Arts & Culture

The Kansas City Symphony's view of the Celebration at the Station.

Weekend Possibilities | Lawrence Busker Festival, Champions League Watch Party, Celebration at the Station

Celebrate the unofficial start to summer with food, festivals, soccer and fireworks.

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Ballroom performer Father Papi Alain Mikli.

Kansas City Ballroom Performer Takes the Stage in This Season of ‘Legendary’

Kansas City ballroom performer Father Papi Alain Mikli describes his experience as a participant in this season of the HBO Max competition series “Legendary.”

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Bluegrass artist Sam Bush plays the mandolin on stage.

Weekend Possibilities | Turkey Creek Festival, KC Tattoo Convention and Bluegrass in the Bottoms 

Beer, bluegrass, Don Bosco’s block party, a Broadway musical — there are plenty of ways to enjoy May’s third weekend.

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Moltyn Decadence, a drag queen in Kansas City, holds a green drink behind the mic while smiling, in her bouffant and sequin gown

curiousKC | Your Questions on KC’s LGBTQ+ Community — Past and Present — Are Welcome

The fight for gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary and queer folks’ equity and recognition in the U.S. has been a long one. Still, Pride festivals — largely happening in June — around the nation punctuate a point in time where communities gather to celebrate together. Less than 4% of people in Kansas and Missouri are LGBTQ+,…

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Young people painting at the Mattie Rhodes Center.

‘Art Moves Us’ | Mattie Rhodes Center

The arts play a big role in the Mattie Rhodes Center’s ongoing efforts to serve Kansas City’s most vulnerable people.

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