Photographer Annie Huber’s recent trip to Paris yielded some spectacular black and white photos of the city, juxtaposing the austere beauty of its centuries-old architecture with the fractal edge of human occupation and preoccupation. Her photos will be on display through the end of October at the City Market Coffeehouse. Sept. 5-Oct. 31, 2008 Tags: Night & Day, Paris
Previously decentralized Kansas suburb Leawood now sports a shiny, retrofitted downtown nucleus, previously a small town in Wales which was dismantled, shipped to the United States in cargo containers, transported to the Midwest and meticulously reconstructed brick-by-brick in Kansas. Shoppers in the new, contemporary retail outlets and residents of the new “downtown” loft living at Park Place can now enjoy…
The 7-piece bluegrass ensemble Sugar Ridge Bluegrass performs every Thursday night at the Bannister Ridge Community of Christ Church at a concert and open jam. Pack your banjo and bring snacks for the food table; donations are accepted and contribute to church maintenance and utilities. Thu., Sept. 4, 6-10 p.m., 2008 Tags: 1165, Night & Day
Parents considering homeschooling their children might have a lot of questions — Does it require my involvement? Is six hours per day of PBS enough? Can I legally give my child a diploma? If you’re thinking about rolling up your sleeves and doing the job personally, check out this 7 p.m. course, taught by an experienced home educator. Learn about…
“There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well,” writes Walt Whitman in “I Sing The Body Electric.” Composer William J. Lackey’s appreciation for Whitman’s sentiments increased exponentially in the past three years, as he watched his mother’s ultimately fatal struggle with…
William Pope.L has been making public spectacles for 30 years. The 53-year-old artist is known for thought-provoking street perfomances such as Eating the Wall Street Journal, in which he perched — naked and covered in powder — on a toilet 10 feet above a New York City sculpture garden. As he chewed pages of the Journal, he sipped milk and…
Tonight’s Dance in the Park promises a delightful night of fancy footworkery and outdoor fun. This free, family friendly event at Roanoke Park showcases the talents of regional professional dance companies, which will perform such styles as swing, West African, Indian and Middle Eastern.The party starts at 6:30 p.m. with an open hip-hop class. Performances start at 7 p.m. Afterward,…
: The work of collage artist Tom Nakashima, large-scale ceramist Jun Kaneko, photographer Koo Sung Soo, multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Onofrio Fornes, photographer Tuan Lee and others at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (2004 Baltimore, 816-221-2626) from 7 to 9 p.m. Large ceramic towers made by German artist Gerit Grimm are on display at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (2004 Baltimore, 816-221-2626). Tuesdays-Saturdays,…
First Friday in downtown Kansas City is like a combination of an art festival and a 5K charity walk, only instead of handing you water at checkpoints, they hand you beer! Art is so awesome. Lawrence native Michael Krueger’s amazing prints combine a variety of techniques including lithography and intaglio with digital technology, and his own artistic interest in visual…
: Photographs by Julie Denesha documenting the lives of the Roma of Europe are at Sabrina Staires Studio/Landon Gallery (329 Southwest Boulevard, 816-474-4771) from 6 to 10 p.m. Fri., Sept. 5, 6-10 p.m., 2008 Tags: Europe, Night & Day
You’re probably aware that there are children who go to bed every night in the Appalachians and India and whatnot without enough blood in their veins. Frankly, we’ve seen the gouts of extra blood that spray out of your thumb every time you get a paper cut, and you could stand to “drain the weasel,” if you know what we’re…
: Photographs by former Kansas City Art Institute student Katy Osterwald are featured at Red-Light (323 Southwest Boulevard, 816-421-1484) from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. Starts: Sept. 6. Continues through Sept. 26, 2008 Tags: Kansas City Art Institute, Katy Osterwald, Night & Day
: Work by Apryl Murray, Haui and Chrystal is on display at the Slap-n-Tickle Gallery (504 East 18th Street, 816-716-5940). Cosmic One Trio, Sturdy Gurlesque, Eartha Delights and Madame Mamelle de Miel will perform between 6 and 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 5, 6-9 p.m.; Sat., Sept. 6, 1-5 p.m., 2008 Tags: Apryl Murray, Eartha Delights, Madame Mamelle de Miel, Night &…
The Westport Art Fair is technically free, but you’ll have to negotiate the terms of acquisition with the individual artists. A good hardline approach is to circle a painting several times, making disapproving grunting sounds and other noises of disapprobation like “Gah! Horrible!” This will lower the floor of the artist’s insecurity and set the stage for some wheeling and…
Alec Guinness was still new to movie audiences when he made David Lean’s unsentimental, starkly photographed version of Oliver Twist in 1948. To play pickpocket pimp Fagin, the theater veteran turned to the stagecraft he most relished, transforming his face with makeup to become a leering, hook-nosed gargoyle. U.S. censors cried anti-Semitism and kept the movie off screens here until…
To everything there is a season, and every good dog has his day and today in the City Market, where your dog is not welcome, shoppers will be celebrating melons of all shapes and sizes. Because, as it turns out, late August and early September are melon season! You’ll find fresh, organically-grown watermelons, casabas, and tons of others. Shatto Milk…
Squeezeboxes and crawfish abound today at the Legends at Village West (Interstates 435 and 70 in Kansas City, Kansas). The outdoor Ragin’ Cajun Fest rages from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with performances by five spicy musical acts, including Rich Berry, the Dog House Daddies, Lil’ Malcolm and the House Rockers, and Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe. Admission to…
Randy Parks, Mark Wingard and Michael Pouncil opened this combination coffee shop, grocery store and luncheonette in the old Weneck Brothers grocery shop at 28th Street and Holmes. It’s no longer a grocery store in the traditional sense, though the original Art Deco-style wooden shelves are stocked with bags of pasta, spring-roll wrappers, jars of marinated vegetables, and artisan flatbread….
Given their sometimes elusive natures, there’s a certain mystique surrounding comic book creators. Fans assume they’re all free-wheelin’ beautiful people speeding their Italian sports cars full of movie option cash through the Hollywood Hills. But even when that’s true, the best creators never forget their fans.Meet local comic pros today when El Diablo No. 1 creators meet fans and sign…
(4770 J.C. Nichols Parkway, 816-753-2878). From 4 to 7 p.m., enjoy $2 wells, $2.25 domestic drafts, $3 imports and microbrew drafts and $3.25 appetizers. Park and enter in the garage directly west of the building to avoid driving around the block 20 times. Mondays-Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 2008 Tags: J. C. Nichols, Night & Day
Drink $2 domestic bottles, 16-ounce domestic drafts and wells from 4 to 7 p.m. while playing Big Buck Hunter, Pop-A-Shot and Golden Tee. Mondays-Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., 2008 Tags: Night & Day
(608 Ward Parkway, 816-753-7850). Drink $1.50 domestic drafts, $2 wells and $3 import drafts (excluding Guinness) from 4 to 7 p.m. Then argue with others about the status of the Communist Party and the Daughters of the American Revolution as “granfalloons.” First Monday-Thursday of every month, 4-7 p.m., 2008 Tags: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Night & Day
Rockhurst University’s Fall Film Series is going green, screening films from the beginning of the modern ecological movement. Tonight’s showing at Sedgwick Hall at Rockhurst University (1100 Rockhurst Road, 816-501-4100) is Godfrey Reggio’s 1983 documentary Koyaanisqatsi, the first and perhaps best-known of his Qatsi trilogy. The intensely visual, non-narrative production is famous for its speeded-up sequences, juxtaposing images of the…
Whether it’s the abundance of retail chains or the demographic data that skew 90 percent Caucasian, Johnson County doesn’t rank too high on the diversity meter. But Johnson County Community College is making an effort to broaden the area’s horizons. Enhancing diversity was one of the criteria that brought a new college president from Arizona in 2007, and it’s the…
