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Tue, Feb 10, 2009
Tafelmusik isn’t just a fine orchestra of excellent talent and experience. They use their gifts to tell stories through the music of the past. They play with wit and understanding which makes the experience of hearing them multidimensional.
Wed, Feb 25, 2009
It sounds like the start of a really bad joke, but Wu Man and her friends James Makubuya and Lee Knight presented a mind blowing concert that ultimately left audiences feeling good about the prospect of world peace.
Wed, Feb 04, 2009
Armed with nothing more convincing than the writer’s customary grab bag of fiction, drama, and journalism, Wilder turned the daily detritus into cosmic questions about faith, history, America, individualism, home and hometowns.
Mon, Feb 09, 2009
L.A. Theatre Works presents a live radio play that recreates the Scopes Trial of 1925. The performance was a history lesson, and a reminder that the science education debate is far from over
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
In a sense, for the Rep’s "The Arabian Nights," the actors themselves serve as the stage; they create set after imaginary set with their dialogue and their physical interactions.
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Participants of a spelling bee sing, dance and battle for the giant trophy. This hilarious slice of life leave audiences rolling in the aisles.
Wed, Feb 25, 2009
The Jupiter Quartet is one of a handful of young quartets on the brink of major stardom having already won the 2007 Cleveland Quartet Award, several major competitions and to cap it all off, they just won the Avery Fisher Career Grant. People—it doesn’t get much better than this.
Wed, Feb 25, 2009
Along with precision attacks, and balanced sound, even without a conductor, it is easy to see why the Academy is so popular and its reputation well deserved.
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Even though it was the evening after Valentine’s Day, the Carlsen Center could not have presented a nicer post-Valentine’s treat for its audience.
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
The concert’s repertoire was a wonderful selection of songs that centered on the many aspects of love.
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Set before an elaborate Baroque gate to the European gallery, the ensemble re-created a program Sunday afternoon that centered on flute music of the French Baroque.
Tue, Feb 17, 2009
The Kansas City Wind Symphony is one of several local concert wind ensembles, but in the past year they have cemented themselves as one of the city’s leaders in the genre.
Mon, Feb 09, 2009
The program was a sequence of thoughtfully chosen pieces that allowed de Niese to exercise all of the carefully honed expressive devices in her arsenal, from dynamic vocals to effusive facial expressions and sweeping gestures.
Tue, Feb 10, 2009
In this stop motion animated adaptation by Susie Templeton, Peter is a sulky modern-day Russian boy living in poverty with his grandfather in a shack outside of a large metropolitan city.
Wed, Feb 04, 2009
Sandi and the Kansas City Symphony, led by Assistant Conductor Steven Jarvi, presented an eclectic evening of hits and classic songs from Broadway musicals.
Wed, Feb 04, 2009
The Formosa String Quartet, a young and impressive set of musicians, three of whom are Taiwanese, performed a concert of 19th Century Czech and 21st Century Chinese-American music at White Recital Hall on January 31.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009
New Classical Review: Crossing Acoustic Spaces exposed a sense of unruliness and curiosity in contemporary music.
Wed, Feb 25, 2009
Dance Review: The ballet community turned out in force for the latest performance of the Kansas City Ballet to see the immortal Firebird.
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
An amazing collection of guest artists will join Music Director Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony for the 2009-10 season, including Emmanuel Pahud and Vladimir Feltsman. The season opens with Yefim Bronfman performing Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
The Harriman-Jewell Series, Kansas City's powerhouse performing arts presenter, unveils the events of its 45th-anniversary season to be held at the Folly Theater (12th and Central Sts.) in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener today announced the 52nd season featuring its continued legacy of unparalleled variety, presenting classical geniuses as well as internationally recognized contemporary artists in a series guaranteed to entertain and inspire audiences.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
Charles Rogers, artistic director of the Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College, has announced the 2009-2010 season - a season of historic and cutting-edge performances, celebrity names and diverse cultures.
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Puppetry is an ancient art form and children all over the world have enjoyed the retelling of folk tales and stories for centuries. Paul Mesner and his band of merry puppeteers imaginatively recreate stories ancient and modern in an authentic way letting the audience experience what a puppet show should be.
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Like Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky character, Rourke has come storming back with an unforgettable performance that has earned him a Golden Globe win as best actor and an Oscar nomination in the same category.
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
Still cramming to get in as many Academy Award-nominated films in before Sunday, February 22nd? If for some odd reason up to this point you have missed Doubt, which has five Oscar nominations to its credit, then mark it down as the next one on your must-see list.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
...a vision of how the poem may have been performed a millennium ago.
Mon, Feb 09, 2009
The program offers listeners a rare opportunity to hear a riveting piece by Martinu, revel in the lyricism of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and experience the music of one of Czech’s most illustrious musicians, Dvořák , played by an orchestra from his homeland.
Sun, Feb 01, 2009
The work that captured my attention best was Paul Halley's "Outer Hebrides," an improvisatory work built on traditional tunes from the islands off the west coast of Scotland.
Wed, Feb 04, 2009
Sandi and the Kansas City Symphony, led by Assistant Conductor Steven Jarvi, presented an eclectic evening of hits and classic songs from Broadway musicals.
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
Film Review: Steven Soderbergh’s four-hundred-and-seventeen-minute film, Che, is actually two films—for some viewers it might be one too many films, but then I suppose there are people who think one can eat too much chocolate cake. Appetites must be fed.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Looking for something to do this weekend? Click here for the KC Events calendar of theatre, classical music, dance and jazz events through 2011. Highlights of this week's classical music and dance offerings are in Don Dagenais' "City Classics." For current Theatre listings visit Victor Wishna's "City Stage." Enjoy!
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
PART I: Laurie Arbore interviews composer, commentator, author and NPR star Rob Kapilow about "What Makes it Great?"
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
KC Symphony's "A Hero's Life." Beowulf, St. Paul by Mendelssohn, UMKC Masterclasses & Recitals
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
Academy of Ancient Music with Julia Fischer, Jupiter Quartet, Wu Man, KC Civic Orchestra, Lawrence Chamber Orchestra and more!
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Tafelmusik, Danielle de Niese, Fountain Brass, KC Youth Symphony, newEar, Peter & the Wolf and more!
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
The Breakfast Club, Our Town, Arabian Nights, Hats! The Musical, Murder By The Book, The Velvet Rut and more!
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
Glass Menagerie, The Velvet Rut, Our Town, The Arabian Nights and more!
Sun, Feb 08, 2009
Cirque Dreams, Jungle Fantasy; RubberBanDance Group, UMKC Senior Dance Recitals
Mon, Jan 26, 2009
National Acrobats of China, KC Ballet's Winter Performance, City in Motion
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
Lucia di Lammermoor, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Musica Sacra, Musica Vocale Chamber Ensemble, St. Paul (Paulus)
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
KC Symphony Valentine's concert, The Met Live in HD, Fine Arts Chorale, William Baker Singers, Danielle de Niese and more!
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
The first event of the restored and renovated E. and G.G. Hook organ at the Rainbow Mennonite Church took place on Sunday the 8th of this month. The first official organ recital is this evening Monday, February at 7:30 p.m.
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