As a little girl standing in her Great Grand’Mère’s garden, Kansas City artist Sonié Joi Thompson-Ruffin saw what others could not.

Two new exhibitions at The Museum of Kansas City explore the city’s local and international connections through stories of community, creativity, collecting and preservation.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City aptly launches its fifteenth and last season under the brilliant leadership of General Director Deborah Sandler Kemper, with the world’s most popular opera, “La ...

The National WWI Museum and Memorial commissioned four world-renowned light artists to transform the iconic Memorial “into a canvas of light, sound and motion,” starting Sept. 25– 27.

“We are all Robin Hood” is actor and playwright Elaine Elizabeth’s theme for summer 2026. It’s a reference to her play Robin Hood, with co-writer Shelly Verden, which premiered at The Arts Asylum in ...

KCFFI is celebrating its 30th anniversary this weekend, which will include special events — a 30-year anniversary viewing of Robert Altman’s Kansas City and a film panel conversation between actor ...

Kansas City Actors Theatre (KCAT) is a local theatre company founded in 2004 primarily out of the City Stage in the historic Union Station. Entering their 22 nd Season of productions in 2026 with ...

Ling-en Lu is always on the lookout for overlooked treasures, like these embroidered silk table covers from the bequest of Laurence Sickman, on view in the “Flowers to Frost” exhibition. (Photo by Jim ...

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art doubled in size this summer when it opened an expansion, by Safdie Architects, that continues the spirit of the museum’s transformation of its woodland setting. ...

The Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., opens artistic director Ernie Nolan’s inaugural 2025-26 season with the regional premiere of “Designing Women” by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Sept. 3-28 on the Levin ...

Isaiah Bailey as The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera North American Tour, coming to the Music Hall Dec. 2-13 as part of the American Theatre Guild Kansas City’s annual PNC Broadway in Kansas City ...

KC Studio would also like to thank the following Consortium corporate partners: ...