As a little girl standing in her Great Grand’Mère’s garden, Kansas City artist Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin saw what others could not.

Two new exhibitions at The Museum of Kansas City explore the city’s local and international connections through stories of community, creativity, collecting and preservation.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial commissioned four world-renowned light artists to transform the iconic Memorial “into a canvas of light, sound and motion,” starting Sept. 25– 27.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City aptly launches its fifteenth and last season under the brilliant leadership of General Director Deborah Sandler Kemper, with the world’s most popular opera, “La ...

“We are all Robin Hood” is actor and playwright Elaine Elizabeth’s theme for summer 2026. It’s a reference to her play Robin Hood, with co-writer Shelly Verden, which premiered at The Arts Asylum in ...

For 30 years, Störling Dance Theater has been characterized by uniting the beauty of dance and the power of story to impact Kansas City audiences and beyond.

KCFFI is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend, which will include special events — a 30-year anniversary viewing of Robert Altman’s Kansas City and a film panel conversation between actor ...

You know how these things go. You open a box of stuff that bubbles up from the basement and you find a letter from a friend that you failed to respond to, oh, maybe 30-odd years ago. And soon enough ...

The Kansas City Public Library’s Central Library’s parking garage includes glass-surrounded stairwells, which serve as bookends for the Community Bookshelf. The west and east sides (pictured here) ...

Artist Garry Noland has leased studio space at the Holsum building for about four years. He also runs the Holsum Gallery in the building. Art and camaraderie flourish at Holsum Studios in the West ...

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art doubled in size this summer when it opened an expansion, by Safdie Architects, that continues the spirit of the museum’s transformation of its woodland setting. ...

Crosby Kemper III has loved the arts, promoted the arts and produced the arts for most of his adult life. The co-founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival also led the Kansas City Public ...