The Arts

Lawrence resident, 29, chronicles life-changing brain injury in new book
06:00 a.m., March 13, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Six years ago, at age 22, Louise Krug suffered from a brain bleed that caused weakness, dizziness, headaches and difficulty with hearing and vision.
Cirque du Soleil brings Jackson’s story to KC stage
January 4, 2012
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil, making a stop next month at the Sprint Center, is the culmination of a long-held dream and more than a year of hard work.
Michael Jackson tour to be ‘Thriller’ of a show
December 13, 2011
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque du Soleil, making a stop next year at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., is the culmination of a long-held dream and more than a year of hard work.
Dr. Phil’s bench
Commissioned Van Go bench pays tribute to Stevens family patriarch
November 21, 2011
Dr. Phil Stevens was the first to sit on a new bench for the lobby of his longtime downtown Tonganoxie office.
Willy Wonka’ musical brings familiar world to BLHS stage
November 9, 2011
After Ethan Duffey heard that Basehor-Linwood High School’s musical this year would be “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” he thought it would be fun to play an Oompa Loompa.
Improv Festival of Kansas to be this weekend
November 9, 2011
Rapping twins, the most awkward situation imaginable and discussions regarding the end of the world are just a few of the features to be found during this year’s annual improvisational comedy festival at the Roving Imp Theater & Coffee House.
Choir inspires pride, joy in Lansing inmates
August 25, 2011
Prison is a place to serve time for a crime, to right what has been wronged, to … learn to sing in a choir?
Swing your partner: One of area’s largest square dance clubs calls Shawnee home
August 24, 2011
When the fiddle’s flying, the caller’s yodeling and a sea of smiling people is spinning around you like cake batter in a mixing bowl, there’s little room for thoughts outside your square.
American Royal seeks patriotic singers
July 14, 2011
Officials with the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., are seeking area singers to perform the national anthem during the American Royal Fall Festival of Events, going on over the months of September, October and November.
Leavenworth arts center offering ballet camp
June 30, 2011
A week-long summer ballet camp for children ages 5 to 9 will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. July 11 to July 15 at the Carnegie Arts Center, 601 S. Fifth St., Leavenworth.
Nelson exhibit brings ‘Water Lilies’ together, as Monet intended
April 2, 2011
The main attraction of the exhibit, of course, is the “Water Lilies (Agapanthus)” triptych, made up of three, six-foot tall panels Monet is believed to have worked on from 1915 to 1926. The work depicts Monet’s own water lily pond.
BLHS spring play, ‘Under the Influence,’ deals with drugs, alcohol
March 25, 2011
The Basehor-Linwood High School theater department next week will present its spring play, “Under the Influence.”
One-person play coming to Leavenworth
March 18, 2011
“Deep Listening,” an engaging, one-person play that uses stories, gentle humor and simple songs to explore the reality of “looking death in the face” will be staged from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at the Marillac Center, 4200 S. Fourth St., Leavenworth.
NYC, Denver improv groups to perform at festival
February 3, 2011
Roving Imp Theater and Coffee House owner John Robison wants to shine the spotlight on improvisational comedy groups that don’t normally get a lot of festival love.
Postcard art contest being offered to Kansas youth
Jan. 31 is deadline for agriculture-themed contest
January 6, 2011
Kindergarten through sixth grade students: Grab your crayons or colored pencils and get creative.

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