Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
B&B Theatres Ponders Deal to Reopen Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
B&B Theatres of Liberty, which operates 429 screens in nine states, would like to take over the downtown theater that’s been entertaining Kansas City audiences since 1921 now that Alamo has called it quits.
Recalling ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, the Man Patsy Cline Came to KC to Honor
Few people remember the story of “Cactus” Jack Call, the Kansas City disc jockey whose death prompted the tribute show that proved to be Patsy Cline’s last.
Finalists Named in Prestigious ULI East Village Design Competition, Ballpark in Mix
By Kevin Collison Four teams of graduate students from top universities throughout North America are finalists for a prestigious design competition that tasked contestants with proposing concepts to redevelop the East Village area of downtown. Two of the submissions include locating a ballpark on the redevelopment site that’s been frequently mentioned as a top candidate…
Art House Extra | Inside the ‘God-like’ World of Special Effects Makeup
Art House celebrates the “magic and wonder” of special effects makeup artists.
Without Live Gigs, Kansas City Jazz Musicians get Creative
Local jazz musicians have lost a large part of their income to the continued spread of COVID-19, which has pummeled the live music industry, leaving them to look to new ways of making money.