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Nov 1, 2025 - Feb 8, 2026
Visual Arts
Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum Museum of Art
Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art explores the relationships between color, creation, and the cosmos in Mesoamerica, a region comprising most of what is now Mexico and Central America. Indigenous Mesoamerican artists – as creators and keepers of…
Project Pride - a new project created by like-minded teens
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Project Pride Information Meeting
LGBTQ and straight allied teens creating theatre that gives voices to their experiences, culminating in a production that challenges the assumptions and celebrates the diversity of participants and audience.
Oct. 26, 2025
Visual Arts
A Match Made in Heaven Closing Countdown
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Join us on Sunday, October 26, 2-5 p.m., as we celebrate A Match Made in Heaven: Katherine Bernhardt x Jeremy Scott in a closing countdown and reception with the artists. This event is free and open to the public, no…
Oct. 25, 2025
Theater
ShakesFEAR
Performance on the lawn of the Linda Hall Library of ShakesFEAR, a compilation of scenes featuring witches, ghosts, and magic from Shakespeare plays including Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, and more. Kids may wear costumes and receive candy at the entrance. Doors open at 4:30pm with…
2:00 - 3:00 pm, Saturday, October 25, 2025
Literature
Book Swap & Share: Scary Stories
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Gather at The Salon on Saturday, October 25th from 2-3 p.m. for a book swap and share. Bring a copy of your favorite book of horror or terrifying tales and leave with someone else’s favorite book of a similar genre…
Oct. 23, 2025
Theater
TeenTix KC Night @ Dracula
Copaken Stage - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
When the lines between predator and prey blur, the power of women’s strength rises from the shadows in this fearless adaptation of Bram Stoker’s iconic DRACULA.A visceral, sensual, and utterly unexpected journey into the heart of darkness, this Dracula illuminates…
Oct. 18, 2025
Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: Pumpkin Hollow
Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead
Youth Volunteers will help at the entry/exit, supervise the baby goats, and help with the pedal karts and slingshots. It's entirely outside. Wear toe closed shoes
Oct. 17 - 26, 2025
Dance
Swan Lake
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Perhaps the most beloved ballet of all time, Swan Lake returns to Kansas City Ballet, captivating audiences with its iconic struggle of good versus evil set to the most lavishly romantic music ever written. Be swept along by the dramatic…
Oct. 15 - 18, 2025
Theater
Pippin
Spencer Theatre - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
UMKC Conservatory musical theatre presents the fall musical, Pippin!In search of meaning and significance, Pippin - the prince son of King Charlemagne - joins his father’s army, only to become disillusioned by the horrors of war. Retreating to the countryside…
Oct. 15 - Nov. 2, 2025
Theater
The JonBenét Game
At 12, best friends Molly and Rae played secret JonBenét Ramsey-inspired games. Twenty years later, after Molly’s passing, her daughter finds their old playbook, pulling Rae back in. This play explores true crime’s grip on women, grief, and deep-seated fears…
October 15 - November 2
Theater
Electric Poe
Electric Poe blends the drama of Edgar Allen Poe, the thrill of the electric guitar, and the macabre atmosphere of live theatre performed in an actual cemetery! TeenTix KC Pass holders can purchase a single $5.00 youth ticket at the…
Oct. 14 - Nov. 2, 2025
Theater
Dracula
Copaken Stage - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
When the lines between predator and prey blur, the power of women’s strength rises from the shadows in this fearless adaptation of Bram Stoker’s iconic DRACULA.A visceral, sensual, and utterly unexpected journey into the heart of darkness, this Dracula illuminates…
October 10, 2025
Music
Mariachi Garibaldi & Ballet Folklórico del Rio Grande Eternamente: A Día de los Muertos Spectacular
Yardley Hall in the Midwest Trust Center
Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar and Ballet Folklorico del Rio Grande bring you the blockbuster show, "Eternamente: A Día de los Muertos Spectacular," inviting the audience to join in a celebration of life with lively music and dance, beautiful costumes…
Oct. 4, 2025
Music
The Pete Escovedo 90th Birthday Celebration featuring: Pete Escovedo and his Orchestra
Legendary Percussionist Pete Escovedo is an artist who broke down the barriers between Smooth Jazz, Salsa, Latin Jazz and contemporary music. His name has been synonymous in the music industry for more than 50 years.Born in Pittsburg, CA, July 13th…
Oct. 4, 2025
Open Mic
Art Spark -Our Identidad Annual Anthology
Join us Friday, October 4th at 5 PM at Blip Roasters to celebrate the 2nd annual launch of Our Identidad! This bilingual anthology features the voices of students and community members from Raytown High School, Paseo Institute of Fine Arts…
Oct. 3, 2025
Theater
TeenTix KC Night @ A Wrinkle in Time
Adapted from Madeleine L’Engle’s much-loved classic tale, one of literature’s most enduring young heroines, Meg Murry, is back — braces, stubbornness and all.Joining forces with her baby brother Charles Wallace, friend and neighbor Calvin O’Keefe, and the celestial beings Mrs…
Sept. 27 - Oct. 5, 2025
Opera
Cinderella
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
A magical opera with jaw-dropping singing, considered a crown jewel of bel canto opera, Rossini's glittery version of the fairytale classic lets our heroine drive her own fate—no fairy godmother needed. It's not just beauty that wins the prince's heart (though…
Sept. 27, 2025
Saturday Project: Global One Urban Farming
Global One Urban Farming produces and distributes free organic vegetables at their 2-acre garden site to seniors, veterans, youth and low-income families with the goal of raising health levels throughout Kansas City USDA-defined food insecurity communities. Youth will learn more…
Sept. 23, 2025
Music
Folly 125th Birthday Party
Folly Theater is proud to celebrate her 125th anniversary with a special concert event on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 7:30 PM. As Kansas City’s oldest historic theater, we are thrilled to mark this milestone with an electrifying performance by…
Sept. 19 & 20, 2025
Dance
New Dance Partners The Ultimate Collaboration
Yardley Hall in the Midwest Trust Center
*Pre-show talk: Artistic Advisor Michael Uthoff Sep. 19 & 20 | 6:30 p.m.Audiences will delight in a feast for the eyes as four new works premiere on Yardley Hall stage. For this festival of contemporary and modern dance, the Midwest…