Arts & Culture

Kansas City's Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, where the JuneteenthHeritage Festival is set to take place.

25 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in Kansas City, and to Keep Supporting Black Communities

By Mili Mansaray, The Beacon | June 17, 2022

Celebrate Juneteenth by attending events, shopping with Black-owned businesses, supporting Black-led organizations, and learning more about our community’s history.

A series of posts, or bollards, marks the formerly segregated section of Fairview Cemetery in Liberty, where more than 750 individuals are believed to be buried, many of them in unmarked graves.

Memorial Honors Hundreds of Black People in Liberty’s Unmarked Graves

By Brian Burnes | June 10, 2022

The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial honors 761 Black people who have been confirmed to be interred, mostly in unmarked graves, in the formerly segregated sections of two cemeteries in Liberty.

Ballroom performer Father Papi Alain Mikli.

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

By Sandy Woodson | May 20, 2022

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

Young people painting at the Mattie Rhodes Center.

‘Art Moves Us’ | Mattie Rhodes Center

By Brad Austin | May 13, 2022

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

Interior view of the Kansas City Artists Coalition's second artist studio space called Wonder Studios at 2999 Troost Avenue.

Historic Bakery Building Gives Rise to New Artist Studios on Troost Avenue

By Julius A. Karash | May 13, 2022

Kansas City’s supply of artist studios rose a bit more with the recent addition of the Wonder Studios, an offering of the Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC).