Arts & Culture

Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.

A wrestler takes another wrestler off the turnbuckle and through a table.

Bingo Hall Brawlers Battle for Big Time

Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling (KCXW) operates at the periphery of big-time professional wrestling, developing wrestlers hoping to one day appear on national TV.

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A basketball coach and player bump fists

Weekend Possibilities | A Plethora of Holiday Season Festivities

Flatland’s weekend possibilities offers a plethora of holiday season festivities.

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Jan Kraybill with the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ

Jan Kraybill Hits All the Right Notes

The excitement of the small volunteer church choir couldn’t be contained. After all, sitting at the piano keyboard was Jan Kraybill, who just hours earlier had received a Grammy nomination. The enthusiastic applause that night in the sanctuary of the Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch in Overland Park was just one of countless congratulatory accolades…

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Rendering of new Kansas City International Airport.

New Twist Emerges in KCI Public Art Debate

A new twist in the debate over public art at Kansas City International Airport emerged at Monday’s meeting of the Municipal Art Commission (MAC).

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a photo of the catholic church in Mission Woods

Johnson County Churches, Cities Going to Court Over Land Use Disputes

Johnson County churches and cities increasingly are going to court over land use disputes.

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