Archives: February 2009
Print Styles
A 20-piece exhibit at the Campanella Gallery at Park University shows various styles of printmaking, including traditional approaches to print in drypoint and wood engraving, contemporary processes in monoprint and photo screenprint, etching, Chine collé, mezzotint, collagraph, lithography and screen printing. All of the artists represented are members of The Print Consortium. The Campanella Gallery is located in the McAfee…
Thick as Thieves
Artist Aaron Marable ruminates on criminals and victims in this exhibit of new paintings. Thursdays-Saturdays, 12-9 p.m.; Sundays, 12-6 p.m. Starts: Feb. 7. Continues through March 5, 2009 Tags: 180, Night & Day
Lincoln’s Legacy
Local railroad historian Peter Hansen discusses Abraham Lincoln’s role in the rise of American railroads. Wed., Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Night & Day, Peter Hansen
Coppelia Project
The Coppelia Project, an original production, created and directed by Heidi Van, was originally presented at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, where it debuted to rave reviews in the summer of 2008. It returns, in a new incarnation adapted specifically for la Esquina, including a site-specific video installation by Kansas City visual artist Susan White. Fri., Feb. 6, 7-10 p.m.;…
Learn About Herbs
The Greater Kansas City Herb Study Group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at noon in the Loose Park Garden Center. Each meeting has a theme, and occasionally lunch is included. Call 816-822-1515 for a reservation. Second Wednesday of every month, noon, 2007 Tags: Kansas City, Loose Park Garden Center, Night & Day
Downtown Slopes
Taking inspiration from the “if you build it, they will come” school of thought, the Scion Open 2009 tournament offers Midwest snowboarders the chance to compete against top-tier professionals. After two years at Snow Creek in Weston, Missouri, the tournament will take place this year on a snow-covered slope-and-rail course erected in the middle of the Power & Light District…
Happy New Year
In China, New Year’s Eve is more than an evening of countdowns — it kicks off the longest, most important Chinese holiday of the year. Chinese New Year is a two-week celebration consisting of parades, festivals and fireworks. The West’s December 31 champagne binge and halfhearted resolutions pale in comparison. Get a taste of authentic Chinese New Year festivities from…
Meet the Author
Gillis is the author of Black America Series-Kansas City. She will share her passion and journey about writing and compiling the photos for this amazing look at Kansas City’s African-American history. Along with the presentation, photos featured in Dr. Gillis’ book will be on display that highlight Kansas City, Kansas’ role. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Thu.,…
Meet the Author
Ann Patchett is the award-winning author of Bel Canto, The Magician’s Assistant and Truth & Beauty. She has written for publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post and Vogue. She’ll discuss Run, her latest novel, at Country Club Christian Church. A discussion of the book will precede her presentation. Thu., Feb. 5, 7 p.m., 2009…
The Rising Tide
The Rising Tide documentary investigates China’s meteoric march toward the future through the work of some of the nation’s most talented emerging artists, whose work reflects the country’s rising influence as an economic and cultural force in the global arena and conveys some of the social and aesthetic confusion created by a society experiencing such rapid change. The screening will…
Purposely Untitled
Artist Caleb Harman doesn’t like to confine the perception of his works by giving them titles. He says: “Titling the work and the series confines them to the notion of preconception, which in turn the only preconception would be possible themes and ideas that interested me at the time but did not necessarily drive the creation of the work, only…
Erotic Art
With a lineup including visual artists, musicians, dancers, and a fashion designer, tonight’s event at the Slap-n-Tickle Gallery (504 East 18th Street, 816-716-5940) from 6 p.m. to midnight will challenge all five of your senses, assuming you can get a friend to give you a neck rub during the festivities. Owner Apryl McAnerney describes her annual Erotica exhibit this way:…
Folk Entertainment
Crack open a regionally brewed beer today while area folk musician Mason Brown performs at Prospero’s Books (1800 West 39th Street, 816-531-9673). Brown’s instrumental repertoire includes banjo, guitar and viola da gamba (a stringed instrument like a violin but bigger — it rests on the knee as it’s played). Brown will sing tonight, too, during a CD-release party for his…
Mystery Train Presents
In Troop Train Treachery, an interactive theater production, spies, soldiers, jazz and burlesque all collide to provide a setting for murder aboard the Mystery Train leaving Union Station in 1943. While the boys are “Over There” diners will be seeing clues in all the old familiar places and helping the new sheriff in town solve a murder and save America….
Pi Presents
Pi Gallery is featuring two artists in February. Stan Silverman creates sculptural ceramics. Jesse Reno of Portland does mixed media. Saturdays, Sundays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Mondays-Fridays, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Starts: Feb. 7. Continues through Feb. 28, 2009 Tags: Jesse Reno, Night & Day, portland, Stan Silverman
Together We Can
Together We Can features art that addresses contemporary political subjects — the environment, war in Iraq, the econonomy. Fri., Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m., 2009 Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Night & Day
Chihuahua In the Coal Mine
This illustrated presentation details the far-reaching effects of the new global food system and uncovers unexpected connections between food supplies for pets, farm animals, and humans. As detailed in her new book Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine, Nestle traces tainted pet food ingredients back to their source in China, precipitating the largest recall of consumer products…
Thanks, John Hughes
How do you find beauty and human connection in the purgatory of an all-day, high-school detention? Like life, detention gives back what you lug into it. Confine a jock, a brain, a rebel, a basket case and a sweet-ginger princess together, and include an unlikely dance number. Tonight’s live production of The Breakfast Club kicks off an open-ended weekly run…
Animal Bones and Native American Life
These two exhibitions are on display for more than month at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art. Judy Onofrio’s Twist of Fate includes sculptural self-portraits that incorporate animal bones. Tom Jones — not that Tom Jones — presents a photographic series, Native Commodity, about Native Americans in the Wisconsin Dells. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Feb. 6. Continues through March 28, 2009…
The Vagina Monologues
The V-Day campaign of Kansas City Kansas Community College brings Eve Ensler’s now classic monologues to the stage. Fri., Feb. 6, 8 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 7, 8 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m., 2009 Tags: Eve Ensler, Kansas City Kansas Community College, Night & Day
Blue Notes by Bonny
Wax meets sax tonight at a Blue Note Records Listening Party, in the Blue Room of the American Jazz Museum (1600 East 18th Street) from 5 to 9 p.m., with jazz icon Bobby Watson and DJ Miles Bonny. Local Blue Note Records aficionado Elmer Jackson will add to the experience by sharing his wealth of knowledge about the great jazz…
Style Site
Tonight, the local fashion scene gets a boost when WearHaus — a fashion event-planning company that showcases local designers — launches a new Web site at Mint Ultra Lounge (334 East 31st Street). From 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., drink and shop while checking out the work of six designers (including Cali Roberta, Aubergine and Tomboy). The fashion market also offers…
Doc Rock
The popular blog stuffwhitepeoplelike.com lists “free health care” as number 94. Something not listed on stuffwhitepeoplelike.com? Benefit concerts. Tonight, the JayDoc Free Clinic puts on JayRock 4 at the Uptown Theater (3700 Broadway, 816-753-8665), a rock show to raise money to pay for prenatal care, pap smears, HIV screening and other services that the clinic provides during the year. The…
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