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Tue, Jan 05, 2010
This will be the first time that some of us - make that nearly all of us - will have the opportunity to hear Menachem Wiesenberg's music when "Reflections" makes its U. S. premiere with the Kansas City Symphony this weekend. David Peironnet talked with the composer about 'new' classical music and his new work.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
The Japanese family drama "Still Walking" is an interesting, well-acted slice of cultural insight, but is in places, as flat as many once thought the world was.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
New Theatre's "Run For Your Wife" is pure farce. Mild mannered taxi driver John Smith, has two wives living in different parts of town. After attempting to stop a mugger, John is questioned by the police and hailed as a hero by the press. The whole fiasco leaves him scrambling to cover his tracks as detectives and his wives chase him across town.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
KCMetropolis.org is a recent recipient of a Small Arts Grants Program Award from the Francis Family Foundation. This grant will be used for FY 2009/10 general operation expenses. What a lovely Christmas present for KCM... thank you Francis Family.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
The Kansas Arts Commission is pleased to announce the 2010 Governor's Arts Awards recipients. This year's honorees are Susan Craig, Lawrence (Arts Advocate); Elliott Pujol, Manhattan (Artist); Kevin Willmott, Lawrence (Artist); Doug Talley, Shawnee Mission (Arts Education); Emporia Arts Council, Emporia (Arts Organization) and the City of Hays (Arts Community).
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
Michael Strausbaugh, graduate composition student of Dr. W. Thomas McKenney, Dr. Stefan Freund and guitar student of Professor Anthony Glise, has been awarded the 2010 Sinquefield Composition Prize.
Tue, Dec 29, 2009
The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City Board of Directors has approved $6,079 in new ArtsKC Fund Inspiration Award funding for eight projects by local artists. Inspiration awards from the ArtsKC fund, a united arts fund, support projects by individual artists which assist with their overall professional growth in specific creative endeavors.
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!
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
“Kimberly Akimbo” at the MET and “Glorious – The True Story of Florence Foster Jenkins” at AHT both begin this week. Jazz Winterlude at JCCC offers lots of great ensembles and music. The Friends of Chamber Music presents the Takacs String Quartet and their thrilling Beethoven; the KC Symphony offers a world premiere, as well as works by Brahms and Dvorak; Ken Cowan and Lisa Shihoten, organ/violin duo perform at Community of Christ.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
A preview some of the outstanding classical music and dance performances to watch for during the rest of the 2010 season.
Tue, Dec 29, 2009
Johnson County Community College will banish the winter blues with a new three-day jazz festival - Jazz Winterlude: Kansas City Style running Friday-Sunday, January 8-10, in several venues at the Carlsen Center.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
The Kansas City Symphony will begin 2010 with a bang this weekend with the U.S. premiere of “Reflections” by Israeli composer Menachem Wiesenberg as well as classics by Dvořák and Brahms. Saturday night, The Friends of Chamber Music present the always-outstanding Takács String Quartet playing their forte - early and late quartets of Beethoven, as well as a charming quartet by Haydn.
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
"Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World" is an exceptional collection of photographs and documents, now showing at the American Jazz Museum, drawn from important archives around the country that chronicles the tours of American jazz legends as they traveled the globe on behalf of the U.S. State Department.
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