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This Olathe Calendar of Events is presented by the Kansas City Real Estate Network.
January 2010 - Posts
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Professional theater in Kansas City appears to be firmly positioned in the American mainstream.
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Since opening in 2007, the Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault in the basement of the Kansas City Central Library has been one of the classiest hot spots on the local movie scene.
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Director Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone," the story of a 17-year-old trying to uncover the fate of her father among the criminal clans of the Ozarks, earned the grand jury prize for American dramas at Sundance, Robert Redford's showcase for independent cinema.
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The Actor Training Studio announces a workshop for actors ages 12 to 15. The weekend workshop intensive "The Truth!" is a six hour workshop held Feb 13-14 from 2-5pm. This workshop will focus on foundations of acting techniques, using exercises and sides from scripts, we will explore how to be more truthful on stage. Mateusz Lewczenko returns to teach this popular section for young actors at ATS.
As a freelance coach and director, Mateusz has taught with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, The Coterie Theatre, Starlight Theatre and as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He has directed workshops, and lectures at local high schools including Pembroke Hill High School, Shawnee Mission East and Blue Springs High School. You can also hear and see him in various radio and television commercials in the Midwest. Mateusz has been seen in shows at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, the Coterie Theatre and the Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He obtained his Masters of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing from the University of Missouri – Kansas City where he also performed in many shows. Some favorites include The Importance of Being Earnest, The Maids’ Tragedy and The Circus Show. He hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he obtained his BA in Theater from Temple University. Mateusz is now proud to call Kansas City his new home.
Since 1998, the Actor Training Studio has helped actors of all levels of ability and experience strengthen and refine their work. The unique benefits of study at ATS include opportunities to train for both stage and camera, unparalleled class time “on your feet,” and informed career guidance. Located at 75th and Belinder inside the Cherokee Christian Church (2 blocks west of State Line Road), ATS offers a convenient central location, off-street parking and a professional, welcoming atmosphere. To reach the Actor Training Studio, call 816-674-5601 or write to Andy Garrison at andy@actortrainingstudio.com. Cost will be $120 per student with family discounts available. Class will be strictly limited to 8 students.
more at the Actor Training Studio
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A teenage girl's resilience in the face of seemingly insurmountable physical and emotional obstacles just barely wards off the icy chill that cuts through "Winter's Bone," director Debra Granik's bleak and exemplary sophomore feature. Following its brave heroine (an outstanding Jennifer Lawrence) as she seeks to uncover the truth behind her father's disappearance, the film employs the structure of a whodunit to take a tough, unflinching look at an impoverished Ozarks community ruled by the local drug trade. Raw but utterly enveloping, "Bone" more than merits the patient distrib attention that's become an increasingly rare commodity in the indie marketplace.
more at Variety
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Playing on Union Station's City Stage February 2-20 presented by Theatre for Young America. Nate the Great is the sharpest kid detective ever to solve his neighborhoods mysteries. With his trench coat, Sherlock Holmes hat, his trusty dog Sludge, and his friend Rosamond, he sets out to investigate important cases—important to a youngster, that is.
watch it at Youtube
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The Arts Council is hosting a free Benevon Orientation February 11 from 10:00 - 12:00 pm at the Kauffman Foundation. This special Benevon Introductory Session is specifically designed for local arts organizations and features Terry Axelrod, founder and CEO who has worked in the fund development field for over 30 years.
The Arts Council received a capacity building grant from the Kresge Foundation to provide assistance to local nonprofit arts organizations to participate in this extraordinary sustainable funding model. Organizations that are interested in learning more about the Benevon Model and how to participate in the upcoming summer workshop are invited to attend this free introductory session.
Benevon trains and coaches nonprofit organizations to implement a mission-based system for raising sustainable funding from individual donors. This system ends the suffering over fundraising and builds passionate and committed lifelong donors. The session will feature Ms. Axelrod presenting her funding model as well as members of the Arts Council staff presenting the opportunity for local arts groups to participate in the special two-day training scheduled for July 28 - 29. Applications will be available at this session for those organizations wishing to participate in the summer session.
The Arts Council participated in the Benevon two-day training in October and as a result of that experience felt strongly about making this innovative training more affordable and available to local arts organizations and constituents.
They encourage all arts organizations who are interested in learning more about this exciting model to attend the introductory session and meet Terry Axelrod. This is a unique opportunity to meet the CEO and learn about the Benevon Model. We want to help Kansas City arts organizations to prepare for the future by considering more diverse forms of fundraising. To learn more about this model go to www.benevon.com. For questions regarding this session contact Kelly Ellison, Director of Development at 816 994-9232 or ellison@artskc.org.
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I was standing in the middle of Highland Avenue last Saturday afternoon, admiring the pink-stucco façade of an old union hall, when I heard the voice of Count Basie. “I am a union man,” the Count said, speaking across time from late January 1947. “I will never cross a picket line to play for anyone.”
more at the KC Free Press
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Sunday, Jan 24 saw belly dancers from around the area (some as far as Wichita and Topeka) converge on Cafe Cedar in Parkville. Organized by Nicole English (Nikoria Dance Troupe), this is designed to promote Middle Eastern dance and dancers and to offer a place for beginners to experienced performers to show off and to gather with mutual interests.
photos at KC Dance
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I had certain expectations of "Around the World in 80 Days" as I took my seat on opening night, but I never expected a love story.But that's what I got. And it was among the most affecting love stories I've ever seen on stage.
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KU Filmworks is an organization made up mostly of students student that meets at 7 p.m. on Sunday nights in Oldfather Studios. Becoming a member by attending meetings and paying $20 dues allows you to use their equipment. KU Filmworks has access to high-quality cameras, lighting equipment, grip equipment and other helpful tools.
more at the University Daily Kansan
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With many available venues, the Lawrence music scene is thriving. Places such as the Bottleneck, the Replay Lounge and Liberty Hall all contribute to the music scene but none have a storied history as long as the Granada.
more at The University Daily Kansan
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The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City will launch its 2010 ArtsKC Fund Campaign on February 1. This year marks the fourth annual campaign for the ArtsKC Fund which benefits more than 100 arts organizations, arts programs and artists combined in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The ArtsKC Fund is a united arts fund in the Kansas City metropolitan area that raises new money to support the wide range of arts in the community. Diane Barker of Paul Mesner Puppets, a 2009 Grant Recipient, remarks, "The addition of the ArtsKC Fund grant makes a huge difference in our ability to continue to bring quality programming to the children and families of the greater Kansas City area."
Launched in the spring of 2007 with a beta-test workplace giving campaign in 34 metro-area companies, the ArtsKC Fund has grown to more than 65 workplace giving companies. In addition, The ArtsKC Fund raises corporate, municipal and individual donations, to create a diversified source of stable funding for the broader arts community. In only three years, the ArtsKC Fund has granted out $1.3 million to the arts in metropolitan Kansas City.
The goal for the 2010 campaign is $470,000 which is a 6% increase from last year's campaign total. Harlan Brownlee, President and CEO of the Arts Council, reflected upon the 2010 goal. "This year again will be a challenging year for the ArtsKC Fund, but we recognize the real need and importance to our community of establishing a source of funding that helps stabilize and sustain the arts in our region.
Companies interested in participating in the 2010 ArtsKC Fund Workplace Giving Campaign can join now through May by contacting the Arts Council office at 816-221-1777 or Albers@ArtsKC.org. Individuals can make a tax-deductible investment in the ArtsKC Fund by going to the web site at www.ArtsKC.org.
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Imago Dei is pleased to announce the February exhibition Draws Me Closer, featuring the drawings and
illustrations of Kansas City area artist Greg Cissell. “We are always excited when we can uncover a new artist and bring attention to their work through a solo show in our gallery,” says Lori Triplett, Executive Director of Imago Dei. 
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If you’ve been awake and gone to the theatre in Kansas City in the last 15 years, you’ve seen Kathleen Warfel and Cathy Barnett. In commercials, jingles, and the best of KC’s theatres, the pair have played nearly anything imaginable and are now working together at the Unicorn Theatre on their newest show, a musical called Grey Gardens.
more at Present Magazine
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This year's Kansas Arts Advocacy's Day, Arts Day at the Capitol, will be held March 11, 2010, 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, hosted by Kansas Citizens for the Arts in partnership with the Kansas Arts Commission. At 11:00 am, gather at the Dillon House, 404 SW 9th Street, directly across from the Capitol, to register and receive current legislative information. The meet with your elected officials to share with them the important news about the value of the arts in Kansas. We encourage you to make appointments with your legislators to you can be sure to speak with them personally.
For more information, contact Ann Evans at (785) 841-5653.
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Balloons, high-definition video and music from Paul Simon might not be commonly associated with a ballet performance, but these were all present for Trey McIntyre’s contemporary dance troupe’s Friday night performance at the Lied Center.
more at The University Daily Kansan
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The Kansas Arts Commission has awarded 298 organizations, communities and artists throughout the state with grants and awards totaling $1,650,536 during Fiscal Year 2010.
more at Infozine
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Lia Romeo’s newest play Super will be read at the next In-Progress New Play Reading Series event will be 7:30pm, February 7 at the Unicorn Theatre.
more at The Unicorn Theatre
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Imago Dei has scheduled two arts education workshops to be held at the Imago Dei Arts Center. Who am I? will be held for four consecutive Saturdays, starting on January 23rd from 10:30am to 11:30am. Intro to Acting will be held for three consecutive Saturdays, starting on February 6th from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. 
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The Valentine's Bazaar and Craft Show at Elks Lodge is on February 13th. There will be over 50 vendors and crafters. There will be something for everyone's valentines. Admission is free. Elks Lodge is located at 100 NE Brizendine Rd, Blue Springs, MO. Direction: I-70 E to Adams Dairy Pkwy Exit Go south To 40 Hwy East. Go East on 40 Hwy to Brizendine Rd, North on Brizendine to Elks Lodge on right. Go behind bldg to lower level. 
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Ladies In Red Night Open House at Briarcliff Village is on Thursday February 11th. Bring your friends and join them for an Open House from 5p-8p. Support American Heart Month and enjoy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, entertainment and discounts at participating stores. The stores are 100% locally owned and they have something different for you! 
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From January 28th to 31st, The Lake of the Ozarks Marine Dealers Association brings the Lake of the Ozarks to Overland Park in the heart of winter. Relive the summer and visit with over 50 Lake of the Ozarks marinas and vendors with all of the newest boat models on display for you to see. See the latest in 2010 cruisers, runabouts, performance boats, pontoons, ski boats, persoanl watercraft, docks, lifts and all boating accessories all at KC's largest boat show. 
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Certain songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II have haunted me since the first time I heard them.
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If 2009 was the year to make an outdated sci-fi television show like Star Trek hot again, then 2010 is the year to make the musical musings of one of the architects of modern astronomy sexy. On Sunday, January 31, The Folly Theatre will be the blast pad for a convergence of science and music as the Friends of Chamber Music presents Tafelmusik’s "The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres."
more at KC Free Press
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Shaham is Shazam! in the world of violin virtuosi
more at KC Free Press
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Do you Kiss &Tale? Kiss & Tail is an adults-only Valentine event Saturday, February 6 at the Kansas City Zoo. It’s a pre-Valentine’s warm up that will bring on extreme “belly laughs” and a bit of blushing. Kiss & Tale share the intimate facts on the love lives of the Zoo's permanent residents – the animals. Ron Magill of the Miami Metrozoo will present his special program "Love and the Animals," which focuses on the strange and interesting methods of animal courtship and mating through an amazing variety of graphic images. From courtship to breeding behaviors, dealing with everything from frogs to elephants, this program of jungle love is “education through entertainment” in the best sense of the term. 
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Present Magazine has a nice preview of the Coterie's Life on the Mississippi with lots of videos.
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Critics often complained that playwright David Mamet, the king of theatrical testosterone (“Glengarry, Glen Ross,” “American Buffalo”), never wrote any good parts for women. In 1999, Mamet responded by concocting an uncharacteristic period piece called “Boston Marriage.” An opus that plays a bit like a caustic reworking of an Oscar Wilde comedy, “Boston Marriage” features only three characters, all of them women.
more at Sun Publications
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What is Fairy Tale Village? Well, for starters, it’s FREE! Now that I’ve got your attention, here’s a little information on the latest exhibit to hit Kansas City’s Crown Center. Favorite stories and fairy tales come to life in a world of make-believe where you can interact with characters from favorite stories and nursery rhymes. [...]
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Ratings - Current Performances
- 2.00 Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre (1 Vote)
Ratings - Top Ten Rated Shows of the Last 3 Months
- 5.00 Dreamgirls - Ruskin High School Theatre (4 Votes)
- 5.00 Palomino - Kansas City Repertory Theatre (2 Votes)
- 5.00 Madeline's Christmas - Theatre for Young America (2 Votes)
- 4.75 The Wiz - The Barn Players, Inc (4 Votes)
- 4.67 King O' the Moon - City Theatre of Independence (3 Votes)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
- 4.00 Maul of the Dead - The Coterie Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Martin City Melodrama's 25th Season! - Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company (2 Votes)
- 3.67 Altar Boyz - Sonlight Productions (21 Votes)
Reviews - Five Most Recent of Past Performances
- 5.00 HMS Pinafore - Lyric Opera of Kansas City (1 Vote)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.67 Little House on the Prairie - The Coterie Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.42 Cabaret - The Barn Players, Inc. (19 Votes)
- 2.00 The Laramie Project - UMKC Theatre (1 Vote)
Rate or review events at KC Stage.
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This idea that heavenly bodies make beautiful music will be explored and celebrated by the Baroque orchestra Tafelmusik, led by Jeanne Lamon, when it presents “The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres” at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Folly Theater.
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Kansas City’s a great theater town. Granted, we don’t have as many stage companies and actors as Chicago, but the professional theater scene here beats those of St. Louis, Denver or Dallas. Some folks call Kansas City’s cultural life a well-kept secret for good reason.
more at kansascity.com
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Three talented violin students performed on the stage of the Lyric Theatre Thursday, Jan. 21st for world-renowned violinist, Gil Shaham and an audience of about 250 people, as Shaham coached a free Violin Masterclass.
more at KC Free Press
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A gift of $50,000 to Olathe District Schools from the Olathe Public Schools Foundation will provide summer school scholarships for the district’s most vulnerable students.
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Olathe District Schools Superintendent Pat All has received the Community Goodwill Award for her contributions to the cause of diversity and civil rights in Olathe.
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What is the HR Roundtable?
• It offers a unique environment for human resources practitioners to interact with their peers on a monthly basis, discuss and share related best practices, emerging trends, and workplace issues.
• Online registration opens two weeks prior to the event date or reply to email announcement from Chamber office. Cost is $10 per person. Cancelations must be received by 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to the event in order to avoid charges.
• Space is limited to 30 people. A waiting list will be maintained as needed and individuals will be contacted if space becomes available.
Mission Statement:
The Olathe HR Roundtable offers human resource practitioners of member organizations a forum to discuss and share related best practices, emerging trends, and workplace issues. The main purpose of the roundtable is to create a unique environment where information can be shared in an open-exchange format that is collaborative, engaging, and valuable to represented organizations and the HR profession.
Who is it designed for?
• The HR Roundtable was created as a networking and problem-solving opportunity for human resource practitioners who are directly involved in the personnel and hiring process of their organization (i.e. HR managers, recruiters, payroll administrators, etc.).
Can vendors attend?
• Due to limited space and because of the nature of the topics that are openly discussed by the HR practitioners, some attendance restrictions do apply. Thus it is crucial to the group’s success that attendance is restricted to vendors that provide uniquely human resources services and/or products.
• Up to five seats will be reserved for vendors representing a relevant product or service may attend each meeting, with only one representative per business or organization each month.
• Vendors are sometimes the “solutions experts” to the questions and concerns that the HR practitioners have; therefore vendor input is welcome while “sales messages” are not.
• In determining the appropriateness of the various vendors in attendance, Chamber staff will consider the relevance to the hiring and employment situations that the HR practitioners face in their day-to-day jobs or to the topic of the month (i.e. vendors who deal with payroll services, pre-employment testing, staffing assistance, training, benefits, etc.).
Can non-members of the Olathe Chamber attend?
• One representative of a non-member organization may attend one meeting a year.
Can vendors make presentations to the HR practitioners that attend?
• Presentations are at the sole discretion of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce
o The “Quarterly Lunch Sponsorship” program is an exclusive opportunity for vendors to promote their products and services. Please contact Chamber staff for details. It is offered to Olathe Chamber members in order to best serve its membership while continuing to discourage “sales messages” from meeting discussions:
o Vendors are offered an opportunity to provide printed materials and promotional items on a designated table and to be available afterwards to answer questions. Chamber staff will oversee the quantity and duration of displayed items and the length of the meeting.
o On occasion, the Chamber might invite various “experts” to address the group as deemed necessary and helpful to the overall group and topic of discussion. This is not a sales opportunity and may not qualify for the HR Roundtable Lunch Sponsorship program.
Discussion is facilitated by Susan Wallace, Olathe Chamber, Personnel & Projects Manager
Catered lunch requires advance reservation and a $10 meal payment. No cost option available to those wanting to attend and bring their own lunch. Pepsi products available to all attendees free of charge.
Please RSVP by 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to the event date.
*To avoid charges, please notify the Chamber of your cancellation by 5 p.m. on the Firday prior to the event date.
Cash and Check are preferred payment method. Credit card payments and online registration accepted at following link:
Quick Link, Schedule of upcoming Human Resources Roundtable sessions
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What is the HR Roundtable?
• It offers a unique environment for human resources practitioners to interact with their peers on a monthly basis, discuss and share related best practices, emerging trends, and workplace issues.
• Online registration opens two weeks prior to the event date or reply to email announcement from Chamber office. Cost is $10 per person. Cancelations must be received by 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to the event in order to avoid charges.
• Space is limited to 30 people. A waiting list will be maintained as needed and individuals will be contacted if space becomes available.
Mission Statement:
The Olathe HR Roundtable offers human resource practitioners of member organizations a forum to discuss and share related best practices, emerging trends, and workplace issues. The main purpose of the roundtable is to create a unique environment where information can be shared in an open-exchange format that is collaborative, engaging, and valuable to represented organizations and the HR profession.
Who is it designed for?
• The HR Roundtable was created as a networking and problem-solving opportunity for human resource practitioners who are directly involved in the personnel and hiring process of their organization (i.e. HR managers, recruiters, payroll administrators, etc.).
Topic is "HR Legislation and Legalities"
Can vendors attend?
• Due to limited space and because of the nature of the topics that are openly discussed by the HR practitioners, some attendance restrictions do apply. Thus it is crucial to the group’s success that attendance is restricted to vendors that provide uniquely human resources services and/or products.
• Up to five seats will be reserved for vendors representing a relevant product or service may attend each meeting, with only one representative per business or organization each month.
• Vendors are sometimes the “solutions experts” to the questions and concerns that the HR practitioners have; therefore vendor input is welcome while “sales messages” are not.
• In determining the appropriateness of the various vendors in attendance, Chamber staff will consider the relevance to the hiring and employment situations that the HR practitioners face in their day-to-day jobs or to the topic of the month (i.e. vendors who deal with payroll services, pre-employment testing, staffing assistance, training, benefits, etc.).
Can non-members of the Olathe Chamber attend?
• One representative of a non-member organization may attend one meeting a year.
Can vendors make presentations to the HR practitioners that attend?
• Presentations are at the sole discretion of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce
• The following opportunities are offered to Olathe Chamber members in order to best serve its membership while continuing to discourage “sales messages” from meeting discussions:
o The “HR Roundtable Lunch Sponsorship” program is an exclusive opportunity for vendors to promote their products and services. Please contact Chamber staff for details.
o Vendors are offered an opportunity to provide printed materials and promotional items on a designated table and to be available afterwards to answer questions. Chamber staff will oversee the quantity and duration of displayed items and the length of the meeting.
o On occasion, the Chamber might invite various “experts” to address the group as deemed necessary and helpful to the overall group and topic of discussion. This is not a sales opportunity and may not qualify for the HR Roundtable Lunch Sponsorship program.
Discussion is facilitated by Susan Wallace, Olathe Chamber, Personnel & Projects Manager
Catered lunch requires advance reservation and a $10 meal payment. No cost option available to those wanting to attend and bring their own lunch. Pepsi products available to all attendees free of charge.
Please RSVP by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, 2009.
*To avoid charges, please notify the Chamber of your cancellation by 5 p.m. the Friday before the meeting.
Cash and Check are preferred payment method. Credit card payments and online registration accepted at following link:
Quick Link, Schedule of upcoming Human Resources Roundtable sessions
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Cirque de la Symphonie is performing Jan 30-31 with the Kansas City Symphony.
watch it at Youtube
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Staged by Kansas City Actors Theatre as a sort of all-female counterweight to last summer's shouting-boys epic Glengarry Glen Ross, Boston Marriage at first resembles no other Mamet show.
more at The Pitch
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This is a video preview of Around the World in 80 Days at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, adapted and directed by Laura Eason of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. The show runs Jan 22-Feb 14 and it is appropriate for the whole family.
watch it at Youtube
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The first Independent Filmmaker's Coalition Seminar Series speaker of 2010 will be Bill Gilbert. Gilbert will speak following the meeting at 7:30pm, Jan 28, at the Westport Coffeehouse. Free for IFC members, $5 for non-members.
Bill Gilbert, owner of The Gilbert Group, is a graduate of the University of Missouri – Rolla. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering.
Renowned as a lighting director for film and video production he is also an accomplished editor, musician and stock car driver. Gilbert holds memberships with The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers, the Electrical Generating System Association, and the American Society of Lighting Designers.
The Gilbert Group, Inc. is the Kansas City area’s premier motion picture lighting and grip equipment supplier.
Since 1972, The Gilbert Group has been supplying the finest equipment and technical services to producers of film and television programming throughout the United States and the world. From regional and national commercials, documentary films, corporate presentations, national television network shows, news, sports and feature film productions, the Gilbert Group has earned a reputation for high quality equipment and expert professional services.
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The Fine Arts Fund of Cincinnati has created a beautifully crafted and well researched report that reveals key findings on how a stronger rationale for supporting the arts can be framed. This discussion resonates at a time when support for the arts is dwindling — not because the arts are any less important now (they are arguably more important than ever) -- but because those who care about the arts have not developed a coherent way of expressing the value of the arts to the public. See how the phrase "the arts ripple effect" has meaning for both those engaged in the arts and those who are not as the report's authors test out different commonly used arguments for arts support. Begin to use the concepts in your local communities and see if they work. Click here to download the report.
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The Kansas Arts Commission has long known the love Kansans feel for the arts, but with results from a study of nationwide arts participation, the numbers are clear: Kansas leads the way nationally in artistic creation.
The National Endowment for the Arts recently released a comprehensive study of nationwide arts participation for 2008, with Kansas and Nebraska leading the nation in the personal performance or creation of activities.
According to the NEA study:
- 25 percent of Kansas adults pursue photography
- 20 percent said that they play a musical instrument
- Almost 19 percent reported that they are engaged in painting or drawing
- 18 percent in weaving and sewing
- 11.6 percent in pottery/ceramics
- Almost 11 percent were involved in creative writing
Attendance at performing arts events for Kansas is 32.5 percent of the population; while that number is slightly lower than the national average, it is higher than the average for the region.
The report finds that the percentage of adults nationally who attended an arts event was 35 percent, down five points from the 2002 level, but still a significant proportion of the population. At the same time, the percentage of adults experiencing arts events via technology – filmmaking, photography and downloading arts events from the internet – has grown tremendously.
More information at the Kansas Arts Commission.
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from the December 2009 issue of KC Stage.
Great art comes from true inspiration. Moments that reveal real passion and interest breed the most rewarding of artistic experiences, and to reveal what touches your soul in a way that is vital and shared is what makes people return time and again to theatres worldwide. Most actors can recount their first “real” role with dreamy eyes and lilting tone, artists show their first polished piece with a joy that seems palpable, and a director facing his first full length production shows promise of a tomorrow filled with pride. Jeff List found the right play at the right time for the right theatre, and this December it is his turn to join the ranks of directors who can look back with glee at their first directorial endeavor and say, “I was inspired.”
Distracted, by Lisa Loomer, tells the story of a family facing what has become an all too familiar decision: to medicate or not to medicate for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). With an eight year old child at the center of this battle, it shines a spotlight on a question so many seem afraid to ask in this overly medicated world: should I or shouldn’t I? The play is based in the idea that there is, in fact, a choice when it comes to medicating your child and the story takes you through one family’s journey. List, a PhD student at the University of Kansas, followed the play’s path from Los Angeles to Broadway with increasing interest and jumped at the opportunity to bring his own ideas to the clever and thought provoking script.
“Both of my parents are psychologists, and in fact, in my dad’s job, he worked for the school system and he did the testing of kids to see if they were learning disabled, and my mother runs her own outpatient mental health facility. Listening to them, it really strikes me that with regards to children, ADHD may be one of the most over-diagnosed challenges,” List shared. “ADHD is probably over-diagnosed to a significant degree and things where it’s just kids being kids, kids growing up, and not all kids can be great students. So the need to try and identify it and label it and treat it results in over-medicating. But it’s important that each parent find a solution that he or she is comfortable with.” While this personal experience and insight into the subject matter have brought List to this moment with this particular show, he is clear that it isn’t a soapbox to present his own thoughts on the difficult discussion. “I do have my opinions, but I think the great thing about the play is that it presents that idea but it doesn’t come down and say what’s right and what’s wrong, it really tries to engage the discussion, tries to create a dialogue in the community which is what I hope for as well.”
List is particularly excited to have the chance to use a somewhat unconventional delivery system for the concepts presented in the play. As the University theatre dramaturge, List is a self proclaimed “thinker” and so his approach is shaped by an extensive knowledge of the history of theatre and the evolution of storytelling throughout the years. So while some of his tactics aren’t new, List is bravely willing to take a risk in the hopes of communicating the subject matter in exciting and thought provoking ways. This idea of making theatre a fully embodied experience has only grown as modern advances allow artists to communicate in interesting and effective ways. In Distracted, List takes the play and transforms it into a stirring conversation by utilizing non-traditional delivery methods in the hope of not just presenting a story, but of creating dialogue in the community.
“Well, in reading the play, the other major component of it that it really talks about is this digital age. We’re at an age of short YouTube clips, we’re at an age of Twitter where everything is done in 120 characters, and so we’re trying to train our brain in short little increments. So we’re all in some respects getting distracted. I really took that as part of the play and I really just enforced my decision we’re going to use some projections, we’re going to project images on the screen and we’re also doing some video projections and so this idea that we are inundated with media, whether it be video games or movies or reality TV,” List explains. “We’re all walking in this world and it’s affecting us sometimes and we don’t even know how it’s affecting us or that it is affecting us at all. That’s really, I think, my most significant contribution to this, that’s my idea or concept.“
List is hoping that audiences will respond to his show, or at least walk away wanting to continue the conversation it started. He also knows that this experience has made him aware of just how much he enjoys directing in a university setting. Said List, “I really enjoyed this directing, I really enjoyed working with college students. Sharing what I find exciting about theatre with people who, at least beginning this education may know what they like, and hopefully share my love with those people and help to put together some pretty exciting and educational art opportunities.”
Ultimately, List sees this as a wonderful opportunity to take the reins on his first full length production and know that it is representing his style and creativity as a director. “We have a lot of plays that tell a story, that tell it in a straight linear format and a lot of those plays are wonderful but they aren’t as interesting to me as plays that allow the actor to interact directly with the audience,” said List. “So it’s really interesting to me ... and I look for plays that are relevant, plays that deal with issues that maybe we tend not to deal with or deal with in creative ways, ways that can help engage the community.”
KU University Theatre’s Distracted will be performed at the Inge Theatre from Dec 4-9. For information about performance times and ticket options, call 785-864-3982 or visit www.kutheatre.com.
Laura Payne has a degree in theatre and music from the University of Kansas and is a local actor, singer, and writer.
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Recently, we BRIEFLY glimpsed the sun…and if you’re anything like me, you’re craving a taste of the outdoors. How much longer til spring arrives?!? Did you know that two Kansas City favorites remain open through the winter?
Johnson County’s Ernie Miller Nature Center and Kansas City’s Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center are both welcoming visitors–children [...]
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Those who watch Curtis Grigsby dance might think to themselves, “Now there’s a man with a story to tell.” When Grigsby dances, his whole body speaks. His hips move to the music. His tap shoes click in time, on beat. His arms rotate fluidly with the rest of his frame. It’s the storytelling of a dream.
more at The Examiner
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The Kansas City Symphony’s next season of music, presumably its last at the Lyric Theatre, will include a now-familiar mix of marquee and rising-star soloists, plus a blend of concert favorites and up-to-the-minute pieces.
more at kansascity.com
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The critically acclaimed Tafelmusik concept is coming to Kansas City in a big way with the U.S. premiere of “The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres,” presented by the Friends of Chamber Music on Jan. 31 at the Folly Theater.
more at kansascity.com
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Events for this week
- Around The World In 80 Days - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
- Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández - Lied Center
- Boston Marriage - Kansas City Actors Theatre
- The Dixie Swim Club - Lawrence Community Theatre
- The Drowsy Chaperone - Lied Center of Kansas
- Follow the Drinking Gourd - Paul Mesner Puppets*
- Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre
- Grey Gardens - Unicorn Theatre
- The Last Night of Ballyhoo - Sonlight Productions
- Life On The Mississippi - The Coterie Theatre
- Nobody's Perfect - Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy
- Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein - Quality Hill Playhouse
- Run for Your Wife - New Theatre Restaurant
Classes for this week
- Spring Drama Classes at Avila - Theatre for Young America*
- Spring Drama Classes at Wonderscope - Theatre for Young America*
Auditions for this week
- MTH's 2010 Season - Musical Theater Heritage
- Celebration in Song: The Wizard of Wicked, the Music of Stephen Schwartz - CenterSeason Theatre
*Members of KC Stage receive a discount to these affiliate organizations with their KC Stage membership card.
Visit KC Stage for event details.
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Raytown Arts Council is currently seeking a director for their 2010 summer musical Annie. Performance dates are July 16-18 and July 23-24, 2010. Auditions dates are late April.
In order to be considered as a director, please submit an application with a resume of your theatre experience by February 15. Director's interviews will be held will be held on late Febuary-early March. Selected applicants will be contacted to set up an interview date and time.
Please mail applications to Raytown Arts Council, Attention: Alyse Stoll, President, 6825 Lakeshore Drive, Raytown, MO 64133. Directors may also submit their application and resume via email to Don Forsythe. Please visit the official Raytown Arts Council web site to obtain an application and more information about the production and other opportunities with Raytown Arts Council.
For more information call (816) 353-3593 or visit their web site at www.raytownarts.com
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Time stood still Saturday night at the Lyric Theatre when violinist Gil Shaham performed with the Kansas City Symphony. As Shaham drew his bow across the strings to begin the melancholy opening theme of Samuel Barber’s “Violin Concerto,” he produced one of the most opulent string sounds I’ve ever heard in that space.
more at kansascity.com
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Saturday marked the 100th birthday of Django Reinhardt. Had he not died in 1953, the legendary guitarist might have found no finer place to celebrate his centennial milestone than the Folly Theater.
more at kansascity.com
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It’s always exciting to observe a young artist like mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke on an upward career trajectory. Her Sunday afternoon recital at the Lied Center suggests she’ll be on our radar screen for years to come.
more at kansascity.com
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In one of the first gatherings of the Independence cast of “King o’ the Moon,” members of the fictional Pazinski family looked around at each other. Those portraying three brothers, a sister and a mother, well, they actually looked alike with their dark hair and wide smiles.
more at The Examiner
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Katherine McNamara does college-level math, reads the Wall Street Journal, subscribes to the Economist and at one point announced that she wanted to be the next Alan Greenspan. She just turned 14.
more at kansascity.com
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Eric Rosen makes no bones about it.The world premiere of “A Christmas Story, the Musical!” at Kansas City Repertory Theatre exceeded any reasonable expectation.“By a lot,” Rosen said. “We were 95 percent capacity, which was the highest percentage in the Rep’s history for a holiday show — or any show.”
more at kansascity.com
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The Kansas Arts Commission has named 31 new and returning artists and groups to its 2010-2011 Kansas Arts on Tour Roster. This roster of Kansas performing, visual and literary artists are available to tour venues throughout the state during fiscal year 2011. Artists were reviewed and recommended by expert panelists and are available to present performances, workshops, master classes, exhibitions and other events in Kansas communities.
more at Infozine
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Audacity and reckless courage are always admirable qualities in theater artists, and both are in ample supply in the Actors Theatre KC production of David Mamet's Boston Marriage.
more at kansascity.com
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Erin McGrane just might be the luckiest woman in Kansas City. The actress recently appeared in “Up in the Air,” a film that has generated tons of award-season buzz since its December release. Her screen time totaled, oh, approximately 40 seconds, but her role as George Clooney’s former flame is nothing short of enviable.
more at Ink
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School Board to Host Town Hall Meetings on Budget Crisis
The Olathe District Schools Board of Education will hold “Town Hall” meetings to communicate how the loss of nearly $14 million in state funding is impacting the district.
A cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — almost $9 million — may be coming.
“This is a perfect storm,” Superintendent Pat All said. “State funding has dropped to below 2005 levels, enrollment continues to increase, and student needs are increasing. We’ve also lost $5.4 million in revenue from the Johnson County Education Sales Tax, which expired a year ago. That brings the total loss to $19.2 million so far.”
Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
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January 25 – Olathe East High School Auditorium
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January 26 – Olathe North High School Auditorium
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January 28 – Olathe South High School Auditorium
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February 8 – Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
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February 25 – MidAmerica Nazarene University, Hager Lecture Hall, Cook Center
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School Board to Host Town Hall Meetings on Budget Crisis
The Olathe District Schools Board of Education will hold “Town Hall” meetings to communicate how the loss of nearly $14 million in state funding is impacting the district.
A cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — almost $9 million — may be coming.
“This is a perfect storm,” Superintendent Pat All said. “State funding has dropped to below 2005 levels, enrollment continues to increase, and student needs are increasing. We’ve also lost $5.4 million in revenue from the Johnson County Education Sales Tax, which expired a year ago. That brings the total loss to $19.2 million so far.”
Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
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January 25 – Olathe East High School Auditorium
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January 26 – Olathe North High School Auditorium
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January 28 – Olathe South High School Auditorium
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February 8 – Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
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February 25 – MidAmerica Nazarene University, Hager Lecture Hall, Cook Center
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School Board to Host Town Hall Meetings on Budget Crisis
The Olathe District Schools Board of Education will hold “Town Hall” meetings to communicate how the loss of nearly $14 million in state funding is impacting the district.
A cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — almost $9 million — may be coming.
“This is a perfect storm,” Superintendent Pat All said. “State funding has dropped to below 2005 levels, enrollment continues to increase, and student needs are increasing. We’ve also lost $5.4 million in revenue from the Johnson County Education Sales Tax, which expired a year ago. That brings the total loss to $19.2 million so far.”
Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
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January 25 – Olathe East High School Auditorium
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January 26 – Olathe North High School Auditorium
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January 28 – Olathe South High School Auditorium
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February 8 – Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
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February 25 – MidAmerica Nazarene University, Hager Lecture Hall, Cook Center
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School Board to Host Town Hall Meetings on Budget Crisis
The Olathe District Schools Board of Education will hold “Town Hall” meetings to communicate how the loss of nearly $14 million in state funding is impacting the district.
A cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — almost $9 million — may be coming.
“This is a perfect storm,” Superintendent Pat All said. “State funding has dropped to below 2005 levels, enrollment continues to increase, and student needs are increasing. We’ve also lost $5.4 million in revenue from the Johnson County Education Sales Tax, which expired a year ago. That brings the total loss to $19.2 million so far.”
Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
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January 25 – Olathe East High School Auditorium
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January 26 – Olathe North High School Auditorium
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January 28 – Olathe South High School Auditorium
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February 8 – Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
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February 25 – MidAmerica Nazarene University, Hager Lecture Hall, Cook Center
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School Board to Host Town Hall Meetings on Budget Crisis
The Olathe District Schools Board of Education will hold “Town Hall” meetings to communicate how the loss of nearly $14 million in state funding is impacting the district.
A cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — almost $9 million — may be coming.
“This is a perfect storm,” Superintendent Pat All said. “State funding has dropped to below 2005 levels, enrollment continues to increase, and student needs are increasing. We’ve also lost $5.4 million in revenue from the Johnson County Education Sales Tax, which expired a year ago. That brings the total loss to $19.2 million so far.”
Meetings begin at 7 p.m.
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January 25 – Olathe East High School Auditorium
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January 26 – Olathe North High School Auditorium
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January 28 – Olathe South High School Auditorium
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February 8 – Olathe Northwest High School Auditorium
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February 25 – MidAmerica Nazarene University, Hager Lecture Hall, Cook Center
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Donations to the Olathe District Schools Alumni Association have made it possible for the group to move forward with its plans to install a historical timeline in the Education Center, 14160 Black Bob Road, Olathe.
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Olathe district schools are raising funds for the earthquake victims in Haiti, working through Heart to Heart International. In light of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, benevolent efforts are organized for students and staff to respond, said Superintendent Pat All.
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The Harriman-Jewell Series presented Boris Giltburg on Thursday, December 10, 2009, at the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Following his free Discover Concert, he answered questions from the audience. Series Executive Director Clark Morris moderated the conversation. Visit www.hjseries.org for information about the Harriman-Jewell Series.
watch it at Youtube
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Mission Trail Middle School — opening for grades six through eight in August — is unveiling its mascot and school colors today, Jan. 22.
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Michael Fabiano, who debuted at the Lyric Opera in La bohéme in September 2008, recently made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Verdi’s Stiffelio
more at the Lyric Opera
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Elementary students participating in the district's Cool Science Investigations (CSI) clubs know there's a link between colorful Lego blocks, bouncing balls, 10-penny nails, and dinosaur bones. Each of these items is part of the myriad experiments students in fourth through sixth grade use to explore science with the help of a teacher or parent aide.
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Mission Trail Announces Mascot, Colors
Click here for details
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Town Hall Meeting
Learn about the school funding crisis at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, in the auditorium of Olathe East High School.
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Town Hall Meeting
Learn about the school funding crisis at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the auditorium of Olathe North High School.
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Joel Branstrom, a biology teacher and girls basketball coach at Olathe Northwest High School, has become a national news media darling as of late.
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8:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, Bell Cultural Events Center, MidAmerica Nazarene University (co-hosted by the district)
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The Olathe School District and MidAmerica Nazarene University will host a Legislative Forum from 8:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Bell Cultural Events Center located on the campus of MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2030 W. College Way, in Olathe. Coffee and donuts will be available at 8 a.m. The forum is underwritten by AT T.
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Kiss Me Kate Mar 11-28
Kiss Me Kate was a comeback triumph for an aging Cole Porter. In 1948 Kiss Me Kate exceeded his Anything Goes as a sucessful musical with cohesive book and score, and proved to be his biggest hit. Great songs include: "Why Can't You Behave," "Tom, Dick or Harry," "So In Love, Wunderbar," "Too Darn Hot." This masterpiece won the first Tony Award presented for Best Musical.
1776 Aug 12-29
Starring Deb Bluford & an all-girl cast! MTH breaks new ground. Sometimes a new voice can bring new meanings to old stories. This story is about how much work and courage it took to get everyone off their "arses" to break it off with England. Sherman Edwards, developed lyrics and libretto for this insightful musical on the real struggle to write our Declaration of Independence.
A Spectacular Christmas Dec 2-23
Now in its third year, A Spectacular Christmas will feature a sackful of classic holiday songs. It's funny, it's heartfelt, it's sentimental and it's Christmastime. This is an original show written by MTH that has a lot of fun with our best-loved local performers. "hip...by turns wacky and poignant...serious fun" - Robert Trussell
Musical Mondays 7:30pm
Mar 1 / May 3 / July 5 / Aug 2 / Sep 20 / Nov 22
An impromptu evening of musical theater hosted by Tim Scott, featuring KC's finest actors and singers. You never know who will show up, and you never know what songs will be sung, but it's a guaranteed great time. Included in season ticket holder package. $15 for general public. Reservations required (816) 221-6987.
For tickets and more information, please visit www.musicaltheaterheritage.com
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Bob Paisley doesn’t mince words at the prospect of performing a one-man show. “There’s no way to describe the panic I feel putting this thing together,” Paisley said. “My only thought is, ‘I can’t suck.’”
more at kansascity.com
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My big kids didn’t have school on Tuesday (because, well, I have no earthly clue why…). They had a doctor’s appointment at 11. So, we dropped the little ones off at Mother’s Day Out and I took my first- and second-graders to brunch at First Watch in Prairie Village. It was a special treat to [...]
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Ratings - Current Performances
- 4.67 King O' the Moon - City Theatre of Independence (3 Votes)
- 4.00 The Violet Hour - Journeyman Theatre Company (1 Vote)
- 3.00 Kimberly Akimbo - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre (1 Vote)
- 2.00 Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre (1 Vote)
Ratings - Top Ten Rated Shows of the Last 3 Months - 5.00 Dreamgirls - Ruskin High School Theatre (4 Votes)
- 5.00 Palomino - Kansas City Repertory Theatre (2 Votes)
- 5.00 Madeline's Christmas - Theatre for Young America (2 Votes)
- 4.75 The Wiz - The Barn Players, Inc. (4 Votes)
- 4.67 King O' the Moon - City Theatre of Independence (3 Votes)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
- 4.00 Maul of the Dead - The Coterie Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Martin City Melodrama's 25th Season! - Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company (2 Votes)
- 3.67 Altar Boyz - Sonlight Productions (21 Votes)
Reviews - Five Most Recent of Past Performance -
- 5.00 HMS Pinafore - Lyric Opera of Kansas City (1 Vote)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
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- 3.67 Little House on the Prairie - The Coterie Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.42 Cabaret - The Barn Players, Inc. (19 Votes)
- 2.00 The Laramie Project (Undergraduate Fall Production) - UMKC Theatre (1 Vote)
Rate or review events at KC Stage.
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Shop the Friends of the Olathe Public Library used book sale for incredible bargains on books, CDs, DVDs, videos and cassettes. All materials are sorted by categories. Sale will run from 10 am - 12:30 pm, then the doors to the sale will close to prepare for the bag sale. Beginning at 1 pm, the "Five Bucks a Bag" Sale will begin - purchase a plastic bag at the door for $5 and fill with materials. Buy 2 bags, get 1 free. Sale will end at 3 pm, or before if sold out or material selection is low.
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Fresh from her success in Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s hit world premiere production of A Christmas Story, The Musical!, Katherine McNamara, aged 14, began rehearsals yesterday for the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music. She plays Fredrika Armfeldt opposite Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
more at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre
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Imagine eighteen grand pianos on one stage with students and teachers simultaneously playing duets and trios at the command of a single conductor: an orchestra of pianos. The Multi-Piano Concert, a long-standing Kansas City tradition that takes place again on February 14, 2010 at the Lied Center in Lawrence, Kansas is, in one word, astounding. Since 1993, the Kansas City Music Teachers Association (KCMTA) has held this spectacular event in various forms and on different stages. Expanding from eleven upright pianos to eighteen grands and over 450 performers with light effects and video accompaniment, the Multi-Piano Concert has grown to be the most fun piano event of the season.
more at Present Magazine
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Musical director Cody Wyoming, artistic director Matt Rapport, producing director Beth Spencer, and a motley crew of talented local actors go one step further by reenacting films through monthly Staged Readings. With script in hand, key props, costumes, and action blocked out for major scenes and transitions, the troupe presents an entertaining live version of memorable films. Their next homage swings the spotlight on Patrick Swayze, the recently deceased star with key or supporting roles in Ghost, Point Break, and Donnie Darko. This time, a staged reading of Road House will bring this gritty action/love story/buddy flick to life on Monday, January 18, 7:30 PM, at the Westport Flea Market.
more at Present Magazine
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For the most part, Quilter’s play is a very genteel comedy, finding amusement in the eccentricities of its characters and the absurdities of the situation. Apparently, Director Paul Hough felt the script was a bit too laid back. He has asked his cast to play it very broadly, opting for an over-the-top approach that sometimes feels a bit forced.
more at Sun Publications
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It's impolite to guess an actress's age, but Kimberly Akimbo, now enjoying an effective shoestring production at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, invites — hell, demands — that we do so.
more at The Pitch
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It's not hard to understand why Hillard succeeds as one of the Kansas City scene's most visible, well-liked musicians and concert promoters. His approach is driven far less by money than by an open-minded egalitarianism that pairs devotion with optimism.
more at The Pitch
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In a recent blog entry on the Techonology in the Arts website, writer Amelia Northrup interviewed marketing guru, Ron Evans from Groupofminds, to discuss how cell phones and mobile applications are changing the way we view the arts.
more at KC Metropolis
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Maestro Bernard Labadie is a leading conductor of music from the Baroque and Classical periods. His ensemble, Les Violins du Roy, tours and records extensively to rave reviews. With a subtle gesture and a light lift of his baton, he led the Kansas City Symphony last Friday night in a program of lighthearted, perennial fan favorites by Schubert and Mozart.
more at KC Metropolis
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Playwright Peter Quilter developed this remarkable story into a script that, despite its charm, needed one more rewrite.
more at KC Metropolis
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Gregory Hines brought excitement, nostalgia and the itch to tap to a sold out audience at the Carlsen Center last Saturday night. Of course, Hines was not actually present, but his legacy was close at heart, along with those of numerous other tap legends.
more at KC Metropolis
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Thursday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre.
World-renowned violinist Gil Shaham will work one-on-one with talented area students in a seminar setting where students are coached on performance technique in front of a live audience. All are invited to attend this free event. Contact Jedd Schneider at (816) 218-2609 to be placed on the guest list.
Works include
Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantella
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Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern returns to the podium to welcome famed violinist Gil Shaham to Kansas City. Mr. Shaham performs two concerti: Barber's Violin Concerto and Prokofiev's 2nd Violin Concerto, and the orchestra will also perform Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1 and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite.
video at Youtube
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Join us in showing our appreciation to Diane, Vice President, Leadership Development, for her 20 years of service to the Chamber.
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The great Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Satchel Paige once posed a particularly pertinent question. He asked, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire may well have been wondering the same thing when he wrote his quirky and moving comic drama “Kimberly Akimbo,” the current production at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. More significantly, Lindsay-Abaire prods us to think about how we use the limited amount of time we are given and about what “acting our age” really means.
more at Sun Publications
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A fair share of the history of dance in the US, Broadway in particular, was seated in Swing 46, at 349 West 46th St in New York City for (DO40) Dancers Over 40's first ever Legacy Awards given to six women, Marge Beddow, Marge Champion, Nicole Barth, Gemze de Lappé and Billie Mahoney. The original announcement listed five women. One more was added at the ceremony, Zoe Dell Nutter, a dancer who was also an early aviation pioneer. Of the initial five, all but Billie live in New York City. Billie came from Kansas City to New York City where she lived and worked for several decades, then returned to Kansas City in the early 1990s to care for her mother, now gone. Billie returns to New York City on a regular basis.
more at KC Dance
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In a nutshell, mixed, un-even and not yet worked through, though clearly enjoyed by the audience, and myself.
more at KC Dance
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The Toy & Miniature Museum in Kansas City is featuring a special exhibit celebrating 50 Years of Barbie, now through the end of 2010. The exhibit, which opened in November, contains hundreds of Barbie dolls spanning her 50 year history.
Collectibles in the exhibit include an original Barbie, an original Barbie Dream Home, Barbie cars from [...]
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Idealware Software Tip from the December 2009 issue of KC Stage
Online videos can be a great way to showcase your organization’s mission and work - and they’re not as hard to get online as you’d think. If all you’re looking to do is post a video to be watched on your organization’s website, just upload your video to a site like YouTube and embed it by copying and pasting a few lines of HTML code to your Web page. YouTube – or other online platforms such as Revver, Viddler, Vimeo, BlipTV, Metacafe, AOL or Daily Motion – not only host your video, but help you to reach a larger audience as well.
About 40% of all online videos are viewed via YouTube. YouTube hosts videos that can be both watched on the YouTube site, or be embedded and watched on other sites, such as blogs or home pages. YouTube has also moved to attract and highlight nonprofit organizations by developing a dedicated nonprofit channel. Organizations can get additional branding, and their videos are featured in a special area of the site.
But that means 60 percent of videos are seen on platforms other than YouTube - such as Revver, Viddler, Vimeo, BlipTV, Metacafe, AOL or Daily Motion. Another type of option is a white label solution that doesn’t link back to the sharing site or suggest other videos for viewers to watch. The most well-known of these providers is Brightcove. This solution can also provide robust content management platforms and detailed analytics that typically are not available on the sharing sites. But fees can start as high as $2,000 per month, making white label solutions prohibitively expensive for many nonprofits.
In addition to free video hosting, online video platforms also form social networks where people browse video and comment on what they see. These sites “suggest” videos to viewers based on what they’ve already watched. These suggestions, along with the size of the communities, mean videos have the potential to be seen by an enormous audience.
However, many videos have just a handful of viewers. Posting a video isn’t enough to guarantee an audience. You have to treat the video-sharing community as you would any other, and work to develop connections and relationships that will make your video more attractive to your target audience. Once your organization has made a video, and decided to share it via an online community, it’s time to create a strategy to help ensure the best exposure.
You can choose one of the popular sharing sites mentioned already, or you can upload to multiple hosts to take advantage of the different online communities they reach. Some people believe multiple uploads expose your video to more viewers, and can build support among the different communities favored by each site. But others believe that you shouldn’t “dilute” views across multiple sites, so videos have a better chance of garnering enough views to go into rotation in “most-viewed” or “most-commented” areas of the site where more people will be exposed to it.
Most nonprofit videos never reach the threshold required for these additional rotations. For nonprofits with large constituencies, most video views are generated within the organization’s own community through email messages linking to the video.
Idealware, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, provides impartial information to help nonprofits choose software—and we have more resources about online survey tools! Getting Your Videos Onto The Web (www.idealware.org/articles/Videos_on_the_Web.php): a more detailed article on this area.
Subscribe to KC Stage for the print magazine and online access to the latest issue.
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As it turns out, Shakespeare’s question wasn’t so much “To be or not to be?” as much as it was “To bay or not to bay?” While an upcoming production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Kansas University might sound a little strange at first, it’s actually just using original pronunciation — or OP.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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Events for this week
- Around The World In 80 Days - Kansas City Repertory Theatre
- Boston Marriage - Kansas City Actors Theatre
- The Dixie Swim Club - Lawrence Community Theatre
- Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre
- Hungry As a Bear & Goodnight Irene - Puppetry Arts Institute
- The Improv-Abilities Show - Improv-Abilities
- Kimberly Akimbo - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
- King O' the Moon - City Theatre of Independence*
- Nobody's Perfect - Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy
- Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein - Quality Hill Playhouse
- Run for Your Wife - New Theatre Restaurant
- Sasha Cooke - Lied Center of Kansas
- Starlight Theatre Academy - Starlight Theatre Association
- The Toughest Kid in the World - Theatre for Young America*
- The Violet Hour - Journeyman Theatre Company
Auditions for this week
- Celebration in Song: The Wizard of Wicked, the Music of Stephen Schwartz - CenterSeason Theatre
*Members of KC Stage receive a discount to these affiliate organizations with their KC Stage membership card.
Visit KC Stage for event details.
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Educational as well as entertaining, “Thank You, Gregory: A Tribute to the Legends of Tap” was presented Saturday night at Johnson County Community College’s Yardley Hall to a sold-out crowd filled with enthusiastic tap-dance fans of all ages.
more at kansascity.com
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On Sunday afternoon, amateur cooks from all walks of life queued up outside The Culinary Center of Kansas City in downtown Overland Park as a casting call got under way for “MasterChef,” a new Gordon Ramsay reality-based cooking show for the Fox network.
more at kansascity.com
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Ye Yoo is, in a sense, two different people. The first person is a slightly nervous teen who likes going to the movies and taking pictures and is settling into U.S. life after leaving South Korea four years ago. But put a cello in Yoo’s hand and the second person emerges, who sits straighter and speaks clearer. Once she puts bow to string there is the subtle impression that, at least for her, the world and everything in it has faded into the background.
more at Lawrence Journal-World
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O’Connor, a genre-busting composer and performer, is scheduled to appear with his Hot Swing ensemble Saturday at the Folly Theater on the 100th anniversary of Django Reinhardt's birth.
more at kansascity.com
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The Actors Theatre production of “Boston Marriage” marks at least three firsts — the local premiere of David Mamet’s 1999 play; the local professional directing debut of veteran actress Melinda McCrary; and the use of Webster House as a performance space.
more at kansascity.com
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Katherine Boecher was born beautiful, a circumstance that led the Overland Park native into the ranks of international fashion modeling while she was still attending Shawnee Mission South High School. A decade later, though, Boecher is edging her way closer to stardom. She can be seen in the new Jackie Chan comedy, “The Spy Next Door,” playing a villainous Russian secret agent, complete with accent.
more at kansascity.com
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From the opening notes of the Kansas City Symphony’s concert Friday night at the Lyric Theatre, it was clearly not going to be an ordinary performance. Canadian guest conductor Bernard Labadie, a premier interpreter of music from the classical era, is the longtime director of the high-powered chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy. He earned his Kansas City bragging rights in a marvelous program of music by Schubert and Mozart.
more at kansascity.com
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William S. Burroughs, a central figure of the Beat movement of the 1940s and ’50s, certainly turned into one of the most unlikely of pop-culture and literary heroes. And when he died in 1997 in Lawrence, where he’d lived the last 16 or so of his 83 years, Burroughs left a legacy not only of disturbing, mind-bending books but of creative influence that touched a wide range of artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers, especially those with countercultural tendencies.
more at kansascity.com
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The words of the I Have a Dream speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years ago continue to inspire young people today. Thousands of junior and senior high students from the Olathe School District explored their own dreams while preparing entries for the Celebrate Diversity 2010 contest sponsored by the Olathe Human Relations Commission.
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The Board of Education will hold a series of “Town Hall” meetings in the coming weeks to share information about how the nearly $14 million loss in state funding is impacting the district. The most recent funding cut of $6 million was announced in November, but area legislators have warned that additional cuts — as much as $9.3 million — may be coming.
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Save the date for the Kansas City Remodeling Show on February 12th and 13th at The American Royal Center. The Remodeling Show is Kansas City's only consumer show dedicated to the remodeling and home improvement industries. For more than twenty years, hundreds of thousands of consumers have shopped the Remodeling Show for the leading contractors, product suppliers and home service providers. With a focus on quality, variety, and the newest products and services, the Remodeling Show targets project-minded consumers who wish to enhance their homes, living environments and lifestyles. 
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Skeels says Hollywood Hawks maintains two goals. No. 1 is to help network among those Kansans already in Los Angeles. No. 2 is to be a direct link between the entertainment industry and KU.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Greater Kansas City Chapter (AAFA) is one of our local partner organizations. We are proud of this partnership and wanted to share one of the great things that AAFA is doing for kids and families dealing with asthma and allergies. AAFA hosts an annual, fun-filled Family Asthma and Allergy Education [...]
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Hey Ladies! Warm up this winter with the 4th Annual Bachelor Event Benefiting Marillac! Hosted by 99.7 KISS FM’s Kelly Urich, the fun-filled affair will feature a fashion show, cocktails, appetizers, and, of course, a slew of eligible Kansas City bachelors auctioned off for a good cause. In addition to bachelors and date packages, guests will have the opportunity to bid on noteworthy girls’ night-out packages. Don't miss this fabulous February event! Proceeds benefit local children’s not-for-profit, Marillac.
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The Lee's Summit Valentine's Bazaar and Craft Show is on Saturday February 6th from 9am to 4pm. There will be over 30 vendors and crafters. The event is free for public. There will be something for everyone's Valentine! This event will be at Lee Haven Community Bldg located at 111 S. Grand in Lees Summit, MO. 
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The Lawrence act takes silliness seriously when it brings its new-wavey dance rock to local stages. The capes The Kinetiks wore at their record-release show were tailored by guitarist/vocalist Spencer Goertz-Giffen to achieve the ultimate "Gothic superhero" look. One gets the sense that they might have worn red pyramid hats if Devo hadn't already called dibs.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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Winter on the Mahaffie Farm is on Saturday January 30th. Chores didn't stop in Winter on the Mahaffie Farm! Join them for soap making, sausage making, shelling corn and more! Stagecoach rides will be offered (weather and ground conditions permitting) Cozy up to Mrs. Mahaffie's cookstove and see what is cooking! Regular admission applies and includes ALL activities! 
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The American Heartland Theatre production of Peter Quilter’s “Glorious!” sacrifices subtlety for the broadest humor possible under Paul Hough’s direction.
more at kansascity.com
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Tonight the FX channel unveils its much-anticipated adult cartoon comedy “Archer,” from two of the guys who helped launch the Adult Swim channel. It’s a program made possible, in part, by 3-D rendering technology, though you’d have no inkling of this unless it was pointed out to you, as it was pointed out to me by Jim Lammers, who runs Trinity Animation right here in Lee’s Summit.
more at kansascity.com
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7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Cook Center, Room 115
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Last time around I think I might have confused a burlesque show with a strip show, so naturally I was a bit disappointed. However, the Cabaret DeLuxe included comedy and a bit of live music so there wasn’t any mistaking this for “classic” stripper fare. And, to be completely forthright, there was no way the broads in this show were going to be strippers in one of the local clubs.
more at KC Confidential
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Honoring the Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at the Church of the Resurrection, and student award winners. Social at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., program at 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy and Scholarship Awards Committee and the Olathe Branch of the NAACP. Reservations: send $75 check to MLK Legacy and Scholarship Awards Committee, P.O. Box 270691, Kansas City, MO 64127.
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VIEW members only!! Start the year out right by getting together with your friends for a night of good food and fun. Bring a crock pot of your favorite chili recipe to be judged and shared. The Chili Cook Off Competition is on Friday January 15th from 6pm to 8pm. Prizes will be awarded!! 
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The Ninth Annual Eagle Day event sponsored by by the Kansas City Kansas Public Library, Board of Public Utilities and Operation Wildlife is this Saturday January 16th. Everyone is invited to the Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library, an environmental learning center located on the west side of Wyandotte County Lake Park, 91st and Leavenworth Rd. for a day of learning about our national symbol. 
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Nathan Granner and the Jeffrey Rukman Ensemble’s tribute to Frank Sinatra’s 1955 album, “In the Wee Small Hours,” is already sold-out at 7 tonight at Jardine’s Restaurant and Jazz Club. Anyone undecided about making the 9 p.m. show may be running out of time to wake up and smell the Sinatra, along with timeless songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Rodgers and Hart and Yip Harburg.
Here’s my view of Granner’s previous visit to the city’s premier jazz club.
more at KC Confidential
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For the second time in six months, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has lost a member of its family. Public relations manager Brad L. Graham, 41, died over New Year's weekend. The loss of Mr. Graham comes six months after the Rep's associate artistic director Susan Gregg, 65, died in her home in July 2009.
more at Playbill
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A sizable audience gathered at the Lyric Theatre Friday night despite grueling winter weather to hear guest conductor, Asher Fisch direct the Kansas City Symphony in an evening of superlative music making. The program featured the United States premiere of a piece by Israeli composer, Menachem Wiesenberg, the Kansas City debuts of violinist Josef Spacek and cellist Camden Shaw in the Brahms Double Concerto, and a reading of Dvorak’s 7th Symphony that was delivered with transcendent exhilaration. Under Fisch’s masterful direction, the Kansas City Symphony was showcased in its finest form.
more at KC Free Press
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Fifteen years ago, a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation spokesman announced a fund that would give $1 million a year “forever” to Kansas City nonprofit organizations to “do good” locally. But gifts from that Ewing M. Kauffman Fund for Greater Kansas City have been suspended, and it isn’t known when or whether they will resume.
more at kansascity.com
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The Kansas City Symphony's education department has announced several upcoming events designed to enable people of all ages in the greater Kansas City area to learn, create and become inspired through orchestral music. All programs are provided at little or no cost, through the support of generous donors in the community. More than 25,000 young people participated in the 2008-09 season programs. A full schedule of events are planned for early 2010.
more at the Kansas City Symphony
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Kimberly Akimbo is a whirlwind, raucous, foul-mouthed, bumper-car ride with a couple of embedded mysteries to chew on, to boot. In a word: hilarity.
more at KC Metropolis
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Jazz Winterlude at Johnson County Community College last weekend was like a three-day reunion of some of the most experienced Jazz talent in Kansas City. Performed in concert venues, as opposed to bars, audiences were able to focus on the soul-filled melodies and intricate improvisations without distraction. Giving up the relaxed club vibe full of food, drinks and chatter may have been a sacrifice, but the pay off was better acoustics, lighting and space to breathe - as well as park.
more at KC Metropolis
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It was cold outside the Folly Theatre last Saturday night, but the heat generated from the stage as the Takács String Quartet took on Beethoven and Hayden was enough to banish the chill inside. As part of the exploration of Beethoven quartet works this season with The Friends of Chamber Music, the Takács presented early and late Beethoven quartets as well as a quartet by Joseph Hayden. In all three, the Takács exhibited their particular brand of drama and virtuosity that has earned them justifiably exuberant praise around the world.
more at KC Metropolis
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The Community School of the Arts Open House is on Saturday January 23rd. Tour the Community School of the Arts. Meet the staff and incredible teaching artists. Participate in fun workshops in dance, drama and music! Current families are invited to come and bring a friend - they 'll have a drawing for an Andre's Chocolate Gift Basket just for you! Auditions are also available for the Kansas City Boys Choir beginning at 11am on Sat. 1/23/10. 
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from the December 2009 issue of KC Stage
101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them: How to Craft and Sell Your Songs, by Pat and Pete Luboff. Published 2007, Writer’s Digest Books. 276 pages. $19.99 (ISBN-13: 978-1-58297-480-4, ISBN-10: 1-58297-480-2)
Music can be magical, but it doesn’t always feel very magical when you are struggling at your guitar or keyboard trying to hammer out some chord changes or find the perfect lyric. Learning to write songs can be a long process with a lot of challenges on the way. If you are an aspiring songwriter that has faced difficulties, don’t worry! This is perfectly normal. In the book, 101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them, the authors state that “Songwriting is like flying a plane. Pilots don’t just stick the plain in the air, point it in the right direction, and sit back while it flies in a straight line to its destination. Their instruments constantly feed back information, and the pilots constantly correct the course.” So, songwriting is not about always knowing the next note or the lyric to write, it is about learning from our mistakes and constantly improving our craft.
101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them is a 2007 edition of the book 88 Songwriting Wrongs . . . that was published in 1992. Aside from obvious (having 13 more “wrongs” to “right”), the authors also had 15 more years of experience to embellish on the original 88. I found this book to be very thorough and with each of the 101 points only being 2-4 pages in length, it is also easily digestible for the reader. The 101 points are separated into 10 parts based on general categories.
Part 1, entitled, “In the Beginning”, begins by describing what a songwriter should do before even beginning to write a song. This includes tips on organizing song notes and being prepared to capture ideas by being equipped with a notebook, audio recorder, or computer. It also goes into detail on what makes a strong foundation for a song. It strongly advocates for songwriters to write from their own passions rather than simply to impress others, but also encourages them to write songs that others will want to sing. Although these two things may seem contradictory, this book paints a very realistic picture of the line that songwriters must walk in order to satisfy one’s own passion while also appealing to others.
Parts 2 and 3 deal with lyrics and music respectively. It was refreshing to see an approach to songwriting that included a more technical and structural approach and not only a passionate artistic approach. Part 2 was particularly concerned with grammatical and poetic structure, warning against mixing pronouns, avoiding an inappropriate mix of conversational tones, proper use of assonance and consonance, and avoiding inconsistent rhyme schemes to name a few. Similarly, part 3 deals with such structural aspects as selecting an appropriate vocal range, choosing chords of appropriate complexity, and varying musical elements between the verse and chorus. The authors also do a good job of tying the music and lyrics together, particularly in regards to the musical/lyrical “hook” of the song, particularly when this emphasizes the title words of the song.
Once the song has been written, the process is not necessarily finished. Therefore, in part 4, the authors discuss when you might want to rewrite a song. This begins with learning to accept criticism in a positive manner. Once you have done this, you can use other people’s perspectives to help you make your song as clear as possible. Although the authors encourage songwriters to be willing to rewrite, they also have tips on when it is time to stop rewriting.
Although some songwriters independently write music and lyrics, part 5 assures songwriters that they don’t necessarily need to fly solo. With this in mind, collaboration can be a very challenging process with the possibility of a lot of disagreements. The authors heavily emphasize the importance of open communication with a collaborator and learning how and when to compromise when there is a disagreement. Although there are many pitfalls to avoid when collaborating, there are also many rewards. After all, two heads are better than one.
Parts 6, 7, and 8 deal with recording demos, pitching a demo, and finding effective ways to get your songs heard. These three parts contain a lot of very helpful advice on producing and pitching one’s songs in a cost-effective, efficient, and professional manner. The authors paint a very clear picture of what type of demo is most effective and worthwhile. First and foremost this includes recording songs that make the artist sound good, therefore such technical aspects as putting the song in a good vocal range for the singer are very important. It is also important that the mix in a demo recording is not cluttered – the vocals should be at the front of the mix in a demo recording. After making the recording, the authors go into great detail on how to properly package a demo and, of course, where to send the package.
Once a songwriter has achieved some success, then one must know what to do afterwards. Part 9 goes into greater detail with what to do with the final product in terms of publishing, keeping track of contracts, and knowing how to collect royalties. The authors do stress throughout part 9 that one should not count on a record deal or a lucky break to lead to a pot of gold. They encourage songwriters to write out of a love for the craft, since money is not a guarantee.
Finally, a subject that most songwriting books have not previously addressed, part 10 warns of “Internet Entanglements” that songwriters should beware. Websites that are “looking for hit songs”, advertising songwriting contests, and claim that they can “make you a star” should be thoroughly investigated before sending them any of your songs or money. With all of the propaganda littering the Internet, I would advise younger songwriters to read part 10 first!
Regardless of whether you are aspiring to be the next rock legend or you just want to set a few of your poems to music to share at the local coffee house, this book will cover most of what you need to know. The rest will come from your own personal experience; however, it is much better to learn from other people’s mistakes than to repeat history by making the same mistakes yourself, so songwriters with any ambition, big or small, will benefit from reading 101 Songwriting Wrongs and How to Right Them.
Samuel Stokes is a freelance composer, arranger, lyricist, and playwright living in Blue Springs, Mo. He has a B.M. in Jazz-Commercial Music and an M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Central Missouri and an M.M. in Music Theory from Florida State University. Visit his website online at www.geocities.com/samuelstokes.
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CSA Winter Dance Performance, Space Ballet, will feature ballet students as planets, asteroids, comets and shooting stars. This charming ballet is being directed and choreographed by Miss Kim Shope. Tickets are $5 at the door. To purchase your tickets - call 816.531.4022. 
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Ratings - Top Ten Rated Shows of the Last 3 Months
- 5.00 Dreamgirls - Ruskin High School Theatre (4 Votes)
- 5.00 Palomino - Kansas City Repertory Theatre (2 Votes)
- 5.00 Madeline's Christmas - Theatre for Young America (2 Votes)
- 4.50 The Fontina & Gruyere Show - Byrd Productions (2 Votes)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
- 4.00 Killer Joe - UMKC Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Maul of the Dead - The Coterie Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Martin City Melodrama's 25th Season! - Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company (2 Votes)
- 3.67 Altar Boyz - Sonlight Productions (21 Votes)
Reviews - Five Most Recent Past Performances
- 5.00 HMS Pinafore - Lyric Opera of Kansas City (1 Vote)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland
Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.67 Little House on the Prairie - The Coterie Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.42 Cabaret - The Barn Players, Inc. (19 Votes)
- 2.00 The Laramie Project - UMKC Theatre (1 Vote)
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With the release of two new opera guides for this spring’s upcoming productions of Rigoletto and Don Giovanni, we asked guide author Stu Lewis to share some information about how he became a lover of opera and an award-winning writer of opera guides.
more at the Lyric Opera
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With final ticket sales tallied for A Christmas Story, The Musical!, Kansas City Rep's artistic director Eric Rosen, who also directed the record-breaking world premiere, has announced that the production earned $883,151.50 in gross revenue.
more at Broadway World
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We first noticed this trend last year and by the looks of it, Daddy/Daughter Date Nights (or Dad/Daughter Dances, or any of several names we’ve seen used) must be wildly popular. Many local parks & recreation departments are hosting these father/daughter bonding evenings. And they look like fun!
Most of the events seem to be scheduled [...]
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Uptown elegance and street-smart grittiness might seem like mutually exclusive concepts. In the extraordinarily versatile hands of Allen Toussaint at the Folly Theater on Friday, the disparate notions made for an entirely natural pairing.
more at kansascity.com
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Ah, youth — filled with artistic passion and unbounded energy. Two young soloists joined the Kansas City Symphony on Friday night at the Lyric Theatre in hopes of adding musical warmth to a frigid night.
more at kansascity.com
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In this current age of anxiety, the ageless conundrum of how best to raise one's children — while contending with your own aging parents and making sure that you yourself have sufficiently grown up — seems to be weighing on the minds of playwrights. Several new works will premiere this winter and spring that look at protagonists contending with generations past and future and not finding any easy answers.
more at Playbill
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Events for this week
- Cubic Z - Improv-Abilities
- Founder's Day 2010 - UMKC Theatre
- Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre
- Kimberly Akimbo - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
- King O' the Moon - City Theatre of Independence*
- The Long Story of Corinthian Hall - Paul Mesner Puppets*
- Nobody's Perfect - Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy
- Run for Your Wife - New Theatre Restaurant
- The Violet Hour - Journeyman Theatre Company
- The Wiz - The Barn Players, Inc.*
Auditions for this week
- Annie - ACT One of Kansas City*
- Who's In First? - The Mystery Train
Workshops for this week
- Acting Classes - Johnson County Community College
*Members of KC Stage receive a discount to these affiliate organizations with their KC Stage membership card.
Visit KC Stage for event details.
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Unlike other activities that run cyclically (dining out, say, or shopping or after too many dinners, out come the diet books), the arts are year-round. Creativity does not take a holiday. Yet, as the byproduct of all that inspiration and composition comes to a head with movie nominations, best-of lists and announcements of inductions into this or that arts academy, it makes sense to reflect on the arts in this tiny interregnum.
more at the KC Tribune
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Every musical, it seems, needs a showstopper. Often this takes the form of a big, noisy, narcissistic anthem in which the central character declares her intention to grab the world by the scruff of the neck and bend it to her need for self-expression.
more at kansascity.com
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A string quartet, like other small-force ensembles, values a delicate balance of teamwork and virtuosity. And in striving for orchestral impact, the quartet, as a classical form and as a group of players, can work up a sweat. The Takacs String Quartet, founded in Hungary 35 years ago, and long resident at the University of Colorado, showed how that’s done in its Folly Theater concert Saturday night for the Friends of Chamber Music.
more at kansascity.com
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Revered tap artist Gregory Hines died of cancer in 2003 at age 57. At the end of all the eulogies at his funeral, in a Gothic cathedral in Santa Monica, Calif., one lone tapper began to dance. He soon was joined by another and another, until eventually the vast group of mourners filled the church with the improvisatory sounds of rhythm tap.
more at kansascity.com
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Young tap dancers these days are combining cutting-edge moves and choreography with the styles and steps of the great performers who came before them. Tappers respect, admire and pay homage to their elders, perhaps more so than other types of dancers who tend to distance themselves from their predecessors.
more at kansascity.com
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For Nathan Granner, an operatic tenor who lives in Kansas City, the 16 songs of Sinatra’s 55-year-old project represent not only a personal passion but a bridge between classical music and jazz that deserves crossing more often.
more at kansascity.com
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Imagine singing and dancing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all your favorite Sesame Street Live friends! It’s as easy as counting “1-2-3 … Imagine!”
1-2-3 … Imagine! with Elmo and Friends will take up residence at Kansas City’s Sprint Center from January 28th through January 31st. There are EIGHT different performances! And we’ve got [...]
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Few things make me happier than see an actor at the top of his or her game. Case in point: Scott Cordes, a veteran stage performer who has worked in Kansas City theaters for some 25 years. To say he dominates the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre production of "Kimberly Akimbo" should not be construed as a criticism of his fellow actors. Just as he did last summer as Ricky Roma in "Glengarry Glen Ross," Cordes so seamlessly inhabits the character of Buddy Levaco, a boozy New Jersey gas-station attendant, that you never question the character's credibility. Thanks to Cordes and his gifted colleagues, the MET's production captures both the caustic humor and poignancy of David Lindsay-Abaire's unusual, fascinating play.
more at kansascity.com
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Featuring a panel of 2010 state legislators with updates on the current legislative session;
Senators Terrie Huntington and John Vratil, Representatives Milack Talia, Owen Donohoe and Mike Kiegerl.
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Featuring a panel of 2010 state legislators with updates on the current legislative session;
Senator Julia Lynn, Representatives Dolores Furtado, Lance Kinzer and Kevin Yoder.
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Featuring a panel of 2010 state legislators with updates on the current legislative session;
Senator Tim Owens, Representatives Pat Colloton, Mike Slattery, Sheryl Spalding and Ron Worley
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Featuring a panel of 2010 state legislators with updates on the current legislative session;
Senator Jeff Colyer, Representatives Marvin Kleeb, Cindy Neighbor, Gene Rardin and Kay Wolf.
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Featuring a panel of 2010 state legislators with updates on the current legislative session;
Senator Karin Brownlee, Representatives Lisa Benlon, Ray Merrick, Jill Quigley and Arlen Siegfreid.
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Discussion led by panelists Dave Harrison, Caymus Real Estate, LLC and Ed Elder, Grubb & Ellis/Winbury Group. Additional panelists to be confirmed.
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Discussion led by panelists Dave Harrison, Caymus Real Estate, LLC, Ed Elder, Grubb & Ellis/Winbury Group and Becky Goodman, Block & Company, Inc., Realtors.
Click here to download the flyer!
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Join us for a discussion and update of the Research Triangle with Dr. Bob Clark, Vice Chancellor, KU Edwards Campus, Dr. Roy Jensen, Director, KU Cancer Center and Dr. Dan Richardson, CEO, Kansas State Olathe Innovation Campus.
Moderated by Mary Birch, Lathrop & Gage
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Join us for a discussion and Q&A with representatives from the City of Olathe, Johnson County Government and Olathe District Schools regarding how you can bid on projects and become more informed about establishing a relationship with these entities.
Invited panelists include: Judy Meisel, City of Olathe; John Mahin, Johnson County Government and Merle Hastert, Olathe District Schools. Following the program, representatives will be available to ask more specific questions and request information.
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Join us for a discussion and Q&A with representatives from the City of Olathe, Johnson County Government and Olathe District Schools regarding how you can bid on projects and become more informed about establishing a relationship with these entities.
Invited panelists include: Judy Meisel, City of Olathe; John Mahin, Johnson County Government and Merle Hastert, Olathe District Schools. Following the program, representatives will be available to ask more specific questions and request information.
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The tour of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” is a lot of fun, despite opening in Kansas City after most people have been drained of holiday spirit.
more at kansascity.com
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Lenexa is seeking a volunteer to fill a vacancy on the Lenexa Arts Council. Positions on the arts council are filled by the appointment of the mayor, with the consent of the City Council. Arts council terms are three years; the term for this position would run through April 30, 2011.
The Lenexa Arts Council works to promote public awareness of fine and performing arts. The nine-member council meets monthly, recommends art for purchase and coordinates art exhibits, performances and events within the city.
To be considered, submit an application to the attention of City Clerk David Bryant by the close of business on Friday, Jan. 29. Applications and more information are available on the volunteer opportunities page of the city website.
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from the December 2009 issue of KC Stage
Artist, INC Spring 2010 Seminar
Artist, INC is a cutting edge training seminar that addresses the specific business needs and challenges artists of all disciplines face every day. Limited to 25 participants per session, artists gather one night a week to learn business skills specific to their art practice and apply those skills cooperatively with their peers. Using an innovative class design, artists learn and grow together through artist facilitator mentoring, small group application activities, as well as large group discussion and multi-media lecture. KCArtistLink is now accepting applications for the third round of the popular artist professional development program to be held on Monday nights from March 1 through April 19 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at UMKC’s Small Business and Technology Development Center located at 4747 Troost. Artists of all disciplines including visual, dance, theatre, film, music, and writing are encouraged to apply. Applications are due at 5:00pm on Dec 7. For more information on the Artist, INC program and application materials please go to www.KCArtistLink.com/ArtistINC or contact Diane Scott at scottdia@missouri.edu or 816-235-6769.
Dana Knapp Joins MAAA
Dana Knapp has joined Mid-America Arts Alliance as director of programs, a newly created position to focus on developing, integrating, and overseeing the organization’s Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Humanities, and Professional Development programs. Knapp comes to Mid-America with 20 years of experience at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where she began her career as an exhibit designer. She has served as the Nelson’s director of planning for the past 10 years, overseeing the construction of the Bloch Building, which was ranked by Time Magazine as Number 1 in the “Top 10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels”. Dana also served in the areas of long-range strategic planning, collections presentation planning, and audience development planning. Knapp holds BFA degrees in both design and art history from the University of Kansas, and a Master’s of Public Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Bloch School of Business. For more information about the Mid-America Arts Alliance, visit www.maaa.org.
KC Ballet Ball
The Kansas City Ballet Guild will host the annual Ballet Ball to celebrate the fascinating rhythm of dance on Mar 6, 2010 at the Muehlebach Hotel located in Downtown Kansas City. Cocktails will begin at 6:30pm and dinner will commence at 8:00pm.The Kansas City Ballet will perform a preview excerpt of George Balanchine’s Who Cares? Proceeds from the Ballet Ball will provide ongoing support for the financial success of the Kansas City Ballet, the Kansas City Ballet School, and community education. Tickets for the Ballet Ball start at $250 and Benefactor Levels start at $1,000 and above. The Ball will feature the presentation of the Pirouette Award and special performances by the Kansas City Ballet. For those interested in attending or contributing to the Kansas City Ballet, please visit www.kcbguild.org or contact Melinda Petet at (816) 531-7114 or balletball@kcballet.org.
MAC Budget Update
Governor Jay Nixon announced another round of budget cuts and expenditure restrictions for the state of Missouri. These cuts included $4.4 million from the Missouri Arts Council, cutting a total of $204 million from the state budget. These cuts include 200 full-time jobs and 450 part-time jobs. Already this year the Nixon administration has made $430 million in spending cuts to the state’s $23.7 billion budget. Although these additional cuts are being made, the Missouri Arts Council has the ability to take money from the Missouri Arts Council Trust Fund to honor their grant commitments. The fund was created by income tax paid by non-resident professional athletes and entertainers. The $4.4 million expenditure restriction will be covered by the fund; therefore, there will be no cuts this fiscal year on arts council grants that were awarded in July. The monthly strategic grants program will also continue uninterrupted. For more information about the Missouri Arts Council, visit www.missouriartscouncil.org.
Shakespeare Fest 2010 Show
The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival announced their 18th season of free professional Shakespeare productions in Southmoreland Park. The 2010 show will be King Richard III, starring Bruce Roach as Richard. The show will perform June 15-July 3, 2010, with no performance on June 21. More information can be found on www.kcshakes.org.
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Cathy Barnett, one of Kansas City's favorite performers, is a kick in the ass. She's joyfully verbose, wickedly funny and incessantly animated, all qualities she'll use to great effect as she stars in the Unicorn Theater’s upcoming musical “Grey Gardens.”
more at The Examiner
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BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE – KANSAS CITY OPENS NEW SITE
Brown Mackie College – Kansas City announces the opening of its new expanded course site. Located in the Lindenwood Business & Technical Center, located at 450 N. Rogers Rd., Suite 175; in Olathe, Kansas, the new site will offer Occupational Therapy Assistant and Veterinary Technology program and program courses to students, effective Monday, January 4, 2010.
“We are very excited about our new space. Our steady student growth over the years and our expanded Occupational Therapy Assistant and Veterinary Technology programs triggered this expansion which is designed to provide our students with a quality learning environment” says Susan Naples, President of Brown Mackie College – Kansas City.
The new space is approximately 13,000 square feet with six classrooms, two computer labs, an Occupational Therapy lab, a Surgical lab for the Veterinary Technology program, a cage area to house animals, and a Veterinary Technology lab. Parking space is also provided.
For information about the new site or about Brown Mackie College – Kansas City, contact Susan G. Naples at (913) 749-5031, e-mail snaples@brownmackie.edu. For additional information about Brown Mackie College – Kansas City, visit http://www.brownmackie.edu/pr.aspx?ID=bmc1056.
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from the December 2009 issue of KC Stage
- TLC’s What Not to Wear taped a show in St. Louis, surprising a Webster University professor.
- Latin men 25 to 30-years old were sought for a national Keystone Light print ad to be shot in K.C. Wright/Laird Casting was the local contact.
- The History Channel visited Missouri. A crew was in St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve working on a story about a duel that took place in the 1850’s.
- OKNY, Inc. is looking for actors to work in the feature movie Around to be shot in K.C. Contact them at www.oknyonline.com.
- K.C.’s RSVP Productions was working on a reality show entitled Bowling the Boss. They were looking for an employee and boss who work for a K.C.-area company. For information, contact them at info@rsvpfilmvideo.com.
- Wright/Laird Casting, Kansas City, held auditions on the Country Club Plaza for a McDonald’s project.
- Wide Awake Films is continuing work on Leedy, a documentary about Jim Leedy, the K.C. artist, and ceramicist.
- Director C.M. Downs held auditions in K.C for Fetch, a feature movie to be shot in Nov. and Dec. You may contact them at casting@drippingdead.com.
- HGTV shot in Ballwin and Kirkwood following two couples buying new homes.
- Hermann, Hannibal, and Branson have are all being scouted for feature films and television projects.
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Ratings - Top Ten Rated Shows of the Last 3 Months
- 5.00 Dreamgirls - Ruskin High School Theatre (4 Votes)
- 5.00 Palomino - Kansas City Repertory Theatre (2 Votes)
- 5.00 Madeline's Christmas - Theatre for Young America (2 Votes)
- 4.50 The Fontina & Gruyere Show - Byrd Productions (2 Votes)
- 4.13 Into The Woods - Kansas City Repertory Theatre (15 Votes)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
- 4.00 Killer Joe - UMKC Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Maul of the Dead - The Coterie Theatre (2 Votes)
- 4.00 Martin City Melodrama's 25th Season! - Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company (2 Votes)
Reviews - Five Most Recent of Past Performances
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- 5.00 HMS Pinafore - Lyric Opera of Kansas City (1 Vote)
- 4.00 It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - American Heartland Theatre (3 Votes)
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- 3.67 Little House on the Prairie - The Coterie Theatre (3 Votes)
- 3.42 Cabaret - The Barn Players, Inc. (19 Votes)
- 2.00 The Laramie Project (Undergraduate Fall Production) - UMKC Theatre (1 Vote)
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The Takács Quartet, which has won Grammy and Gramophone awards for its recordings of all 18 Beethoven quartets, will perform a program of quartets by Haydn and Beethoven, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Folly Theater, presented by the Friends of Chamber Music.
more at kansascity.com
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Every now and then, a figure appears on the pop-culture radar whose celebrity can be explained only by our inability to avert our eyes from the disaster.
more at kansascity.com
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Tonight, local theatergoers will have a chance to immerse themselves in the work of playwright David Lindsay-Abaire for the third time in this millennium. The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre staging of his “Kimberly Akimbo,” which opens tonight, follows Unicorn Theatre productions of “The Rabbit Hole” in 2007 and “Fuddy Meers” in 2001.
more at kansascity.com
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“Well, that was fun.” So says a smiling cast member following one of the many sparkling production numbers in White Christmas. Indeed, the satisfying stage version of the classic 1954 Hollywood movie musical left smiles all around after Tuesday’s opening-night performance at the Music Hall.
more at KC Confidential
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Shooting Sunday, Jan 10 in the West Bottoms for musical film “A Lover’s Riot”. Need as many extras to show up for a couple hours as possible. Hang out and be in a film! We need extras between 12-4pm, if you can only be there a hour or so prefer 1-2pm for the big crane shots. All extras should dress in monochromatic colors, heavy winter clothing and if possible more worn/dirty/haggard. No logos. Welcome accessories include gym bags, messenger bags, sleeping bags etc that they can wear on their person. They are all welcome to bring whomever would like to be in the film. We will meet at the intersection of Sante Fe and St. Louis Road in the West Bottoms just north of the old Catacombs Haunted Houses. Mapquest this address – 1200 St. Louis Ave, Kansas City, MO 64101. Contact Adam Roberts, wasteofmindfilms@gmail.com, 816-728-2326.
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A new prize honoring the work of American playwrights has been established in the memory of late Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote.
more at Playbill.com
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Everyone in Red Light Winter, right down to the whore, is big on Tom Waits and the corresponding idea that a fucked-up life is a romantic one. Soaked through with sex and ennui, the play — a dark comedy by Adam Rapp running in the tiny Fishtank studio — revels in grimy bedrooms, unrequited love, and the fantasy of achieving transcendence with a call girl. It's funny, it's occasionally sexy, and it's written and performed with the knockabout verve of rock and roll.
more at The Pitch
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This will be the first time that some of us - make that nearly all of us - will have the opportunity to hear Menachem Wiesenberg's music when "Reflections" makes its U. S. premiere with the Kansas City Symphony this weekend. David Peironnet talked with the composer about 'new' classical music and his new work.
more at KC Metropolis
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UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed due to the weather.
The second meeting of the Advocacy Council facilitated by the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City will take place Wednesday, January 6, at the American Jazz Museum from 12:00 to 1:30pm. Guest speakers will be Mike Burke with King Hershey, PC, who recently announced his intention to run for Mayor of KC, MO; and Annabeth Surbaugh, Chairman of the Board for the Board of County Commissioners - Johnson County. Chairman Surbaugh will be running for reelection. A more detailed agenda will follow next week. This invitation is being extended to all arts organizations, arts councils, and individual artists in the metropolitan area, please plan to join us.
more at ArtsKC
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For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve got two kids in elementary school and a set of 3-year-old twin boys. And, they currently attend enough mothers’ day out to keep me relatively sane. Today, at pickup, we were handed instructions for preschool enrollment. Already!
I had forgotten in the few years my older two [...]
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StoneLion Puppet Theatre is currently interviewing for a part-time marketing director for our 2010 Green Day Festival Series.
The ideal candidate will have experience in writing and sending theatrical press releases, creating flyers, posters and other marketing materials and have a working knowledge of the Kansas City press machine. The candidate must be able to navigate the internet, update their website calendar and also create their email newsletter using Constant Contact. This individual must like kids, be committed to the environment and love art in all it's forms.
A working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Photoshop and ACT a plus.
This part time position will start immediately and continue through the Environmental Arts Series in late May. If successful, this position may become permanent part time. This is not a volunteer position.
Check out our website for more information on the series. www.stonelionpuppets.org
Please email a resume and cover letter to heather@stonelionpuppets.org.
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Sometimes it pays to be patient. We could have run our best-of-2009-local-music list in early December like the rest of the world, but then we would have missed a killer Kinetiks record that snuck in right smack on the butt-end of the decade. Yes, that's why we waited until now. It had nothing to do with Jägermeister eggnog bombs.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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Love kids? Love the arts?
StoneLion Puppet Theatre is looking for an artist educator to assist in a series of art classes at a local preschool. Must be comfortable around 2-5 year olds and be available Mon-Fri 9-11 a.m. and 2:30-4 p.m. through January 29.
This person will also serve as a backstage assistant both in rehearsal and performance of the school's theatrical production, "Nursery Rhymes Nursery Times" on January 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Call 816-221-5351. Position starts immediately.
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Although 2009 was a challenging year for our nation and the economy, as I look back, it's easy to spot the very good things that happened at the Kansas Arts Commission.
more at the Kansas Arts Commission
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Joint Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce. This is a new clinic with no appointments necessary; open Mon-Fri., 8-8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. They feature Net Check-In (tm) at www.purehealthmedical.com, where you set your own appointment on-line and you are notified when it is almost time for your appointment, versus sitting in a waiting room.
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Winter Policy: If the Olathe School District closes, the Coffee will be cancelled.
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Winter Policy: If the Olathe School District closes, the Coffee will be cancelled.
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The YWCA of Greater Kansas City is seeking independent films (shorts, art, documentary, and experimental) to screen at the 2nd Annual 2010 KCK Film Festival.
more at the IFC
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2010 will be the sixth year of the KC Fringe Festival. Applications are available at www.kcfringe.org. Sign up for e-blasts so that you will be first to hear about upcoming opportunities and developments in 2010.
Take advantage of the early-bird discount. Applications received by February 15 can deduct $50 from the entry fee.
The first 50 applications are automatically accepted. There will be no jurying or censorship of any entry. The remaining applications will go on a wait list in order received and will fill any additional openings as they occur. Final deadline for applications is April 1.
Please read the "Policies and Procedures" online before submitting your application.
If you have any questions, email info@kcfringe.org.
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Elizabeth Allen believed so strongly that the film Winter’s Bone would make it into the Sundance Film Festival, she bought a ticket to Utah in September — long before Sundance announced its pick
more at kansascity.com
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Events for this week:
- Founder's Day 2010 - UMKC Theatre
- Full Frontal Comedy's Last Hurrah - Full Frontal Comedy
- Glorious! - American Heartland Theatre
- Improv Thunderdome. Season 5, Round 1. - The Trip Fives
- Kimberly Akimbo - Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
- Run for Your Wife - New Theatre Restaurant
- The Trip Fives & Loaded Dice - The Trip Fives
- The Violet Hour - Journeyman Theatre Company
Auditions for this week:
- Chicago - City Theatre of Independence*
- Footloose - River City Community Players
- Rabbit Hole - Lawrence Community Theatre
- Who's In First? - The Mystery Train
*Members of KC Stage receive a discount to these affiliate organizations with their KC Stage membership card.
Visit KC Stage for event details.
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Anton Krutz worked in prestigious shops around the country before he opened his own here in Merriam over twenty years ago. KC Strings is now is the only American shop making professional level violins, violas, cellos and basses. Krutz sat down with KCUR's Tim Bridgham to talk about the art of making a metal string and a wooden box into an instrument.
more at KCUR
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It seems producers are picking them younger and younger these days. Whether they're seasoned enough to hit the Broadway stage does not seem to be a consideration. It's youth. Youth reigns supreme. If you weren't born in the 1980s, you're old news, past your prime.
more at Playbill
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It’s a sunny morning in midtown Manhattan, and another singer has just filled Studio A of the Nola Rehearsal Studios with a powerful operatic voice. As she and her manager leave the windowed and mirrored room high above 54th Street, Ward Holmquist, artistic director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, says quietly, “That’s a lovely sound, but there’s no color.” Holmquist and Evan Luskin, the Lyric’s executive director, are spending three days here to audition singers for future seasons.
more at kansascity.com
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Doug Tatum used to think of the Folly Theater as a sort of outpost on the edge of downtown Kansas City. It was a brave little playhouse, at 12th and Central streets, standing watch over an unrevitalized part of the city in the waning years of the 20th century. Directly west of the historic venue was a parking lot. Beyond that, along Broadway, was another huge field of asphalt.
more at kansascity.com
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Gladstone Theatre in the Park is now accepting applications for director positions for their 2010 summer musical productions of Annie Get Your Gun, July 9-11, and South Pacific, August 6-8.
Director interviews to be conducted Saturday, January 30. Please submit your resume by January 20. Interested candidates should submit their resume to:
email to gladstonetip@sbcglobal.net (preferred)
or
City of Gladstone Parks and Rec Dept
Attn: GTIP, Michelle Coon
7010 N. Holmes
Gladstone MO 64118
Director job description available on their website http://www.gladstonetip.com
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Here are five local music acts — some young, some not, but all prodigiously talented — to watch in 2010.
more at The Pitch
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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The January 2010 issue is online for subscribers to KC Stage.
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 6:10 PM, 9:35 PM
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Rating: PG-13 - Running Time: 158 minutes - Showtimes: 12:50 PM, 4:25 PM, 7:55 PM, 11:10 PM
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