From the 1920s through the 1970s, Kansas City’s Garment District turned out everything from house dresses to evening gowns, machine made to hand-sewn. While the Kansas City Museum is under construction, a…
Arts
Dia de Los Muertos Festival at the Nelson-Atkins Museum
Having fun with those on the other side of the veil is nothing new. Kids are enchanted with the friendly purple bat known as “Vampirina” on Disney Junior television. In Lawrence, people…
A Q&A with Artist Lisa Grossman
Like many Kansas City-area artists, Lisa Grossman moved here to work for Hallmark in 1988. Eight years later, she began concentrating on her own art. Her first exhibit at the former Dolphin…
Music
Tim Finn’s Top 5 Must See Concerts – 11/21
This week’s roster of notable shows includes a classic-rock hero on his farewell tour, a local blues heroine paying tribute to her hall-of-fame influences, and a new red-hot funky soul band from…
Tim Finn Review: John Prine
John Prine danced at his own concert Friday night. As his band vamped the end of Lake Marie, Prine laid down his guitar and jigged slowly and happily offstage to the delight…
Tim Finn’s Top 5 Must See Concerts – 11/14
This week’s roster of notable shows includes neo-soul royalty, one of America’s greatest songwriters and a Kansas City resident who entertains around the world. Nov. 14 at the Arvest Bank Theater at…
Theater
By The Numbers: Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s A Christmas Carol
KC Rep’s annual performance of A Christmas Carol is—once again—hitting the stage on November 16th. This classic tale by Charles Dickens is a fan favorite every holiday season. With so many performances under…
Review: Musical Theater Heritage’s Show Boat
Review presented by UMB Private Wealth Management Show Boat sits in a precarious position in the repertoire. It is undeniably a revolution in American theater, the first runaway success to use music to heighten…
Review: Spinning Tree Theatre’s The Nance
Review presented by UMB Private Wealth Management New York. 1937. La Guardia is mayor. The burlesque scene is alive. And being gay is considered an act of sexual deviancy punishable by law. We…
Nightlife
Tim Finn Review: Jason Sudeikis’ Thundergong!
The inaugural Thundergong!, held in November 2017, set the bar high for its successor. Last year’s music/comedy revue, hosted by actor and former Saturday Night Live cast member Jason Sudeikis, featured an…
Boom! Chance the Rapper will headline Thundergong! this year at the Uptown Theater
Get it on! Bang a gong! Kansas City’s own Jason Sudeikis just trumped his own ace. As if the number of TV and movie stars appearing at his upcoming Thundergong! benefit isn’t…
Let’s dish with RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Kameron Michaels
Kameron Michaels was dubbed the illustrious “lip-sync assassin” of Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. If you were keeping score, Michaels managed to survive lip-syncing for her life a whopping four times…