Arts & Culture

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

Remembering Missouri’s ‘Woodstock’: Star-Studded 1974 Ozark Music Festival in Sedalia Subject of Film

During the summer of 1974, Missouri staged a ‘Woodstock’ of its own. The Ozark Music Festival is now the subject of a documentary.

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Mason Finley prepares to throw the discus in a scene from "Chasing Gold."

Art House Extra | Former KU Athlete Chases Gold at Tokyo Olympics

Art House visits with the filmmakers behind “Chasing Gold,” a documentary about former KU discus thrower Mason Finley’s preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Shelton Ponder (left) and Harold Phillips, co-chairs of the Liberty African American Legacy Memorial project, stand in a formerly segregated portion of Fairview and New Hope Cemetery, where ground will be broken for the memorial on Saturday.

Once-Segregated Cemetery Gets Memorial for Hundreds of People in Unmarked Graves

The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial seeks to memorialize 758 people interred – most of them in unmarked graves – in the once-segregated section of what is now Fairview and New Hope Cemetery in Liberty.

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A Comicon fan dressed as Chewbacca.

Weekend Possibilities | Planet Comicon, Pride Parade and Bird Bootcamp

Live music, comic book characters, chocolates and various other celebrations fill August’s fourth weekend with strong entertainment options.

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Mayor Quinton Lucas poses with members of the Kansas City Pioneers, Generation Esports, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City.

KC’s Burgeoning Esports Scene Has A Moment

Some parental figures may still crusade against video games for being time wasters or encouraging violence. Nevertheless, esports has grown into a billion dollar industry.

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