Arts & Culture
Stories and videos about music, dance, visual and performing arts and film in the Kansas City metro.
Sympathetic Vibrations | The Politics of Campaign Music
Last week in Cleveland, Ohio, as an overhead PA system boomed Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” an awkwardly hunched silhouette of Donald Trump, draped in fog, preceded the presidential candidate’s entrance to the Republican National Convention. And almost as quickly as Trump’s own hot air had whisked away the lingering fog, Queen had denounced his…
The Weekend Starts Today
With the Republican convention just over and the Democratic gathering in full swing, you might be thinking about nothing but politics. Then again, given that we’ve still got more than three months left of this before the election, you might want to take a break from politics and enjoy some of the culture the city…
This Guy Walks Into a Bar and Sees a String Quartet Playing
Classical Revolution KC is part of a growing trend to bring classical music out of the concert hall and back into people’s lives via serendipitous discovery. “If you just grab a random 30-year-old off the street and ask, ‘Do you go the symphony?’ they’ll say, ‘No.’ It’s just not their scene,” said Nick Bell, co-founder…
Platte County Fair & Other Weekend Possibilities
It’s fair season. Now, let’s go ahead and see how much fried food we can eat. The Platte County Fair (15730 Fairgrounds Road, Tracy, Missouri) is open through Saturday. You can try your hand at milking a wooden cow, watch a tractor pull or visit the Overflow Saloon — opt for the Tallgrass Pub Ale. Tickets…
The Weekend Starts Today
In just a few weeks, those dismal dog days of August will be upon us, and our will to live sorely tested. But not quite yet. In fact, this is a weekend chock full of life-affirming options. Chief among them, the return of Fringe. That’s the annual KC Fringe Festival, which kicks off Thursday. Twelve…