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April 1-12, 2025
Opera
Maya and the Magic Ring
Be careful what you wish for! In this new opera for families, a young girl named Maya discovers a dazzling ruby ring in her grandmother's belongings. She rubs the jewel and accidentally releases a genie, leading to chaos as she…
April 1-12, 2025
Opera
Maya and the Magic Ring
Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church
Be careful what you wish for! In this new opera for families, a young girl named Maya discovers a dazzling ruby ring in her grandmother's belongings. She rubs the jewel and accidentally releases a genie, leading to chaos as she…
April 1-12, 2025
Opera
Maya and the Magic Ring
Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy Center
Be careful what you wish for! In this new opera for families, a young girl named Maya discovers a dazzling ruby ring in her grandmother's belongings. She rubs the jewel and accidentally releases a genie, leading to chaos as she…
April 6, 2025
Miscellaneous
2025 Shooting Stars Gala
Yardley Hall in the Midwest Trust Center
The Shooting Stars Program is here to celebrate the incredible talent of JohnsonCounty’s high school seniors who are making their mark in the arts. Since 1997,Shooting Stars has honored over 1,000 students for their artistic achievements, andthis year, we’re taking…
April 5, 2025
Music
Helen Sung Meets Bach Aria Soloists
Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Helen Sung meets Kansas City’s own Bach Aria Soloists for a world premiere performance! BAS commissioned Sung to compose a work celebrating Bach as the OG improviser, the foundations of jazz. Join us for a…
April 1-12, 2025
Opera
Maya and the Magic Ring
Mid-Continent Public Library Woodneath Library Center
Be careful what you wish for! In this new opera for families, a young girl named Maya discovers a dazzling ruby ring in her grandmother's belongings. She rubs the jewel and accidentally releases a genie, leading to chaos as she…
April 3rd & 4th at 6 pm
Music | Theater
Go Outside: An Infrastructure Musical
Come experience the culmination of the 2025 HE[ART]LAND Fellowship, an original performance about Infrastructure Policy!
April 1-12,2025
Opera
Maya and the Magic Ring
Be careful what you wish for! In this new opera for families, a young girl named Maya discovers a dazzling ruby ring in her grandmother's belongings. She rubs the jewel and accidentally releases a genie, leading to chaos as she…
March 28, 2025
Music
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar
Yardley Hall in the Midwest Trust Center
Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar have carved out a unique place for themselves in the music industry through soul-stirring arrangements of contemporary gospel, musical theater, and rich original compositions. The ensemble, organized in 2009, has performed with gospel…
Thursday, March 27th
Miscellaneous
March 21-30, 2025
Dance
Don Quixote
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Anna-Marie Holmes’ rendition of Don Quixote is a romantic ballet extravaganza that brings to life the beloved story of Don Quixote, based on the iconic “Don Quixote de la Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes. With dynamic choreography, colorful characters, and…
March 19 - May 4, 2025
Theater
Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale
What will happen to Cinderella at the ball...game? That's the surprising climactic question in this contemporary Latin-American Cinderella musical, which delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its head, telling the story from both Cinderella and the "stepsister's" perspective. Cinderella…
March 15, 2025
Music
An Evening with Branford Marsalis
New Orleans-born saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. In addition to three GRAMMY® Award wins and a Tony® nomination, Marsalis received a citation by the National Endowment for the Arts as…
March 14-16, 2025
Dance
Collective: Our Stories of Cancer
Owen/Cox Dance Group, in collaboration with Gilda’s Club KC, composer Stacy Busch, and poet Frances Story, will present this evening-length work inspired by members of Gilda’s Club who shared their stories of cancer. Gilda’s Club KC and the artistic collaborators…
March 12-30, 2025
Theater
fire work
A dystopian fantasy exploring survival, love, and friendship. In a future world (or is it the past?) a group of factory workers struggle when a new labor law threatens their right to work. After meeting a band of revolutionaries from…
7:30 pm, Saturday, March 8 in Yardley Hall
Dance
Rhythm India: Bollywood and Beyond
Yardley Hall in the Midwest Trust Center
Rhythm India takes you on a journey of dance and celebration through “Bollywood and Beyond.”Joya Kazi is a Telly Award-winning, World Choreography Award-nominated, and Universal Dance Award-nominated multi-hyphenated artist. A choreographer, actress, dancer, educator, and entrepreneur who founded her company…
Saturday March 8, 2025
Poetry
Finding Your Voice: A Poetry Workshop led by Sheri Purpose Hall
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Join the Teen Arts Council for an inspiring poetry workshop with award-winning writer, Sheri Purpose Hall. Through guidance, interactive exercises and creative prompts, explore self-love, empowerment, and the strength of poetry in shaping your own universe.Whether you’ve written poetry before…
Saturday, March 8th
Visual Arts
Cruzar la Cara de la Luna Arts Activity for Teens
Latinx Education Collaborative
CREATE A MEMORY QUILTIn dialogue with Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, join us for an interactive workshop that delves into the opera's themes of home, migration, family, and identity. Participants of all ages will engage in storytelling, music exploration…
March 6-23, 2025
Theater
Doubt: A Parable
Kansas City United Church of Christ
“An eloquent and provocative investigation of truth and consequence. A gripping mystery, tightly written” (Time Out New York). Recipient of the 2005 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A…
Feb. 28, 2025
Music
säje
Vocal supergroup säje make their Kansas City debut! Born out of close friendship and deep admiration, these world-renowned artists, composers, and arrangers have come together to explore, create, and celebrate the music that moves them, earning them the John Lennon…