Arts & Culture

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

The Kansas City Symphony's view of the Celebration at the Station.

Weekend Possibilities | Lawrence Busker Festival, Champions League Watch Party, Celebration at the Station

Celebrate the unofficial start to summer with food, festivals, soccer and fireworks.

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Ballroom performer Father Papi Alain Mikli.

Kansas City Ballroom Performer Takes the Stage in This Season of ‘Legendary’

Kansas City ballroom performer Father Papi Alain Mikli describes his experience as a participant in this season of the HBO Max competition series “Legendary.”

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Bluegrass artist Sam Bush plays the mandolin on stage.

Weekend Possibilities | Turkey Creek Festival, KC Tattoo Convention and Bluegrass in the Bottoms 

Beer, bluegrass, Don Bosco’s block party, a Broadway musical — there are plenty of ways to enjoy May’s third weekend.

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Moltyn Decadence, a drag queen in Kansas City, holds a green drink behind the mic while smiling, in her bouffant and sequin gown

curiousKC | Your Questions on KC’s LGBTQ+ Community — Past and Present — Are Welcome

The fight for gay, lesbian, trans, non-binary and queer folks’ equity and recognition in the U.S. has been a long one. Still, Pride festivals — largely happening in June — around the nation punctuate a point in time where communities gather to celebrate together. Less than 4% of people in Kansas and Missouri are LGBTQ+,…

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Young people painting at the Mattie Rhodes Center.

‘Art Moves Us’ | Mattie Rhodes Center

The arts play a big role in the Mattie Rhodes Center’s ongoing efforts to serve Kansas City’s most vulnerable people.

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