The Blue Room: Live Jazz Where History Still Sits In
Most museum exhibits sit behind glass. The American Jazz Museum’s Blue Room plays four nights a week — a working jazz club inside the museum...
Month : October 2026
Plaza Art Fair: 92 Years of Art on Kansas City’s Prettiest Streets
Every September, the Country Club Plaza turns into an open-air museum for the Plaza Art Fair — nine blocks of juried art from 240 artists,...
One Glowing Shell, a Whole Season: The Kauffman Center’s Year of Arts
Fifteen years after it opened, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts remains the engine room of Kansas City culture — home stage of the...
Shakespeare in the Park: Kansas City’s Free Summer Bard
Each June, Southmoreland Park fills with picnic blankets, families and the world’s greatest playwright: the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival has presented free professional Shakespeare...
A Christmas Carol at KC Rep: Kansas City’s Dearest Holiday Tradition
Generations of Kansas Citians mark the season the same way: with Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol,” the beloved production that has filled the...
Broadway Under the Stars: Starlight Theatre, Kansas City’s Summer Cathedral
There is nothing in American theatre quite like Starlight: a 7,900-seat outdoor amphitheatre in Swope Park where Broadway tours play under real stars, fireflies provide...
Cinema in a Temple of Art: The Nelson-Atkins’ Tivoli Film Series
The Nelson-Atkins Museum’s Tivoli Cinema series proves that a great art museum can also be a great movie house. In the museum’s Atkins Auditorium, the...
First Fridays: When the Crossroads Becomes Kansas City’s Biggest Gallery
On the first Friday of every month, the Crossroads Arts District throws open its doors and Kansas City comes to look. Galleries, studios and design...
More Than Opera: Lyric Opera’s Season of Stories Across Kansas City
Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s 2026-27 season is built on a simple belief: opera belongs everywhere. Beyond its main-stage productions at the Kauffman Center —...
Figaro Opens the Season: Lyric Opera of Kansas City Weds Mozart to Mischief
Lyric Opera of Kansas City opens its 2026-27 season with the most perfect comedy in opera: Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” where servants outsmart masters,...
