Arts & Culture

Special effects makeup artist Jake Jackson at work.

Art House Extra | Inside the ‘God-like’ World of Special Effects Makeup

Art House celebrates the “magic and wonder” of special effects makeup artists.

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Kansas City jazz drummer Tyree Johnson in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District.

Without Live Gigs, Kansas City Jazz Musicians get Creative

Local jazz musicians have lost a large part of their income to the continued spread of COVID-19, which has pummeled the live music industry, leaving them to look to new ways of making money.

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Kadesh Flow performs on stage.

Weekend Possibilities | Celebrate Black History Month, City Barrel’s Week of Rad and a Local Comedy Livestream

Between Storytelling on the Streetcar, a creole brunch carryout and show at the Gem Theater, KC has big plans to honor Black history during February’s final weekend.

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A crowd gathered for the 1914 cornerstone laying at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri.

A Record of Kansas City Black History: ‘Chant Their Names, Almost As If Holy’

The Local Investment Commission, the Black Archives of Mid-America and the Kansas City Public Library have collaborated on “Kansas City Black History,” a book documenting the stories of notable local Black people.

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Art House Extra | ‘The Stylist’ Screening at Screenland This Weekend

“The Stylist” has become a hot pick among horror movie aficionados since Art House visited with Kansas City filmmaker Jill Gevargizian a few short months ago.

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