Arts & Culture

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

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Hello Atelier | Keeping Time with Maiko Kuzunishi

This week we welcome Maiko Kuzunishi to Hello Atelier. Ten years ago, while designing screenprints, Kuzunishi stumbled across a product that would change her business – a simple clock. Since then she has challenged herself to take clock design as far as she can, incorporating whimsical creatures and flowers with graphic lines to create stunning…

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‘Snow at Argentuil’ | The Gallery Comes Home

In art terms, In Situ means “in its original place,” a designation for artwork that lives in its place of origin. Think of a mosaic floor among ruins, a fountain sculpture in a park, an installation crafted for a specific venue. Here, In Situ means the story of how a lifetime of art collection leads to…

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Everything bagels from Meshuggah Bagels

Meshuggah Bagels Opens in Overland Park & Other Weekend Possibilities

Meshuggah Bagels has opened its second area location at 7096 W. 105th St. in Overland Park, Kansas. It’s a little piece of New York City in Johnson County. At Meshuggah, the dough is boiled and then placed on a wet bagel board (a piece of cedar wrapped in burlap) before being baked in the oven. The…

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A woman singing next to a man playing a harp.

Sympathetic Vibrations | Re-awakening Youth

Head into the common room in nearly any senior care center, and you will typically find the same scene — a pleasantly-decorated room filled with residents of varying ages and mobility trying their best. Trying to enjoy the most of their time with activities, to ignore the hospital-like feel of medical machines and care providers…

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‘The Lock of Saint-Mammès’ | A Kansas City Love Story

In art terms, In Situ means “in its original place,” a designation for artwork that lives in its place of origin. Think of a mosaic floor among ruins, a fountain sculpture in a park, an installation crafted for a specific venue. Here, In Situ means the story of how a lifetime of art collection leads to…

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