Sympathetic Vibrations | Make Your Royals Tailgate Turnt

Tailgaters light a charcoal fire at Kauffman Stadium

The Royals season is back in full swing. And following last week’s fanfare-laden home opener, baseball fever has once again descended upon our fair city. While the boys in blue are still working out some of the kinks on field left by both voluntary and (tear) involuntary roster holes, Opening Day saw yet another stellar…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Jon Batiste’s Social Face of Jazz

Musician Jon Baptiste

On Friday, the American Jazz Museum will welcome music icon Jon Batiste to Kansas City to recognize his successful music career and his work as a mentor and steward of jazz music with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which has been given annually since 2005, seeks to commend those individuals who have made contributions…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Young Guns Showdown

a band playing on stage

  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…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Sparking Innovation Through Collaboration

a musician with a sound machine

What happens when you give a group of musical and visual artists free reign to collaborate and create something new and cutting edge, as well as a prestigious venue in which to perform it? That’s the question that Peter Anthony and Will Funk are asking this weekend at the premiere of their months-long labor, “Light +…

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Sympathetic Vibrations | Make Your Tuesday the Fattest

A trumpet in a parade

Thanksgiving is full of food. Christmas is full of sweets. But neither holiday holds a candle to the level of indulgence that happens on Mardi Gras. In fact, the concept of overdoing it plays a central role in the holiday’s origin story. Mardi Gras, French for “fat Tuesday”, is anything but holy. Yet, the celebration…

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