Arts & Culture
The Job: Gary Mosby
A stage manager has to make magic — to create an entirely new world on the stage that entices us in and holds us throughout the play. Gary Mosby, whose career as a designer and technical builder/director spans more than three decades, is one such magician. Mosby is known for his innovations. For UMKC’s…
Eat Local Expo & Other Weekend Possibilities
Now you can find a local farm (or farmer) to love. The 19th annual Eat Local + Organic Expo, hosted by the Kansas City Food Circle, returns this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Johnson County Community College (12345 College Boulevard, Overland Park, Kansas). Farmers will be on hand to sell greens, herbs,…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Young Guns Showdown
Some of Kansas City’s youngest musical talent gets ready to duke it out this weekend at ShuttleRock – a teen battle of the bands at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — and the stakes couldn’t be any higher for these four up-and-coming bands. This year’s lineup includes The Moose, Shades of Blue, Counterculture, and American…
The Weekend Starts Today
Sunday is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. Seriously. It is. Which, if you think about it, makes perfect sense. All holidays, after all, are ultimately made up. So we’ve decided to invent a few of our own to help you have fun this weekend. Like Thursday, which I’m officially declaring National Root for…
Michael Smith’s J. Rieger Cocktail Dinner & Other Weekend Possibilities
Michael Smith (1900 Main St.) is hosting a J. Rieger & Co. cocktail dinner at 7 p.m. The four-course meal (the full menu is here) of Irish-inspired dishes includes a poached egg with black pudding paired with Green Eggs & Ale (an egg white, vanilla, lemon, orange cream citrate, Boulevard Brewing Company’s Irish Ale, and…