Crown Center’s Ice Terrace in Crown Center Square (2450 Grand) is now open, and regular hours are in effect — 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday through January, then 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through March. Skate rental costs $3, or you can bring your own skates. For…
Supposedly (that is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records) the Beatles’ “Yesterday” is the most covered pop song of all time, with more than 3,000 versions. Clearly the last thing the world needs is another Beatles cover, yet the three-piece band Beatlegras makes its case with an alluring, soulful twist: interpreting the Fab Four’s songs through bluegrass arrangements….
In the summer, we get fireworks. When the air cools and the winds grow harsh, we get indoor laser-light shows. It’s all pretty much the same with eye-melting explosions and arcs of color — in short, a badass way to either kick off a night or wrap it up. The party planners behind Essence of Color opted for the former….
Stan Herd is an artist, and his medium is the Midwestern landscape — he shapes farmers’ fields, parks, landfills and other wide-open spaces into representational works and abstractions, often visible only from aircraft. (In 1988, he plowed a portrait of an American Indian in a Kansas field, using 450 children from Oskaloosa Elementary School as the beads in the headdress.)…
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art (2004 Baltimore, 816-221-2626) opens two exhibitions that incorporate visual art with neon: Willem Volkersz: Looking Back is an installation of paintings and sculpture by the Dutch artist, incorporating neon in an exploration of the Western landscape. Prints From Zanatta Editions is a group exhibition of works published by Zanatta Editions, including prints, etchings and neon constructions….
Getting a new computer or cell phone is awesome. But all too soon, it’s outmoded and ready to join old VCRs, dead iPods and Coke-drenched keyboards in some overflowing landfill, where lead, mercury and other heavy metals in broken electronics can leach into the soil and groundwater. Then again, you could dispose of your once beloved Razr phone the responsible…
Kristallnacht (“crystal night,” for the shattered windows) began shortly before midnight, November 9, 1938. On orders of Joseph Goebbels, sledgehammer-wielding SS and SA troops systematically destroyed Jewish businesses and property. More than 1,000 synagogues were vandalized and hundreds set on fire. In just two days, 30,000 Jewish men — a quarter of all Jewish men in Germany — were sent…
Nineteen alumni from the Kansas City Art Institute will be in their element for the In the Moment exhibit and reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Carter Art Center (3201 Southwest Trafficway, 816-604-4278). The exhibit, which celebrates KCAI’s 125th anniversary, is a generation-spanning, genre-hopping affair, bringing together artists whose concepts cover painting, drawing, digital media, photography, sculpture, installations,…
From the artist’s statement: Scraping the streets of Paris for texture activated a new style of painting for me. Wandering through cities near and far by night, I find manhole covers and metal plates with which to render colorful abstract patterns on cotton paper. Back in the studio, I often add delicately rendered subjects from life, photographs, or dreams. This…
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Joyce Carol Oates probably could write three novels, a volume of poetry, half an essay and her grocery list. She’s one of the most prolific authors alive, with an enormous body of work spanning the past five decades and often focusing on the dark and violent sides of American life,…
The fact that it’s the role that made Maria Callas’ American reputation and one that remained a signature through her career (she performed Norma eighty-nine times) says all you need to know about Norma—its extraordinary vocal challenges, its emotional intensity and dramatic weight. The tremendous demands the role makes on those who undertake it make Norma the Hamlet of dramatic…
The Belger Arts Center (2100 Walnut, 816-474-3250) presents From the Melting Pot Into the Fire: Contemporary Ceramics in Israel, an exhibit of Israeli dimensional pieces that complements the gallery’s other current dimensional exhibits. The works deal with such themes as borders, boundaries and national identity. Yael Novak of the Ceramic Artists Association of Israel gives a 6:30 p.m. gallery talk;…
Over the Rainbow is a picture book and 3-song CD set, featuring Judy Collins’ version of the beloved song that Judy Garland made famous. Collins is a Grammy-winning musician who will sign books at Reading Reptile. Sun., Nov. 7, 1 p.m., 2010 Tags: grammy awards, judy collins, Judy Garland, Night & Day
Love it or hate it, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s feline-themed musical is playing three dates at the Music Hall. Cats will leave you meow-ing all the way home. Nov. 5-7, 2010 Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Night & Day
The sexy lady criminals of Chicago come to life on stage at the Jewish Community Center. Sat., Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 7, 2 p.m.; Thu., Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 14, 2 p.m.; Thu., Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 21, 2 p.m., 2010 Tags: Chicago, Night…
With riveting rhythms, bold beats and ear-grabbing energy, DRUMLine Live is a synchronized musical showcase. Their music is intense and emotional, founded in traditional brass and percussion compositions mixed with R&B, Motown, swing, hip-hop and even gospel music. The two-act program reflects those styles. Fri., Nov. 5, 8 p.m., 2010 Tags: 616, Night & Day
Ornamental is an exhibition consisting of four artists whose complex work is derived from a passion for historical ornament and decoration. Wednesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Starts: Nov. 5. Continues through Nov. 27, 2010 Tags: Night & Day
KC artist and designer Phil “Sike Style” Shafer curates Hip-Hop Is Undead, a one-night visual-arts tribute to fallen rap stars Tupac Shakur, the Notorious B.I.G. and Big Pun. The event combines street-art murals by Shafer, Jeremy Madl, Luke Rocha and others with music from DJ Ataxic and a performance by the Tiger Style B-boy Crew, and it also includes opportunities…
Blinded by star power, a handful of Hollywood types once came together in a perfect storm of bad idea and bad judgment to pitch, green-light and produce the following “high concept”: Dolly Parton makes over Sylvester Stallone as a country-western singer. Before anyone could stop them, Rhinestone was forever seared into our collective consciousness. Celebrating cinematic underachieving, the Kansas City,…
Parts of a Whole is a sculptural installation of plaster, canvas, beeswax, steel armatures and paintings currently on display in the windows of BNIM Architects. The show fronts the northwest corner of 14th and Baltimore in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri and will be up through November 21. Nov. 5-21, 2010 Tags: Baltimore, Kansas City, missouri, Night &…
It’s never too soon to be thinking about the next election (please, kill me). I mean, it’s only two years away. What else could we talk about in that time? No, the time is apparently right to warn the next round of incumbents that their day of reckoning is near. The National Journal reported this morning that U.S. Sen. Claire…
I have eaten in the Power & Light location of the Dallas-based Genghis Grill several times, and it never occurred to me to connect the inexpensively-priced Mongolian grill concept with music and fashion. I was so wrong. This week’s article about the fast-growing chain on fastcasual.com explains how a customer-tracking tool revealed that the Genghis Grill executives realized that “its…
The last time that the Pitch met up with Hallmark editor Andre du Broc was in September, when the former clown was in front of the Sprint Center, protesting the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This Saturday, du Broc will make another public appearance — without protesting — as the featured artist at a fund-raising benefit for The…
