KCRep proudly presents the world premiere of a new play by preeminent Native American writer Larissa FastHorse. Written by Kansas City native Christina Anderson the story examines a world where a criminal and his victims can get lost in the crowd. Reactions vary across the city, and as we watch the word spread from person to person, we wonder if the killer’s violence will extend to those closest to him. A string of murders occurs but no one suspects the killer is the quiet, charming librarian, Paul Pare Jr. In a segregated Depression-era city, rent parties rage above, while men hungry for work and love roam the streets. Kansas City Repertory Theatre-Copaken Stage Sunday night, the Kansas City Symphony celebrates Memorial Day with a selection of patriotic classics.įor more ideas this Memorial Day weekend, visit Kansas City’s most comprehensive arts calendar at /events. The National World War I Museum and Memorial will have events going on all weekend through Monday, including tours of the current exhibition of photos by Michael St Maur Sheil, Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace. Friday through Sunday, the American Jazz Museum presents the Kansas City Jazz and Heritage Festival in the 18th & Vine Jazz District, featuring a wide array of jazz and blues musicians from Kansas City and beyond. Opening this week is Spinning Tree Theatre‘s production of the controversial Sondheim musical Assassins. This weekend is your last chance to see Kansas City Repertory Theatre‘s OriginKC Festival, featuring world premiere productions of Man in Love and What Would Crazy Horse Do?. Souvenir Stop: Show your support of Negro Leagues heroes with a 1949 KC Monarchs replica wool cap.Here are calendar picks from KC Studio editor Alice Thorson for Memorial Day weekend. For a jazz-inspired meal, try the blues brunch at KC Blues & Jazz Juke House or a taste of Cajun country in the Heartland at Bayou on the Vine. While you wait in line, take a look at the wall for a glimpse of the many A-Listers to belly up to the bar. Have an instrument of your own? You’re welcome to join-this is where the jam session was invented after all.Ĭelebrities and “common folk” alike have made the pilgrimage to Arthur Bryant’s for its legendary barbecue, slow-smoked with a combination of hickory and oak woods, mellowed to the peak of flavor, then splashed with Original or Rich & Spicy sauce. Night owls are in for a real treat at the Mutual Musicians Foundation, where the late-night sounds bebop until 5 a.m. Sample KC’s signature sound at the district’s acclaimed Jammin’ at The Gem series or inside the museum’s working jazz club, The Blue Room. Keep your eyes peeled for Charlie Parker’s saxophone, a gift to the museum from former president Bill Clinton. Next door is what The New York Times called “an interactive paradise,” the American Jazz Museum, with its many listening stations, touch-screen adventures and custom-mixing soundboards. A frequent stop for visiting celebrities and dignitaries, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum chronicles the stars and stories of America’s favorite pastime from the leagues’ origin after the Civil War to their demise in the 1960s. As luck would have it, two of the city’s most acclaimed museums are under one roof.
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