jam – Mister G | Saturday, May 3 at 11 a.m. | Polsky Theatre | Join us in the MTC lobby at 10 a.m. for art activities, followed by an hour-long concert with an acclaimed children’s musician.
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02-03-2025
Kansas City Musical Club – Monthly Concert Series
The Kansas City Musical Club will host a concert Monday October 7th
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05-07-2025
Park ICM in Partnership with NAVO Presents Stanislav Ioudenitch and Maria Ioudenitch
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 7:30 p.m. 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kansas 66205
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05-08-2025
2nd Thursday Recital: St. Petersburg String Quartet
Come join us for a Noon-day recital. We feature musicians based in greater Kansas City who perform styles from early to new, jazz, opera and anywhere between. Meet the Artist afterward in a small reception with cookies and lemonade.
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05-09-2025
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Master Pianist
In a monumental feat of artistry and endurance, the master pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet will bring the 49th Season of the Friends to a magnificent close by performing the complete piano works of Maurice Ravel.
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05-10-2025
Opus 76 Quartet with David Kim, violin
Opus 76 Quartet with David Kim, violin | Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | Performing Brahms’ G Minor Sextet and Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence.”
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05-01-2025
Family Sideshow
In this dark comedy, a dysfunctional family reunites for a chaotic and absurd night of revelations, confrontations, and unexpected twists, all unfolding under the glow of the family’s carnival sideshow held at the theater.
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05-16-2025
The Brother Brothers
The Brother Brothers | Friday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. | Polsky Theatre | They are the kind of people who have a story about everything, and more so, one you might genuinely like to hear.
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05-16-2025
The Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale: The Lost Birds
Join Charles Bruffy and the Grammy-winning Kansas City Chorale at 7:30 PM on Friday, May 16, at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, KS, for The Lost Birds, a stirring concert that pays tribute to bird species driven to extinction.
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05-31-2025
Te Deum – Harmony of Connections: Barber’s Reincarnations and American composers
Te Deum professional choral music ensemble presents Harmony of Connections: Barber’s Reincarnations and American Composers . | Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
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06-01-2025
Te Deum – Harmony of Connections: Barber’s Reincarnations and American composers
Te Deum professional choral music ensemble presents Harmony of Connections: Barber’s Reincarnations and American Composers . | Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM, Village Presbyterian Church
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06-20-2025
Harmonious Horizons: Music of Maria Schneider
Free concert showcasing Maria Schneider’s jazz works
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06-20-2025
The Alien Logs of Super Jewels
Spinning Tree Theatre proudly presents the Kansas City premiere of the musical “The Alien Logs of Super Jewels,” based on the award-winning book by BK Bradshaw.
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