Arts & Culture

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

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They’re Baaaack! 5 Storylines for Our Returning Royals

Pay no attention to the calendar. Spring actually starts when baseball begins. Monday afternoon at Target Field in Minnesota, our long civic sports winter will finally end when Royals baseball returns. Glory be. Flatland has been watching all spring and has the top storylines to watch for the 2017 season. THE SURGE This year, the biggest…

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A pair of bottles hang on a wall.

KC WineWorks’ Anniversary Party & Other Weekend Possibilities

KC Wineworks (1829 McGee Street) celebrates its first anniversary in the Crossroads on Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. Cheesy Street, a food truck dedicated to the art of the grilled cheese, will be on hand at the local winery that has been making everything from mulled wine to cider. Dive into the terroir of…

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Hello Atelier | The Object Enthusiast and ‘The Stuff We Keep’

We are kicking off Season Two of Hello Atelier with a trip into the ceramics studio of Emily Reinhardt, otherwise known as The Object Enthusiast. Reinhardt’s pottery is both beautiful and functional – a combination that caught the eye of the social media world where she became a burgeoning online influencer with more than 100,000 Instagram…

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The Weekend Starts Today

Saturday is April Fool’s Day, meaning your social media feed will be filled with all sorts of ridiculous lies. Don’t believe any of them. Do believe, however, that there’s a ton of fun stuff to do around town this weekend. Unless, that is, you like sports. Beyond rooting for former K-State basketball coaches in the…

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A scenic designer on stage

The Job: Gary Mosby

  A stage manager has to make magic — to create an entirely new world on the stage that entices us in and holds us throughout the play. Gary Mosby, whose career as a designer and technical builder/director spans more than three decades, is one such magician. Mosby is known for his innovations. For UMKC’s…

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