Kansas City Events Calendar
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Copaken Stage - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
You’ll be clapping, crying, and singing along with a show that is part theatre, part gospel revival, and all inspiration.Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer tells the impassioned story of American civil rights hero, Fannie Lou Hamer…
2:00–8:30pm
Theater
PRIMARY TRUST
Kenneth’s life is built on routine: a job at a local bookshop, quiet evenings, one mai tai at his favorite bar. When the shop closes, Kenneth must confront the fears, dreams, and unspoken grief holding him back. A “pretty darn…
6:30–8:30pm
Music
Billy Childs
Billy Childs has emerged as one of the foremost American composers of his era, successfully marrying the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism.Thus…
All Day
Visual Arts
Edra Soto: the place of dwelling
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Edra Soto (b. 1971, Puerto Rico) alters and recontextualizes common functional objects—wrought-iron screens, plastic lawn furniture, and electric fans, ubiquitous in her native Puerto Rico—to create objects and environments that celebrate the voices of working-class communities. Soto’s installation, the place…
