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KCMetropolis announces new calendar
In mid-May, KCMetropolis.org will introduce a new community-wide performing arts calendar.
For Immediate Release: April 13, 2009
KCMetropolis.org is launching a redesigned editorial site on Wednesday, April 29 that will continue to feature in-depth interviews, reviews and previews of the performing arts in Kansas City.
In mid-May, KCMetropolis.org will introduce a new community-wide performing arts calendar clearly designated by date and category, easily navigated and offering robust listings for each event. Fiona will continue her weekly picks, comments and observations in her Fiona's List located on the newly designed online journal.
Calendar Categories launched in mid-May will be:
Classical
New Classical
Dance
Theatre
Jazz
Auditions
KCMetropolis.org continues to follow its mission to cover the performing arts. Sorry, we will not have listings for the visual arts, for rock/pop concerts and club performances, nor will we have a listing category for movies... however, you can read about Independent film in Michael D. Smith's weekly reviews called City Screen.
In late May or early June, KCMetropolis.org will launch a new section called "The Steady" and a calendar category will be added to the community calendar for this section at that time. "The Steady" will be a running column about new classical and jazz performances around town. More about that later!
Arts organizations may sign-up as members and will be able to enter and edit their own listings. An invitation will be sent to organizations as soon as membership function is ready to go. If we miss your organization, please don't hesitate to contact us. We have such a big, wonderful performing arts community here that we ask you to please designate only one person in your organization to add events.
Please note that as soon as the new calendar launches, KCMetropolis and Fiona will no longer add listings.
Benefits to the new KCMetropolis.org community calendar:
The calendar is a powerful marketing tool for arts organizations to educate the general public about their events. The earlier it is on the calendar, the more time patrons have to plan to attend an event.
Other organizations will find dates and programming very helpful to build their own seasons,
KCMetropolis.org and writers build the editorial list (previews, reviews, interviews, etc.) from the community calendar.
Fiona's List is built from the community calendar.
Until the launch of the new calendar, the current calendar hosted within PresentMagazine.com will be live and linked to the new site. Arts organizations can continue to submit their event listings to fionaslist@kcmetropolis.org.
For more information contact:
marcy@kcmetropolis.org
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