Carlsen Center
Overland Park, Kansas 66210 https://www.jccc.edu/carlsen-center-presents/
March 2020
Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait offers a unique and touching glimpse of a bygone vision of America. Acclaimed musician Jenny Scheinman and her trio perform an original score of folk songs and field sounds live over H. Lee Waters's Great Depression film vignettes, Movies of Local People, masterfully reassembled by film director Finn Taylor. The films are of regular people going about their lives—mill workers streaming out of factories, a mother and daughter dancing on a dirt road, an old man…
Find out more »Danú – St. Patrick’s Celebration
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Hailing from historic County Waterford, Danú is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today. Playing to standing-room-only concerts throughout Ireland, Danú delivers high-energy performances and a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and new repertoire. For two decades, Danú’s virtuosi players on flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, bouzouki and vocals (Irish and English) have taken audiences on a musical journey to their native Ireland, offering a moving and memorable concert experience.
Find out more »Seeds
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
SEEDS is dramatic re-enactment of the seven-year legal battle between Saskatchewan famer Percy Schmeiser and multinational biotech corporation Monsanto Inc. While debates about genetically modified organisms are multiplying everywhere, life-changing experiments are being conducted in the food we eat. This documentary play leads us through a suspenseful labyrinth of legal conflicts around patent rights, scientific debates about genetically modified food, and property clashes between farmers and the biotech industry.
Find out more »Deborah & Max: The Life and Times of Dexter Gordon
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
With a powerful sound, Kansas City-produced jazz singer Deborah Brown will mesmerize you with the musical compositions of Dexter Gordon and the standard compositions of his day. The show was put together with the endorsement of Maxine Gordon, Dexter’s widow and author of his biography, Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon.
Find out more »Winterlude – Nate Nall Quintet
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Trumpet player Nate Nall is among the elite group of young musicians who have studied with saxophonist Bobby Watson. Today, he plays with nationally noted musicians and also heads his own impressive group. Nall was a featured soloist with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra on a 2018 tour to Germany and Poland that included vocalist Deborah Brown. He has been featured on the nationally syndicated 12th Street Jump program.
Find out more »DRUM TAO 2020
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise choreography and innovative visuals, the performers of DRUM TAO 2020 create an energetic and unforgettable production.
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