Arts & Culture
Artist Angel Otero Shares His ‘Diario’ at Kemper Museum
Angel Otero routinely punctuates his sentences with “it’s dope” and a chuckle. The 38-year-old artist from Santurce, Puerto Rico, is larger than life, but his mixed-media installation “Diario” at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is even larger. It’s his largest work to date. The commissioned work is the fourth in the museum’s Atrium Project…
Backyards to Big Time: The Cornhole Craze in Kansas City
Founded in 2006, Kansas City Cornhole existed quietly until recently, when the sport half-hilariously was thrust into the niche-sports spotlight, including ESPN.
Kansas City’s Leading Role in Ken Burns’ “Country Music”
Kansas City is a jazz town — just ask anybody! So how did KC manage to be featured so prominently in Ken Burns’ new documentary on the history of country music? It’s not exactly coincidence. Dayton Duncan, the longtime collaborator with Burns on “The Dust Bowl”, “The National Parks” and other PBS projects, has spent…
Weekend Possibilities | KC Beer Fest, American Royal World Series of Barbecue, And Fiesta Hispana
Kansas City’s weekend possibilities in the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, KC Beer Fest and KC Fiesta Hispana
Latino Arts Festival Celebrates Vibrant Culture
The Kansas City area’s Chicanx culture is a fusion of tradition and art. This fusion took center stage at the Latino Arts Festival on Saturday. Horses nodded and pranced to the beat of banda on the grassy side of Bethany Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Lowriders lined the street close by, hoods agape, chrome shining…