Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. If Roast Beef Could Fly and Leading With My Chin Date: 2004; 1996 Publisher: Harper Collins; Simon & Schuster Discovered at: Goodwill The Covers Promise: The intimate…
Creative types who can never resist costume opportunities gather for the Lord of Misrule Venetian Mardi Gras Fundraising Party, a benefit for the Kansas City Fringe Festival at Fringe Central (1730 Broadway). Chow down on jambalaya and get your face or other body parts painted. Admission is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. The party lasts from 7…
On Friday, the mood is festive in the Crossroads. The Gatecrasher’s Ball, an art party going down at the Keyhole (1903 Wyandotte, 816-237-8484), is advertised as a “KC Mardi Gras First Friday Extravaganza” and is coordinated around a showing of photography and video. Doors open at 5 p.m. Fri., March 4, 2011 Tags: Night & Day, Wyandotte
Motocross, originally developed in England, is a descendant of early 20th-century U.K. auto trials and came to be known as “the sport of kings.” King George VI was known to quell his despondency over his speech impediment by riding in freestyle arenacross events throughout Europe on a custom Matchless G3/L with 350 cc sidevalves, made famous in the supercharged action…
Author Susan Bordo presents from her forthcoming book, The Creation of Anne Boleyn, the thesis that we know very little about Anne Boleyn. Much of what we think we know is mythology, built up over the centuries by changing political/religious agendas and factions, gender ideology, and — more recently — the commercial interests of pop culture. This event takes place…
A master engraving artist for over 30 years (which began at Hallmark Cards) Gregory Summers has traded his carving tools and cold, hard metal for his oils and brushes. The result is several striking paintings that allow him to showcase his unique style and love of the place we all call home. March 4-31, 2011 Tags: Gregory Summers, Hallmark Cards…
In this dark comedy, a woman orchestrates her own suicide right before Passover in a manipulative flourish geared to annoy her ex-husband, but an unforeseen twist leads him to re-examine the relationship and rediscover their undying love for each other. Mon., March 7, 7:30 p.m., 2011 Tags: Night & Day, passover
Art opening of new paintings by Jay Norton, with live rock and roll by the Kelihan’s to kick off the St. Paddy’s season and the String & Return. Fri., March 4, 2011 Tags: Jay Norton, Night & Day
There was so much “Yes We Can” fever in the air during the last presidential election and inauguration that at least one young composer couldn’t help but be inspired to write a symphony. At 8 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre (1029 Central), the Kansas City Symphony, under the direction of Michael Stern, presents the world premiere of American Symphony by…
One of its country’s leading orchestras, Opole, Philharmonic of Poland, under the baton of Boguslaw Dawidow, will perform a Vienna Gala featuring light Viennese classics. Fri., March 4, 8 p.m., 2011 Tags: Boguslaw Dawidow, Central Europe, Europe, Night & Day, Opole
A wave of feminism rolls through Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts in Lawrence) in the form of the annual Lunafest film festival, featuring female-centered short movies from Canada, the U.K. and the United States. Lunafest promises that each of the short films was made “by, for, about” women. Arrive early to view an art show featuring work by local women; stick…
Conversations from the Edge…, a collection of daring, humorous, and sometimes disturbing works by painter/sculptor Maura Conry, will show at the VALA Gallery March 4-26. An ex-nun, Conry takes an unflinching look at psychological issues wrought by change, alienation, religion, and illness. Among her 30 works will be selections from her “Goddess of Chemotherapy Series,” a cancer survivalists’ guide to…
This benefit for the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation features food, desserts, drink, entertainment and live and silent auctions. Fri., March 4, 7-11 p.m., 2011 Tags: missouri, Night & Day
Local artist Megan Mantia presents an exhibition called Pictionary at the Plenum. From the artist’s statement: This show attempts to represent my spectrum of photo-documented subjects grouped by like kinds. Daily events are often gross, awkward or controversial, and I never hesitate to integrate those moments with the pleasant, posed or funny. It calls to mind the Wolfgang Tillmans reference,…
Art Jerk brings together artists who collectively present a body of work that balances statement and aesthetics. Though comprised of artists of different styles, inspirations, and mediums, the group’s art coheres thematically around vices, often anatomical, representing the tangible and physical stresses to a body. Fri., March 4, 6-11 p.m.; Sat., March 5, 1-5 p.m., 2011 Tags: Night & Day
This month, the Kansas City Artists Coalition features three different artists. Sarah Schneckloth’s exhibitions Between Mark and Edge appears in the Mallin Gallery; Deborah Riley’s Nothing Unexpected appears in the Charno Gallery, and Micki Skudlarczyk shows Dressed Meat. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: March 4. Continues through March 25, 2011 Tags: Deborah Riley, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Micki Skudlarczyk, Night…
The Homicidal Hunch is set in 1900 when investing in railroads is considered a good venture. Kansas City’s Prince of Promoters has suffered a set back, though, and the money men are gambling on what to buy, what to sell, and which rumors will help. Suddenly, a stranger appears – to announce a murder, a shady deal and the end…
His name is Woodson Bull III, but you can call him “Third.” And Professor Laurie Jameson is disinclined to like his jockish, jingoistic attitude. He is, as she puts it, “a walking red state.” Believing that Third’s sophisticated essay on King Lear could not possibly have been written by such a specimen, Professor Jameson reports his plagiarism to the college’s…
Juguetes Nauticos by Therman Statom is one of three exhibitions now on display at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: March 4. Continues through April 30, 2011 Tags: 2639, Night & Day
New Paintings by Laura Beard is one of three exhibitions now on display at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: March 4. Continues through April 30, 2011 Tags: 180, Night & Day
Split-Level by Kent Michael Smith is one of three exhibitions now on display at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: March 4. Continues through April 30, 2011 Tags: Kent Michael Smith, Night & Day
Ernest Wedoff’s latest body of work analyzes a multiplicity of themes simultaneously, utilizing a distinctly contemporary vocabulary, and building relationships between paintings and those personally revered by the artist. Wedoff’s vocabulary is inspired by the idea of the cyber manifestation of the individual and the transmission of our likeness through the internet. People and emotions alike have become coded notations…
This nstallation by Thomas Nunnink and Paul Storms of the Kansas City Clay Guild is one of two exhibitions currently on display at 2631 Gallery. Fri., March 4, 5-10 p.m., 2011 Tags: Kansas City, Night & Day, Paul Storms, Thomas Nunnink
Tesselations is a solo exhibition by Allison Hedgpeth. From the artist’s statement: My work is about the small parts of life that make up the whole. “I collect moments of our common experiences, and record visual fragments putting them in a format in which they come together to form ideas and concepts.” Wednesdays-Saturdays, 12-4 p.m. Starts: March 4. Continues through…
