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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art presents Gifts of Art: 2019 Acquisitions
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
In 2019, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art began celebration of twenty-five years of extraordinary collecting, exhibitions, and programs. As the only collecting contemporary art museum in the state of Missouri, Kemper Museum is grateful to those who have helped grow and enhance the Permanent Collection through generous gifts of art. The exhibition, Gifts of Art:…
Find out more »Belger Crane Yard Studios presents Forever in Your Debt
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Forever in Your Debt features a floor installation of 600 6” stoneware bowls, some of which contain loose change, and 3 large mixed-media sheets composed of dollar bills, watercolor, gouache, graphite and resin. Through symbol, metaphor and collective action, Forever in Your Debt references the U.S. student loan debt, totaling over 1.5 trillion dollars and…
Find out more »Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents Perfectly Imperfect
Kansas City, MO 64111 United States
The exhibition Perfectly Imperfect: Cranach, Dürer and the Renaissance Nude will feature a selection of prints and paintings drawn primarily from the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Two significant loans from the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Linda Hall Library will provide a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of these…
Find out more »Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents Formed from Fire: Enamel Portrait Miniatures
Kansas City, MO 64111 United States
Portrait miniatures are intimate tokens of love, loss, allegiance, and affection exchanged between friends. The earliest examples were painted in watercolor on vellum (animal skin). By the 1600s, new techniques of painting enamels facilitated an artist’s ability to paint delicate portraits resembling tiny oil paintings. They offered a robust alternative to watercolor on ivory or…
Find out more »Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents Encore Degas! Ballet, Movement, and Fashion
Kansas City, MO 64111 United States
At the turn of the twentieth century, the circumstances of a changing modern world were visible on the stage of the Paris ballet. Social classes mixed in this public setting, where some of the city’s poorest young women pirouetted across the stage for paying audiences. The dancers’ internationally influenced costumes often reflected larger cultural exchanges.…
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Quality Hill Playhouse presents Broadway Through the Decades
Kansas City, Missouri
From “All Aboard For Broadway” to “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, Quality Hill Playhouse celebrates the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and everyone in between.
Find out more »Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Mother of the Maid
Kansas City, MO 64111 United States
Isabella is a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant woman whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter, Joan of Arc. A riveting, epic tale about parenting, faith, and trying to talk to your kids when they talk to saints.
Find out more »Musical Theater Heritage presents Carousel
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Celebrating its 75th Anniversary, Carousel is the second musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and features one of the most glorious scores in musical theater history. MTH’s production will feature an 11-piece orchestra, live on stage.
Find out more »Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s Spring Fever Sale
Kansas City, MO 64111 United States
Unique home decor, jewelry, children’s items and books at substantially reduced prices.
Find out more »Disney on Ice presents Road Trip Adventures
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
Disney On Ice presents Road Trip Adventures will whisk families away on an immersive getaway chock-full of magical participatory moments. Featuring new and classic tales, this a multi-generational experience visits Sprint Center March 26 - 29, 2020 for eight shows.
Find out more »Kansas City Symphony presents ABBA The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Kansas City, MO 64108 United States
The world’s top ABBA tribute band joins your Kansas City Symphony to perform the iconic songs of a generation. “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo,” “S.O.S.,” “Gimme Gimme Gimme” and many more will have you dancing in the aisles and singing along. Tickets from $40.
Find out more »8:00 PM
Kansas City Repertory Theatre presents Noises Off!
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
“Easily one of the funniest plays ever written,” raves London’s Guardian about Michael Frayn’s 1982 crowd-pleaser that delights in the mayhem of an English theatrical troupe’s production gone horribly wrong. Flubbed lines, missed cues, slamming doors, lost contact lenses, falling trousers, and sardines—flying sardines—have made Frayn’s play-within-a-play a modern comedy classic.
Find out more »Heather Land at The Truman
Kansas City, Missouri
Comedian Heather Land brings her “I Ain’t Doin It” to Kansas City.
Find out more »Railroad Earth at Knuckleheads
Kansas City, Missouri 64120
Railroad Earth can jam with the best of them and they have some bluegrass influences, but they use drums and amplifiers (somewhat taboo in the bluegrass world). What kind of music is it then? Mandolin/vocalist John Skehan offers this semi-descriptive term: “I always describe it as a string band, but an amplified string band with…
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Shay Estes featuring Matt Otto Quintet at The Blue Room
Kansas City, MO
Shay Estes has been singing in Kansas City's famous jazz clubs for eight years, performing with the likes of Mark Southerland, Mark Lowrey, Brad Cox and many others. Her current focus is on Brazilian jazz and the various styles that shaped it. Matt Otto is currently the Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University…
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The MGDs at The Phoenix
Kansas City, MO
The MGDs are a high-energy band, built with soul and a natural funk. Ranging with extremes from all genres, this Kansas City band is ready to make you shake it all night! Guaranteed.
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