Smallish Show by Clint Metcalf
Plenum Space showcases the work of artist Clint Metcalf for one night only in an exhibition called Smallish Show. Fri., May 7, 6-9 p.m., 2010 Tags: Clint Metcalf, Night & Day
Archives: May 2010
Blind Faith
The paintings of Molly Murphy, in an exhibition titled Blind Faith, are presented along with the live accompaniment of music by the Jeff Harshbarger Jazz Ensemble. Fri., May 7, 7-10 p.m., 2010 Tags: Molly Murphy, Night & Day
Nouveau Cirque
Canadian circus company Cirque du Soleil brings its production Alegría to the Sprint Center (1407 Grand, 816-949-7050) for five days, affording Kansas City the opportunity to witness spectacular feats of physical accomplishment and avant-garde theatricality on a level far beyond what the Ringling Bros. have been calling a “circus” all these years. No, Cirque du Soleil performances don’t feature motorcyclists…
Tether
From the artists’ statement: Tether focuses on play, visual disruption, and the unexpected situation. Using found objects, artists Christina Dostaler and Matt Jacobs explore and invent together, all the while challenging each others working habits. A driving force behind this exhibition is the hope of pushing past individually developed visual languages and ultimately discovering a way to synthesize artistic sensibilities….
5K? So passé
The Main Street Mile doesn’t come with the bragging rights of longer races, but what the route lacks in distance, it makes up for in urban scenery — including historic views that many take for granted as they zoom in cars along the downtown artery that is Main Street. “People are just amazed by the character of some of the…
Okay Mountain
Okay Mountain art collective presents a show of staff member’s individual works and a group of collaborative 7″x7″ drawings made by members of staff and friends. Sat., May 8, 6-10 p.m.; Thursdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Starts: May 8. Continues through June 6, 2010 Tags: Night & Day
If You Were A Bird: New Work by Nora Goddard
From the artist’s staement: I collect stories, and remnants of things; objects infused with a sacred history. In these mythical portraits of animals, I see the passing of a life, and of slower time; the brief and continual convergence of chaos. Carnivores and scavengers such as the wolf, coyote, buffalo and raven are now ghosts of ghosts. Civilization has infused…
JAZZ AND BLUES
Sue Vicory lived in Kansas City for 25 years before she heard of Bobby Watson, Kevin Mahogany or the Mutual Musicians Foundation. The Kansas City filmmaker and self-described “R&B girl” says that changed when she started filming local jazz and blues musicians three years ago. “I got in the middle of it and immersed myself in the extraordinary musicians that…
Pole Support
Citizens of Poland suffered a grave loss last month when President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other dignitaries died in a plane crash. The tragedy struck at the hearts of many Americans, including those organizing the 26th-Annual Polski Day festivities at All Saints Church (801 Vermont in Kansas City, Kansas). The event’s parade, pierogi and polkas commemorate the May 3,…
Harry Truman’s Birthday Celebration
A birthday party for the president lasts all day at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for a wreath laying ceremony in the courtyard at the Truman graves at 9 a.m. Hear homespun stories about Uncle Harry during a 11 a.m. program, share a piece of birthday cake with Harry from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30…
Life of Louis Armstrong
In Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, author Terry Teachout draws on new sources, including hundreds of private recordings of backstage and after-hours conversations. Teachout, who speaks at the Central Branch of the Kansas City, Missouri, Public Library today, is an arts columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Thu., May 6, 6:30 p.m., 2010 Tags: Kansas City, Louis Armstrong, missouri,…
Mother’s Day Concert for Peace
This Mother’s Day, Park University and Let the Children Play for Peace will Sponsor a concert to raise funds to send toy’s to children in Israel and Gaza. Sun., May 9, 7:30 p.m., 2010 Tags: israel, Middle East, Mother’s Day, Night & Day, Park University
First-Friday Hit List
• We’re the biggest fans and the sharpest critics of the paper we assemble every week. But one of our favorite things about The Pitch is the serious work of art director Zach Trover, who brings the sensibility of a trained illustrator to the challenge of publishing 52 issues of an alternative newsweekly every year. Trover is among the Kansas City illustrators…
HERKY-JERKY MAN
Long before CGI, blue screen, motion capture and bullet time, visual effects in movies were achieved via rotoscoping, matte paintings, rear projection and stop-motion animation. Ray Harryhausen was the undisputed master of those cheesy old-school effects — if by cheesy, one means awesome. So don’t think of the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library’s latest offering as a mere film series….
First-Friday Hit List
• Kansas City artist and Charlotte Street grant recipient Jesse Small opens Twiganatomy, an exhibition of new work, at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (2004 Baltimore, 816-221-2626). Small builds impressively detailed architectural, mixed-media sculptures, which range from small-scale ceramic pieces adorned with his elegant geometrical surface designs to large-scale hanging pieces with the intricacy of Victorian lace. Also at Sherry Leedy: Terror…
First-Friday Hit List
• The storied career of Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh encompasses pop stardom and score work for TV, films and video games. The man’s creative endeavors also include visual work. Famously myopic to the point of blindness, Mothersbaugh began drawing as a child shortly after receiving his first pair of glasses. The 1819 Gallery (1819 Central, 816-326-8200) presents an exhibition of his…
Pharaoh-dynamic
We all should be so lucky to have loved ones who, upon our deaths, use salt to remove the moisture from our bodies, anoint our corpses from head to toe with oils, then cover us with a mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate and sodium bicarbonate to speed up the dehydration process before wrapping us in strips of white linen and…
KILLER, QUEER, OUTLAW, JUNKY, TOWNIE
William S. Burroughs killed his wife in Mexico, was intimate with heroin and madness, melted the publishing world’s face off, prevailed over censorship, and influenced both counter- and pop culture. Then he settled in Lawrence, that bucolic, elysian college town, to live out his days in what, for him, amounted to quiet repose and frequent discharges of his firearms on…
Mum Brunch
Looking for a way to rid yourself of a year’s worth of guilt for not being a dutiful son or daughter? Take Mom out for Mother’s Day Brunch (toss in a few flowers if you’ve been routing her calls to voice mail) at a restaurant with some glamour and flair. One of the fanciest brunch spots in the city has…
Mum Brunch
Looking for a way to rid yourself of a year’s worth of guilt for not being a dutiful son or daughter? Take Mom out for Mother’s Day Brunch (toss in a few flowers if you’ve been routing her calls to voice mail) at a restaurant with some glamour and flair. One of the fanciest brunch spots in the city has…
Mum Brunch
Looking for a way to rid yourself of a year’s worth of guilt for not being a dutiful son or daughter? Take Mom out for Mother’s Day Brunch (toss in a few flowers if you’ve been routing her calls to voice mail) at a restaurant with some glamour and flair. One of the fanciest brunch spots in the city has…
Q & A: Yony Leyser
Director Yony Leyser’s William S. Burroughs: A Man Within screens at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 9, at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts in Lawrence, 785-749-1972). He will attend and answer questions with the executor of Burroughs’ estate, James Grauerholz. Leyser spoke with us by phone. The Pitch: Were you a fan of Burroughs’ work before you made the movie? Leyser: Part…
At the Unicorn, comedy saves the prison drama
Like a single parent or a Grand Theft Auto game, Zina Camblin’s likable play And Her Hair Went With Her tries to do so much — to give so much — that it’s occasionally a mess. Fortunately, with the commanding comic Nedra Dixon playing half the parts, it’s the kind of mess you root for, which makes all the difference…
Dreamy quartet We Are Voices is waking up
With a whisper and a shout, We Are Voices hopes to catch your ear — from left: Holt, Greenlee, Baldwin and Larson. Learning the ropes is rough. The hours are long, the work is heavy and the pay is low. It’s a barrier to entry that demands fortitude: Are you sure you want to do this? Dreams don’t come cheap…
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