Arts & Culture

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Hello Atelier | Iconic Designer Barbara Hulanicki Designs for Stars, for Everyone

For the grand finale of Season One of Hello Atelier, we are so excited to sit down with legendary fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki. From 1964 to 1975, Hulanicki’s store Biba was where those in the know in London — including the likes of Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Twiggy — went for the best clothes. But Biba wasn’t…

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Jazz musicians playing instruments.

The Weekend Starts Today

The Holiday season is fully upon us. Sure, it’s a season of consumerist excess. Whatever. Quit your Grinching. Whether you’re Christian, Muslim, Jewish, atheist, pagan, or none of the above, everyone loves pretty lights and presents. This week, we have a few ways to give yourself the gift of fun by getting out to enjoy…

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Handmade in KC! & Other Weekend Possibilities

Find some local eats and treats this weekend courtesy of a series of pop-up shops featuring local makers. Handmade in KC! is a local artist sale, including Lyndsey’s Sugar Shop, at the NEAT Artist Studio from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Handmade Holidays (11545 Ash St., Leawood, Kansas) on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m….

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The Weekend Starts Today

It’s Thanksgiving week in America. Whatever else is happening in the world, we can all find things to be thankful for. One of them is the ability to get out and enjoy what our city has to offer. We call all be thankful for football. Just not in KC this week. After a dispiriting loss…

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Back to Life

Could Kansas City become a major league moviemaking mecca like Austin, Texas? For years that’s been the dream of many in the local film community. It’s a vision of multiple big-league feature films that will lure stars and filmmakers away from Tinseltown and here to the City of Fountains. But it’s probably not going to…

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