Arts & Culture
A little version of some big art: The ‘Mini Vinnie Bini’
Since 1895, Italy has been the only host of one of the art world’s biggest events: the Venice Biennale. But this year – thanks to the artist collaborative Blanket Undercover – a little bit of the Biennale is coming to Kansas City. The Mini Vinnie Bini, open through Jan. 1, 2016, is a small-scale reproduction of…
The Weekender
Let’s get this out of the way quickly. Game 1 of the ALCS is Friday night. Game 2 is Saturday afternoon. Game 3 is Monday night. There’s your weekend. If you absolutely insist on doing something between all the nail-biting baseball, however, we – forgive the horrible pun – have all your bases covered. STRUMMING When you get a chance to…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Album Review
Chvrches’ “Every Open Eye” Sophomore efforts from commercially successful indie bands tend to be bountiful fodder for music critics. Faced with typically unexpected success, young bands writing follow-up albums often cripple themselves with an all-to-common identity crisis: Keep with the formula that got us on the radio and will please the fan base that we…
Musings on Baseball, Luck and Quantum Physics: Making the Case for Magic Socks
Ask any sports fan about superstitions. We’ll likely give you an earful. We love to wear our lucky socks, hats and jerseys. We sit in a favorite chair for the game or only listen to the radio. We fidget, knock wood, rub totems and visualize. Bud Light had a fun, popular series of commercials a…
Picasso, Monet from William Koch collection to be auctioned
NEW YORK (AP) — An erotic painting of a cabaret singer by Pablo Picasso with a second picture on the reverse side could bring over $60 million at auction. Picasso’s “The Night Club Singer” from his Blue Period was created in 1901. A bawdy picture of his dealer, Pere Manach, is on the back. Sotheby’s…