Kansas City theater has an important question to ask itself: Is diversity actually important, or is diversity being implemented solely as a means for earning grant money? This is the question that Linda Williams of KC Melting Pot Theatre wants the Kansas City art scene to reckon with. Williams is the general manager at KC… Continue reading KC Melting Pot Theatre shares stories of Black joy, resilience and resistance
Kansas City-based bassist and composer Xavier Foley is quickly gaining a following on Instagram (@xavierfoleybass). He now has over forty thousand followers on the platform, where he shares Reels of himself playing his own compositions on solo bass in his West Bottoms apartment. While solo bass music may not be your go-to genre, Foley has… Continue reading Instagram-famous jazzman Xavier Foley moved to KC from Jersey to work on his own compositions
The next time you see an impeccably groomed dog, it might be the work of a graduate from The Grooming Project, a program founded by Natasha Kirsch. The Grooming Project is expanding into a new headquarters this year, and just in time: The program received more than three hundred applications but can currently only accommodate… Continue reading Natasha Kirsch’s The Grooming Project helps families in KC become self-reliant through pet grooming
A soaring cathedral ceiling and a wall punctuated by a large stained-glass window make this Brookside living room feel as if it were originally a church, not a cozy family home. The grand living room is just one of many unique and quirky architectural features that made Janette Yost confident the late-Jazz Age Tudor revival… Continue reading A late-Jazz Age Tudor in Brookside is designed to feel both cozy and grand with a cathedral ceiling, stained glass and personal, modern touches
