Arts & Culture

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

The famous final scene, known as the dance of death, from Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal."

Kansas City Religious Leaders Grapple With The Notion of Ghosts

Ghost stories do more than just frighten us. They also inspire more serious discussions of the soul and afterlife.

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A pair of curlers sweep in front of the stone.

Getting Swept Away With Curling in Kansas City

A small but devoted group of curling followers have formed a league in Kansas City.

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A beast-like creature waves at the camera in front of The Beast Haunted House.

Weekend Possibilities | Haunted Houses, CarnEVIL, Rocky Horror Picture Show, And a Corn Maze

Kansas City’s weekend possibilities ahead of Halloween include haunted houses, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chiefs vs. Packers and much more.

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Mexican Artist Returned to the U.S.-Mexico Border He Crossed as a Child

It took Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia 30 years to take a trip back to the border where his family crossed into the U.S. Two exhibits show what he found.

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Jerry Harrington discusses plans for the new Tivoli at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Tivoli’s Jerry Harrington Reflects on a Life in Film

Six months after the Tivoli Cinemas closed its longtime Westport location, Kansas City’s cornerstone of independent film exhibition re-opens in the 500-seat Atkins Auditorium at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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