Arts & Culture

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

The Kansas City skyline from Percheron rooftop bar at the Crossroads Hotel.

Blue Milkshakes, Rooftop Bocce & Other Weekend Possibilities

We can’t all afford an island vacation, but you can have a moment when you feel like you’re gazing out at the ocean with an umbrella drink in your hand. TikiCat, the tiki cocktail lounge in the basement of HopCat, celebrates its second anniversary from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday. They’ll have commemorative…

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Walk, Turn, Walk: Backstage With a Makeup Artist

Kansas City Fashion Week audiences see stunning models walking the runway. But what they don’t see are the hours and hours of preparatory work before the show. Backstage is where people like the makeup artists and hair stylists really shine. See for yourself how one makeup artist goes about her work during Kansas City Fashion…

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Broad Strokes: “We Make Artwork Too”

Blanca Herrada says she’s painting a space for more people of color in the art world—in and behind the canvas.

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Harp Barbecue is a new barbecue spot

Brisket and Waffles, Pizza Shuttle & Other Weekend Possibilities

Pizza Shuttle (12094 W. 135th St.) has landed, Overland Park. Over the past three decades, Pizza Shuttle is the spot that’s been on the other end of many a late night call in Lawrence, Kansas. The new location brought Brobecks BBQ Chicken pizza along for the ride, as well as cheesesticks, sweet sticks (cheesy rectangles…

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three colorful donuts on a table

Food Truck Friday, A Milk Bar & Other Weekend Possibilities

Food Truck Friday returns to Union Cemetery (227 E. 28th Terrace) from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. this Friday. The initial lineup for the monthly food truck series, put on by the Union Cemetery Historical Society, is The Waffler, Taste of Brazil and Bop N’ Bowl (Korean bowls, fried rice and potstickers). Krokstrom (3601 Broadway)…

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