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This Olathe Calendar of Events is presented by the Kansas City Real Estate Network.
June 2011 - Posts
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She’s a globe-trotting national presence who was recently tapped by Dolly Parton to star in the post-Broadway tour of “9 to 5: The Musical.” Last week the show came through Kansas City, which brought New York-based actress Mamie Parris home to the city where she developed her acting chops as a 14-year-old member of the “Heart of America Shakespeare Festival.”
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I think we take them for granted, because they’ve always been here. After all, just how many jazz groups stay together for 20 years? And how many jazz bands in Kansas City can claim to have performed Brazilian jazz every week since their inception two decades ago? How many hold a twice monthly gig at a premiere jazz club? How many celebrated their anniversary June 6th at that jazz club? Just one: Sons of Brazil.
more at kcjazzlark
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Conductor, Steven Jarvi talks about Rossini's Barber of Seville as he travels to begin a musical summer at Ashlawn Opera Festival.
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Short film made for the 2011 IFC KC One Night Stand Competition
2011 IFCKC One Night Stand entry. Team Live Badass (all rookie team)
Here is the AWARD WINNING...one night stand/10 hour cut of the film, "Hindsight in Death." This short-film has been called a "parody of The Departed." Look for the "Director's Cut" coming soon to InfluenceFilms.com Special thanks to all the cast/crew that helped bring this to life in only ten hours!
This is our entry into the IFCKC's One Night Stand, a write-shoot-edit, 10-hour film competition. Mandatory elements that had to be appear in the film were: 1) Theme - black vs. white; 2) The line of dialogue - You're trying to seduce me, aren't you; 3) Prop - a pen. A myriad of tech issues prevented the screening of the film during the festival, but it is presented here. As regards the production, the first shot was in the can at noon and production wrapped at a quarter past three. All in all, it was fun.
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And so it came to pass that the time was nigh for a multitude to fill the stage with music. Summer is here, friends and neighbors, and we know one thing that almost always means: a big, pull-out-the-stops musical at the New Theatre in Overland Park.
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After more than a decade of designing and building sets for the Kansas City Shakespeare Festival, Jim Lane says this is his last year.
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The Kansas City Symphony announces our fifth of ten videos in the Helzberg Hall series. In this video, Assistant Principal 2nd Violinist Kristin Velicer explains why she is so excited to perform in Helzberg Hall at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. 
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As a little boy, Blue Springs native Mark Raumaker dreamed of coming home in the spotlight — as the Kansas City Royals’ third baseman. Instead, he returned to perform for a different crowd.
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A recent editorial in The Kansas City Star focused on the city’s place among other destinations when it comes to sports facilities, from the new Livestrong Sporting Park to Arrowhead Stadium. The Star stated that the “metropolitan area now has an enormous variety of large, medium and smaller buildings that offer truly world-class entertainment options.”
more at KCUR
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In these cash-strapped times, arts organizations need all the help they can get. The Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey recently received a much-needed assist from the National Endowment for the Arts, which has awarded a grant of $25,000 to benefit AileyCamp and AileyCamp the Group.
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You're living your everyday, nobody life, resigned and unsatisfied in equal measure. Nothing is close to the way you dreamed it would be, but mostly things are OK. Mostly.
more at The Pitch
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Lott toured with his own puppet company, Squiggle Puppet Productions, and joined Paul Mesner Puppets earlier this year.
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Downtown Kansas City will be filled with four-part harmony next week when the international convention of the Barbershop Harmony Society lands in its founding city, cueing an estimated economic benefit to the tune of $7.2 million.
more at the Kansas City Business Journal
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"The Wiz" is showing at the Coterie Theatre, at Kansas City's Crown Center, until August 7, 2011. Tickets available at http://www.coterietheatre.org.
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Create a storyboard that shines a light on the importance of electricity and win a chance to transform your bright idea into a spot on KCPT! Contest deadline is August 1st. More information at kcpt.org. Brought to you by the Electric League of Missouri and Kansas and KCPT. 
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If you were to happen across “CinemaKC” while channel-flipping — pretty unlikely given when it airs, but whatever — chances are you’d stop on it, because it looks like nothing else on television.
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Organizers of Lawrence’s Busker Festival are feeling the effects of Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to eliminate funding for the state’s arts commission.
The decision left a $3,500 hole in the budget for the festival, said Richard Renner, a Lawrence artist and the event’s organizer.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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Your All-American sexy, multi-talented favorite burlesquers are bringing you a classy, summer swing'n 40's structured show dedicated to the Good 'Ole Boys! "A USO SHOW!" is a Burlesque Downtown Underground original theatrical production of a USO themed show, preview and fund raiser show for "A Rumble in the City...BOYlesque vs. Burlesque Downtown Underground" at this year's Kansas City Fringe Festival! So, grab your gal (and guy!) come down to Crosstown Station and kick off the summer "jump, jive and wail" style with the patriotic sweethearts of BDU! July 1st & 2nd, 2011 10PM at Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee St., Kansas City, MO. 
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Start at Johnson County Community College. Finish at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus. That’s the premise behind Start2Finish, an educational partnership between JCCC and KU Edwards Campus. The 5K race starts at JCCC and finishes at KU Edwards Campus.
Cost:
$22 online through July 20 or at packet pick-up on July 22
$28 on race day, July 23
Special buddy rate when you register with a friend
Post race activities include a kid’s fun run, bounce house inflatables, free food and a special gift for race finishers.
To watch a short preview of the race, visit YouTube.com/KUEdwards.
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SAFEHOME, Johnson Country’s only provider of services for victims of domestic violence, will host its 18th Annual SAFEHOME Golf Tournament on Monday, August 8th at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, 14225 Dearborn St., Overland Park, KS. This four person scramble at one of Kansas City's premier golf clubs will offer a great day of golf. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start beginning at 9:30 a.m. The cost to play is $175 per player. Price includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, beverages, gifts, snacks, hole contest and prizes. This year’s tournament is made possible by Presenting Sponsors Kenny Thomas’ Olathe Toyota and Lee Jeans.
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The Kansas City Symphony is pleased to announce the fourth video of our Helzberg Hall Series. Within these 10 videos, various Symphony musicians, audience members, and our Music Director Michael Stern talk about the excitement surrounding the Symphony\'s debut at the beautiful new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts this September. In this video principal percussionist Christopher McLauren shares with us the inside of the hall when it was still under construction. 
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The panty lines need to stay out of the shot. This is the consensus formed on the set of One Day Like This, a short film being made for the Independent Film Coalition of Kansas City's 11th annual One Night Stand competition.
more at The Pitch
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The Kansas University School of Music is raising the curtain on another summer of dazzling piano playing as it hosts the International Institute for Young Musicians.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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The Kansas Arts Commission is preparing for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed its budget and made Kansas the first state to eliminate its arts funding.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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For anyone who has observed the local theater scene for years, it’s easy to think of Kim Martin-Cotten as a hometown girl.
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Every now and then you see a stage show that qualifies as an event, which usually means a production that's so unique and imaginative that it's in a class by itself. And I realized at some point during the opening-night performance of "The Wiz" that I was watching just such a production.
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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Humor, class and artistry pretty much define the Quality Hill Playhouse production of “Closer Than Ever,” a collection of musical vignettes by composer David Shire and lyricist Richard Maltby Jr.
more at kansascity.com
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This video was produced by Peter Barrett Communications to commemorate the Gant Sisters and their "Music in Miniature" program. www.PeterBarrett.com. 
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Evan Luskin has announced that he is retiring as general director of the Lyric Opera...just as the company prepares to move to its new performance space at the Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts. Luskin, the Company's general director since 1998, will be retiring on June 30, 2012. Mr. Luskin's retirement will come at the conclusion of the Lyric's first year of residence in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, which will open this fall.
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Branit creates visual effects for major motion pictures, television and advertisements for his company, Branit FX, in the Crossroads Arts District. He opened his business in 2004 after working in Hollywood for 10 years, but Kansas City is his home and he wanted to come back here to raise a family. Branit grew up in Johnson County, graduated from Shawnee Mission East and earned an industrial design degree from the University of Kansas. Randy Mason sits down with Branit to discuss the world of Hollywood special effects.
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The Kansas Arts Commission is preparing for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed its budget and made Kansas the first state to eliminate its arts funding.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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The Kansas Arts Commission is preparing for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed its budget and made Kansas the first state to eliminate its arts funding.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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The Kansas Arts Commission is preparing for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed its budget and made Kansas the first state to eliminate its arts funding.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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The Kansas Arts Commission is preparing for its first meeting since Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed its budget and made Kansas the first state to eliminate its arts funding.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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On Wednesday, June 8 – the Kansas City Symphony rehearsed in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre’s orchestra pit. For 2 ½ hours, several Lyric Opera, Kansas City Ballet, and Kansas City Symphony staff members wandered the theatre, listening to every note played and assessed how it sounded from different seats. We learned as much about the theatre as we could before we load in Turandot in September. Here is my Top Ten List of things learned:
more at the Lyric Opera
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IFCKC 2011 One Night Stand entry submitted by Claudia Copping (actress,singer). David Gilmore (camera, composer, co-editor), and James Schweers (writer, director, co-editor). Placed third.
more at The Pitch
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The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance is pleased to announce its Conservatory Artist Series at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, giving students an unequaled opportunity. More than 300 Conservatory students from dance, jazz, winds, choral, and orchestra will perform in the Kauffman’s inaugural year, giving these students an unparalleled opportunity to experience this state of the art new hall.
more at the Kauffman Center
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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Kansas City Ballet’s new home, the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, will open to the public on August 26th 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 in the morning at 500 Pershing Avenue.
more at KC Studio
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In celebration of the Kansas Sesquicentennial, the University of Kansas Theatre Department presents a melodramatic production of “Dirty Work at the Crossroads,” or “Tempted, Tried and True.” Directed by Kansas City resident Kip Niven, the production will include sing-a-long performances during intermissions led by Niven and other production crew.
more at lawrence.com
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Lawrence residents will get a rare opportunity to see some of the major classics in foreign film on the big screen during the Footprints Summer Foreign Film Festival at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
more at lawrence.com
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A University of Kansas alumnus’ musical twist on a classic tale and some not-quite Shakespeare in the park are among the plays and musicals being staged in Gage Park as the first session of Helen Hocker Center for the Performing Arts theater camps ends.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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It’s that time again! 4th of July, Independence Day, Fireworks in Kansas City – 2011 style! I can’t believe that June is coming to a close…
Lots to do around the Kansas City metro this Fourth of July Weekend.… more 
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Student created TV segments for summer camp. 
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The Topeka Opera Society Concert Association will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in Marvin Auditorium of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, to present a tribute to James Seaver, the University of Kansas professor who from 1952 until his death in March was host of the weekly radio program, "Opera is My Hobby," on Kansas Public Radio.
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THIS YEAR'S AIR EXPO WILL FEATURE: FIFI - the only flying B-29 will be on our ramp for tours and rides. P-51 Mustang Gunfighter will be on our ramp for rides. Vintage Military Aircraft static displays and flying demonstrations. Vintage Military Vehicle Displays by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association. Pancake Breakfast Fly-in (Open to the public.) 7:00 a.m. Saturday. Swing band concert by the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra. Bombshell Bettys. Live interviews with military veterans from World War II to the conflict in Afghanistan. Children's Hangar. Veterans' Oral Histories. Weapons Displays. FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! ADMISSION IS FREE! More information on our website. www.kcghostsquadron.org
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From Henry V to Richard III, filmmakers have transformed staged plays to the silver screen. Today the DVD Gurus, Mitch Brian and Jason Heck, discuss their favorite Shakespeare movies. 
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That may sound like a mouthful, or be an eyeful – but it needs to be clarified that this long-respected Wichita based festival has been showcasing regional filmmakers since its origins. It’s only natural that they should have collected an amazing array of short films in their array. All Kansas Citians might not always have the luxury of visiting Wichita for the festival, but Saturday provides a rare opportunity to see these exciting films as they are brought to our doorstep, showing for the first time ever as a package, at the Screenland Crown Center theaters.
more at CinemaKC
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It’s easy to take a good thing for granted. Jazz in the Woods, the annual gathering of smooth-jazz, blues and pop artists that has become one of the biggest jazz events of the whole year, is an example.
more at kansascity.com
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Kind of FIlms and SHANTRIM! entertainment's entry for the 2011 One Night Stand Competition. We were honored to receive the 1st place judges award, the audience choice award, and tie for the captain's award.
A short film by "Seat of the Pants Pictures" (Joe and Kathryn Gauer & Will Rogers). Here is our team's submission for the 2011 One-Night-Stand. The theme that was chosen the morning of was "Black & White vs Color", the phrase was "You're trying to seduce me aren't you?", and the object was a pen (in this case, a magic marker). What happens when an unprepared friend takes the Silent Film Drinking Game Challenge? Let's just say he has some strange dreams that cause him to run amok around town. Enjoy our new-fangled picture-show! Bully! 
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Yet “The Wiz,” which began performances this week at the Coterie Theatre, was actually a collaboration between white and black artists. Playwright William F. Brown, who wrote the book for “The Wiz,” was white. Smalls was black. Together they wrote a classic that, according to Brown, may be revived on Broadway next year.
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Westport Center for the Arts will stage a new historical play about two towering figures in the history of civil rights, featuring respected actors Robert Gibby Brand and Walter Coppage.
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Headline performer Bobby Watson plays sax at the first Bob James Jazz Festival Saturday, May 21, at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. He was backed by Clarence Smith, James Albright and Danny Embrey. Later in the show, Marshall drummer Jay Buck joined the band. The event was a partnership between MVC and Marshall Cultural Council and received the blessing of jazz piano great Bob James, who sent a video introduction of Mr. Watson. 
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That's Science episode 10, Grade A Crazy! Ten steps pass Mad Scientist! Who wants to go do a line of science with us? 
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A musical revue conceived by Steven Scott Smith and featuring songs by Richard Maltby, Jr. (lyrics) and David Shire (who wrote the music for “Baby” and “Big”), it’s a fun, serious, playful, exaggerated, understated display of life presented through song.
more at The Vignette
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Surprisingly sweet Rating: 4
9 to 5: The Musical Starlight Theatre Association
You can also read this review (with groovy formatting and photo) at my blog: http://angiefsutton.wordpress.com/.
There are many words I would use to describe "9 to 5", the movie that the musical at Starlight is based on. Funny, biting, even edgy when you consider when it was made. But sweet is not one of them. And that's just the start of where I was happily surprised with the production of "9 to 5: The Musical".
Being a regular reviewer, I have the distinction of seeing far more shows than I would normally - many of them shows I wouldn't necessarily go to see otherwise. While I wasn't not wanting to see "9 to 5", I also went in with very little expectations (and knowledge) of what I was going to see. I knew Dolly Parton had written the remaining songs, and I knew it was based on the movie (that I hadn't seen in so long, I couldn't remember that it was Jane Fonda who rounded out the main trio), and I had heard a couple of the songs on my internet Broadway radio station I listen to, but other than that, I wasn't very familiar with the show.
I went in dreading what I got out of "The Wedding Singer" musical: another show that was intentionally dated that was based on a movie. But where The Wedding Singer fails (in my mind), 9 to 5 succeeds. My biggest issue with "The Wedding Singer" was that the songs they wrote for the show are nothing like the two Adam Sandler songs from the movie they kept in, meaning when those two songs happen, it's jarring.
Parton, however, is a consummate songwriter, as I should've remembered, and almost every song feels like it belongs in the show and fits in with the title song. "One of the Boys", the Act II opening, was the only one that felt weak and didn't belong - making it a rough start, while the quatro "The Dance of Death", "Cowgirl's Revenge", "Potion Notion", and "Joy to the Girls" went a little too fast from number to number, and "Shine Like the Sun" (the Act I ending) was hard to understand the lyrics to, but that may have been more a circumstance of outdoor theatre and less the song itself.
The other songs, for the most part, were either sweet or funny (and sometimes both) - especially "I Might", "Backwoods Barbie" (which was obviously written by Parton from the heart), and the horribly awesome "Heart to Hart" (where Kristine Zbornik, as Roz, uses every bit of comic timing to make this song frackin' hilarious).
Keeping the show in the '70s makes perfect sense - there's no way this show could be made today. "Here for You", the song sung by Joseph Mahowald (as Franklin Hart) that is one big sexual harassment suit waiting to happen, only works because it's a refuge in audacity - it's so outrageous, it's absurd. And my compliments to the costumer (loved the fro especially), set design, and most especially the props for KEEPING it in the 70s (the prop/set piece of the copier is so awesomely dated, it's smexy (smart & sexy) - and where in the heck did they find a Tab for the ladies to drink?)
Diana DeGarmo, as Doralee Rhodes, did a fairly close impersonation of young Dolly (Dolly Parton, via video screen, introduces the show and characters - and when she gets to Doralee, she says, "She's ... well, you know who she is," so it's definitely intentional). And she has what I think is the best joke: as the three women get stoned, Mamie Parris (Judy Bernly) looks at her breasts, and asks, "Are these real?" (A question, no doubt, Parton gets asked more times than she cares to admit), to which DeGarmo says, "As real as the hair on my head!" It reminded me that Parton, from everything I've read and heard, is what she seems - a 'good ol' girl' who is the first to make fun of herself.
Mahowald does a good job playing the "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot", happily camping it out and playing the role as if it was Dabney Coleman (who played the role in the movie) as portrayed by Bruce Campbell. (In fact, if they ever did a movie version of the musical, I'd love to see Bruce Campbell in this role!)
Dee Hoty, as Violet Newstead, holds the show together, and does a good job of making the role her own, especially considering her character was the most serious one - having the core of the moral land on her shoulders.
Finally, kudos to Paris's Bernley - she's the one character that truly goes through a transformation in the show, and her songs and acting show it. She's shy and nervous at the beginning, stuttering her way through the early "I Just Might" - becoming a powerhouse of confidence in the penultimate "Get Out and Stay Out" - all I can say is 'wow'.
The tech was, as I'm starting to get used to at Starlight, hit and miss, with sound issues during a couple of songs. (Although I have to give them props - literally - for using an actual starter pistol and blanks for the gun.)
Going in with no expectations, I was happily impressed with "9 to 5" - to the point where I wouldn't say no to adding the soundtrack to my collection one of these days. If you're looking for a fun escape from the literal 9 to 5 world, "9 to 5: The Musical" is a funny show that is just that: an escape.
"9 to 5: The Musical" is playing at Starlight Theatre until June 26, and more information can be found at www.kcstarlight.com.
read the review at KC Stage
 
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The Midwest Classic is one of the PGA Tour's Nationwide Tour stops for 2011. The event will draw 156 Nationwide Tour professionals from as many as 20 countries vying for one of the 25 PGA TOUR Cards that will be awarded to the winners at the end of the year. This event specifically is done as a fundraiser for local charities with all ticket sales to be donated to them. Just go to www.midwestclassic.com and select the charity of your choice on the purchase tickets page. With enough support from the people of Kansas City, this may become a permanent stop of the official PGA Tour.
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A follow up to last year's DAY 15. 
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Get your tickets and gird your loins. GayFest is upon us. That’s the Gay & *** Film Festival of Kansas City, for the uninitiated, and it gets underway Friday, June 24 at the Tivoli Theatre in Westport. I’ve been able to pre-screen several of this year’s titles; what follows is one guy’s picks of the best of the fest.
more at Butler's Cinema Scene
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The touring production of “9 to 5: The Musical” delivers just what you would expect: some good laughs and some nice tunes by Dolly Parton.
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The original cast recording of Khaaaaan! the Musical is available for download at online music stores everywhere — including Amazon and iTunes. You can also order a compact disc at Amazon on Demand. Khaaaaan! the Musical was the best-attended show of the 2010 Kansas City Fringe Festival. The recording features the vocal talents of Jay Coombes, Kevin Albert, Bob Grove, Steven Eubank, and Amy Hurrelbrink. The music is by Tim Gillespie and Michelle Cotton, with lyrics by Bryan Colley, Tara Varney, and Michelle Cotton. It was recorded and mixed by Howie at Mr. Furious Records.
download a free track (for a limited time only) at Jupiter Kansas
[Note: your humble blogger produced this album.]
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Perhaps customer feedback about the cost of movie tickets finally worked at one AMC theater. Prices at the Town Center in Leawood will drop $2 starting July 22, when the location ends its reserved-seating policy.
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8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, all schools
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Rating: 3
The 39 Steps
American Heartland Theatre
I had no preconceived notions about this play, having avoided the reviews and the program notes. I enjoyed the film and the recent PBS remake, so I was looking forward to this production. I was very surprised. The script is superficial and the acting is workmanlike. That said, there were moments when I chuckled and appreciated some physical bits. But there's no substance to the piece. The director and actors are to be praised for putting a lot of energy into this production, and the set and costumes are lovely (as to be expected from a Heartland show), but I was left wanting more.
read the review at KC Stage
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Back before he was popping up in Will Ferrell movies and overseeing the tasering of Zack Galifianakis’ face, Rob Riggle would spin records at a little diner over near Interstate 435 and Metcalf.
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The Kansas City Symphony is pleased to share our second video in the Helzberg Hall series. In this series of 10 videos, Symphony musicians, audience members, and our Music Director Michael Stern discuss their excitement surrounding the Symphony's debut this September at the beautiful new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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I first met Millie Edwards some fifteen years ago, when her husband and I worked at the same ad agency. He was an art director and I was the production manager. Then she was working days and singing nights, often with Everett DeVan. Today she’s best known as a Wild Woman, singing with Myra Taylor, Geneva Price and Lori Tucker as one of the Wild Women of KC, a jazz favorite.
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John Sebelius, Lawrence artist, fashion designer, filmmaker and son of former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, has always seen a connection between his art and his political upbringing. He just never expected to see it evolve into a film about American motorcycle culture.
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Today, a Calendar of Events post goes up. Because my son just asked me AGAIN what we were going to do. This is a great week to… more 
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For the Fuller sisters of Overland Park, what started out as a quest to get on “The Bachelor” ended up in the middle of the Sahara Desert, looking up at a ridiculously steep sand dune.
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Composer Greg Mackender, Prairie Village, created music for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival for all but one season. The veteran composer said his goal this year was to capture foreboding themes.
more at the Overland Park Sun
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A play about to debut in Kansas City focuses on one man's discoveries about his origins.
more at KMBC
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Richard Carrothers and Dennis Hennessy, who shared the 2009 Business Philanthropist of the Year Award for the New Theatre Restaurant, served as the honorary co-chairmen of Nonprofit Connect‘s 27th Annual Philanthropy Awards Luncheon. They were the hosts of the Patrons’ Party, which was held at Dogwood, their 40-acre nature reserve in Lenexa, on May 9th. The Luncheon took place on May 13th at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel. Heather and Jean-Paul Wong were the Luncheon chairmen.
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When you read a Dolly Parton interview, the one thing you don’t get is how she sounds. The songwriter, Broadway composer, recording artist and country-music legend is now in her 60s, but her glamorous big-hair image and hourglass figure seem eerily frozen in time. And when she has something to say, there’s still an unaffected little girl who does a lot of the talking.
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We are very excited about this new office. The current Olathe driver’s license office has been in the same place for 15 years and the area has outgrown the space’s capacity. Olathe is the state’s third busiest driver’s license station and that level of business often resulted in lines stretching out the office doors and people standing outside on hot day. With the new space in the Great Mall, people will have more convenient parking options and will be able to wait inside in greater comfort. This is one of the ways our department is working to meet the fast-growing needs of the south Johnson County community. Located inside the Great Mall of the Great Plains, 20162 West 151st Street, Space 162, Home & Hobby Entrance on the northeast corner of the mall. In attendance will be Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan, Director of Vehicles Donna Shelite. Please R.S.V.P. to Jeannine Koranda, P.I.O., 785-296-0671, jeannine.koranda@kdor.ks.gov. Please arrive about 15 minutes before the ribbon cutting so we can start on time. We look forward to seeing you there.
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The sentiment toward the New York Yankees has remained eerily the same over time, so maybe that’s why “Damn Yankees” is still an oft-performed classic after more than 50 years. The Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock, a not-for-profit organization that culls talent from across the country, presents the comical tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil, “Mr. Applegate,” for his beloved underdog team, the Washington Senators, to beat the “damn Yankees” in the World Series. But it might come at the price of his wife and family. Quin Gresham directs the Lyceum’s adaptation, which began yesterday and runs through next Sunday.
more at the Columbia Daily Tribune
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It was the end of an era. With a wistful acknowledgement of the past and a confident nod to the future, the Kansas City Symphony bid a fond farewell to its longtime home at the Lyric Theatre on Saturday night. While the Lyric has certainly posed its acoustical limitations and frustrations, it has, after all, been the orchestra’s home for several decades.
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A son’s “love letter” to his gay father — played by the onetime Capt. Von Trapp, Christopher Plummer — and a documentary on the coming-out of homegrown country singer Chely Wright are among the highlights of the Kansas City Gay & *** Film Festival.
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Indulge your silly streak at Block Artspace this summer, where British artists John Wood and Paul Harrison give Laurel and Hardy a run for their money in a series of comic videos starring themselves and assorted everyday objects.
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The Sound of Mediocrity Rating: 3
The Sound of Music The Theatre in the Park
It was with great anticipation that I attended "The Sound of Music" at Theatre in the Park. Not only was this the first show of the 2011 season, it was the inaugural show of newly appointed artistic director, Tim Blair. It also was the first time director Nathan Norcross returned to the TITP stage after his notorious corruption of "Beauty and the Beast," oft referred to as one of the worst shows in TITP history.
Norcross' version of "Sound of Music" can only be described as mediocre. There was nothing special about this retelling, for which I'm sure hundreds of TITP patrons are greatful. This seemed to be a "Sound of Music" without a clue; a recapitulation of nothing new. However, I think the songs were out of order? Is this my own bias based on the film or the way the musical was originally staged?
An overly obtuse unit set serves as the Von Trapp mansion, which looks as stately as a double wide. Indeed, the sets are an atrocious parody of what one thinks the largest community theatre in the country should be capable of producing. The new institution of the orchestra backstage led to many lethargic tempos and the monitors projecting the conductor were simply distracting to those sitting on the periphery. The production only used the added downstage space once in the production; therefore, why did the orchestra need to be backstage?
read the review at KC Stage
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Frost in June
Rating: 4
Frost / Nixon The Barn Players, Inc.
The artist formerly known as Prince once sang "Sometimes it Snows in April," but rarely does it frost in June. The Barn Players have stepped outside of the comfort zone of community theatre once again to produce an ambitious and (mostly) satisfying work, Peter Morgan's "Frost/Nixon."
The play is obviously indebted to its titular characters and this is where the Barn's production proves extraordinary. Bill Pelletier as Richard M. Nixon and Rick Williamson as David Frost are about as perfect for their parts as one can imagine in KC or elsewhere. Not only do they embody the iconographic characteristics of these historic figures, but they imbue them with their own ethos that moves the audience to hate and empathy and all the other emotions wrapped up in political scandal. The climactic scene between these two characters is one of the most compelling moments of theatre I have experienced in recent memory.
Kudos are also due to Kate O'Neill, Peter Leondedis, and Carrie Lenahan who all deliver strong supporting roles to the title characters. The other actors remind us that we are, in fact, viewing community theatre. I was also impressed with the projections and video clips.
The night I attended the show, there were only a handful of audience members, which is a shame. Sometimes in snows in April, but "Frost/Nixon" at the Barn is sure to deliver chills and thrills. Once again, the Barn proves themselves as the preeminent community theatre for KC's theatre cognoscenti.
read the review at KC Stage
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Even from the comfort of a serene park bench, the world can be a vicious place.
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Last year, as a way to involve the public in summer workshops for students, the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City began to offer concerts by its students, professors and visiting professors.
more at kansascity.com
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The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City raised $396,818 during its fifth-annual ArtsKC Fund Campaign. The results, announced Wednesday, mean a five-year total of almost $2.5 million raised for the arts in the Kansas City area.
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Supporters of public funding for the arts convened Thursday in a gallery to commiserate about Gov. Sam Brownback's veto of a nearly $700,000 state appropriation that resulted in defunding of the Kansas Arts Commission.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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On the Fringe: Rhythmic Flames - Rhythmic Flames describes themselves as "a Kansas City based tribe of eclectic expressive artists and fire performers that transcend the boundaries of labels and stereotypes. Our rhythmic celebration gathers community, creativity and positive energy, uplifting the spirit toward self evolution and igniting imagination with the fire of transcendence."
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The Kansas City Missouri Community Development CDE never had the chance to support a cultural arts project before, Executive Director Ruben Alonso III said. When the chance to support the Lyric Opera came along, they couldn’t pass it up — and a key reason was the economic benefit.
more at the Kansas City Business Journal
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William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a play that truly deserves the label "warhorse."
Indeed, the familiar story begins after a bloody rebellion against the king of Scotland and concludes with a usurper being forced from the throne by an invading English army. And while much of the onstage fighting in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival production would be unconvincing to anyone older than kindergarteners, Shakespeare's verbal descriptions of combat are another matter.
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You can forgive Ginni Rader for skipping the chance to move with her fellow players into the warm and glistening new home of the Kansas City Symphony.
After all, the violinist has played longer than anyone else in the orchestra right now.
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Proponents for public funding of the arts in Kansas gathered in Lawrence Thursday to discuss ways to react to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s unprecedented veto of funding for the Kansas Arts Commission.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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Running a small business can be a handful - murder even... Even when the business you happen to be piloting is Kansas City's premier jazz joint. Because Kansas City is a total jazz town. Or so we often say.
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Patti LuPone, Jon Cryer, Stephen f’in’ Colbert, Christina Hendricks, and – of course – Neil Patrick Harris in what is most likely my favorite Stephen Sondheim musical. Yeah, technically it was a concert version, but like that other Sondheim concert that also had Harris and LuPone in it, Sweeny Todd in Concert from 2001, it was pretty much a full-on show with all the dialogue, blocking that actually added to the show, and mini-costume changes. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.
more at Stage Savvy
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Central Missouri Repertory, the University of Central Missouri Department of Theatre's summer repertory theatre program, will celebrate its 30th summer season with the presentation of the musical, The All Night Strut, and a touring children’s show, Thumbelina: The Story of a Brave Little Girl.
more at the University of Central Missouri
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Jenna Klausing was silent for most of last October. The singer/actress from Lee’s Summit West High School had caught bronchitis over the summer and slowly strenthened her voice to performance quality. The sacrifice has meant no harmonizing to the radio, and no choir.
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The 2011ArtsKC Fund campaign has received $396,818 in contributions or pledges to support Kansas City area artists and nonprofit arts organizations.
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Hey guys we know its been a while since we put up on of these; but Here is the new 3C edition of "That's Science". More cameras, more fun, more CRAZY!!!! 
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Lawrence resident Loraine Cannistra, a former Ms. Wheelchair Kansas, became involved with Kansas City non-profit Groovability in 2008 after seeing one of the group’s performances at the pageant.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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I've actually never been to one of them, these jazz and hip-hop shows. Others proclaim them the future of jazz, a way to engage a younger audience, an audience which knows hip-hop, in a music which evolved, in Kansas City anyway, some ninety years ago.
more at kcjazzlark
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This episode was about reviewing, the history of the review system on KC Stage‘s website, how to review a production online, what to keep in mind when reviewing, and how to make your voice unique. Head’s up that I talked a lot during this one.
more at Stage Savvy
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The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, a new center for music, opera, theater, and dance, opening in downtown Kansas City, Missouri in September 2011 announces the launch of the Open Doors program, a community initiative that will connect kids from throughout the metropolitan area to educational programs and performances at the Kauffman Center.
more at the Kauffman Center
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Some plays require years to write, cast, rehearse and stage, but not the ones the Ad Astra Theatre Ensemble will present Saturday. As part of its second summer season, the local company will be the host of its first 24-Hour Play Festival.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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Who's minding the movie store at the Star? One has to wonder. Especially after reading exiled Kansas City Star movie critic Robert W. Butler's story last week about the demise of the founder of the AMC Kansas City FilmFest. A report that came out a handful of days before the newspaper's watered down version of the tale appeared on Sunday.
more at KC Confidential
and Robert Butler's original story
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Health issues forced singer Marilyn Maye to cancel her home stand at the club, planned tonight through Sunday. The club is promising to reschedule her as soon as possible. In the meantime, they’re rounding up some good acts in her place; we don’t have a schedule yet but we'll pass it on when we hear more.
more at Back to Rockville
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Well, I couldn't resist. Having seen Brian Bedford's impeccable production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" on Broadway last month, I was curious to see what the show looked like in HD at a movie theater.
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“We had a weird spring here in the Kansas City metro area and, while it affected all of us, it reeeeeealllllly affected our local growers. We had a lot of rain (usually good) and a late freeze (overwhelmingly bad).… more 
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Foundation Golf Tourney Continues
The Olathe Public Schools Foundation golf tournament will be held this afternoon.
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Ida McBeth sang the national anthem at the inaugural event of Livestrong Sporting Park last week. Kelley Hunt served as the headliner at the Gladstone BluesFest on Saturday. That's as it should be. Both women have paid decades of dues on the regional jazz and blues scenes.
more at Plastic Sax
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As it marks its 25th anniversary season, the Sunflower Music Festival is grooming musicians who could perform when the series turns 50.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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The shocking Watergate scandal which erupted in Washington, D.C. during the early 1970s made President Richard Nixon seem like a ruthless crook in the eyes of Americans. Almost 40 years later, a play reminds us he was human.
more at the Vignette
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This article is from the May 2011 issue of KC Stage
Everyone brings a unique set of skills, experiences, and trainings to a musical theatre audition. Most people have one area in which they have the most skill – either acting, singing, or dancing – unless you are one of the rare “triple threats” and are strong in all three. If you have less experience as a singer, I want to encourage you to hone your musical skills with the tips that I am about to provide.
The first exercise will help strengthen your ability to match pitch. There are number of people that claim to have a “tin ear” or say that they “can’t carry a tune in a bucket”, but with diligent effort anyone can make improvements in the skill of pitch matching. If you are weak in this area, a very simple exercise is to play any key on the piano and attempt to sing it back. Listen closely to determine whether you are matching the pitch. If you aren’t, think carefully as to whether you are too high or too low. If you are unsure, try raising or lowering the pitch to hear if you are getting closer. If one way doesn’t work, try the other. Continue practicing this daily until you are able to automatically match the pitch after hearing it (preferably without scooping or sliding to the pitch). Some people require more practice at this than others, but it is certainly a prerequisite to the following exercises.
Learning to match a pitch and sing it back creates a mental connection between your ear and the mechanics you use to control your own voice. This next exercise will help you to train your ear to hear the notes of the harmony, which is essential since we aren’t always called upon to sing the melody (the main tune), but may be singing harmony notes below the melody (or less commonly, above). Play two notes on the piano at the same time (not too far apart – keep it in the reach of one hand). Without playing the notes separately, try to sing both notes one at a time. Keep playing the notes together and try to focus on hearing the top note and then the bottom note. This will help to sharpen your aural perception. After you have done this, you may play the notes separately to check your accuracy. Try to use a variety of intervals from small to large in order to practice the whole range of possible intervals.
An extension of this exercise involves playing three notes simultaneously on the piano. It would be a good idea to learn to play some major and minor triads (three note chords) to practice this exercise, but until you learn these, playing any three notes will suffice. Try to mentally focus on hearing each of the three notes individually and try to sing them one at a time. Work on this diligently and you will learn to hear the harmony as well as you can hear the melody. When you are listening to music (any music), practice focusing individually on different voices or musical instruments (for example, just listen to the drums or just listen to the bass guitar). You can practice this at anytime – listening to the radio on the drive to work, or listening to your iPod on the walk to school, etc. As your aural perception increases, you may extend the exercise to four or five note chords or more.
These ear training skills will serve as an excellent preparation for learning to sight sing music. In learning to sight sing, I strongly recommend learning to find written music notes on the piano. The more piano skill you have better, but at the very least it is essential to at least be able to work out a part one note at a time on the piano so that you can be self-sufficient in checking yourself without the constant need for an accompanist to assist you. There are a number of good books for learning to read music at the piano as well as a number of online resources. I would strongly recommend Ricci Adam’s musictheory.net, a free interactive online training method that starts with the very basics of note and rhythm reading and has a number of exercises including note reading practice. Of course, taking a few piano lessons will be very helpful in learning this skill as well. As you learn to pick out melodies at the piano, practice singing along with the melody to help solidify the connection between what you see on the music sheet and what it should sound like.
These exercises will serve as good preparation for any singer, whether you are aspiring for a lead part or would just like to be in the chorus. However, these are not intended to supplant the need for private vocal instruction. If you are serious about training your voice, you should seek a good instructor that is comfortable teaching your area of interest (musical theatre, opera, etc.). However, do not resort to simply listening to recordings and mimicking them. Work diligently on learning to read the sheet music. The ability to read music is something that will make a person stand out at an audition, where singers are often given the sheet music for various songs from the show to sing. It is very comforting for a musical director to know that you will not require extra time with the accompanist simply to learn the rhythms and pitches of the songs you are singing.
Regardless of your role in a musical, you should strive to hone your musical ear and your sight singing abilities. Musical illiteracy is no excuse when there are numerous free internet resources (see link above) to learn the basics of music reading. Having a “tin ear” is also not an excuse when practicing simple exercises like the ones in this article will greatly help one to develop a musical ear. Don’t hide your voice among the other voices of the chorus. Work diligently on your musical skills and you will make yourself a valuable addition to the musical cast, and you will have a much more rewarding artistic experience as a result.
Samuel Stokes is a PhD candidate in the music theory program at Louisiana State University and a freelance composer and playwright. Find out more at http://stokesmusic.tripod.com.
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It’s that time of year again when kids descend on the Kansas University campus for educational camps on a wide variety of subjects — everything from engineering to basketball to science. Over at Murphy Hall, hundreds of middle schoolers kicked off the annual Midwestern Music Academy.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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In the fragrant heat of a still-young June, strings hum in tune, rosin is slicked onto horsehair, brass is polished and the marquee lights twinkle perhaps a little more brightly as a midsummer night’s dream version of the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts awakens from its slumber.
more at the Columbia Daily Tribune
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Charlotte Street is seeking applications from artists interested in being considered for its Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program for Visual and Performing Artists, which awards free studio spaces to talented and dedicated area artists in need of space in which to work among a community of peers.
more at Charlotte Street
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I’m a sucker for wild theatrical imaginations, and at the moment nobody in town has a wilder imagination than director Kyle Hatley.
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Missouri may have provided the orchestra, but Kansas supplied the venue Saturday evening for what Gov. Sam Brownback renamed the Symphonies in the Flint Hills.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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Despite the wilting heat inside Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral Friday night, the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers presented a program that was fresh and clean.
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While many Americans on Saturday were enjoying the start of the Memorial Day weekend, Kansans were gaining the dubious distinction of becoming the nation's only citizens to live in a state without an arts agency.
more at the LA Times
and at Market Watch
and at the Wichita Eagle
and at the Hays Daily News
and at the Emporia Gazette
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This is a short reel with local video from around the Kansas City area. Shot and edited by Brad Richmond.
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“Metro Retro: Taking the ’80s to the Streets” was the theme of the Heartland Men’s Chorus final two concerts of its 25th anniversary season at the Folly Theater.
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If ever one wanted to make Ludwig van Beethoven roll over in his Viennese grave, as Chuck Berry once suggested, performing rocked-out versions of his sonatas and adding tiny dancers into the mix seems a great place to start. A talented troupe of performers will do just that Saturday night at Jesse Hall when Columbia Dance Academy students move skillfully to music by a high-caliber local ensemble.
more at the Columbia Daily-Tribune
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“Metro Retro: Taking the ’80s to the Streets” was the theme of the Heartland Men’s Chorus final two concerts of its 25th anniversary season at the Folly Theater.
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Only 3 percent of what used to be a 170 million-acre tallgrass prairie remains today, much of it concentrated in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. And that’s what organizers of the sixth-annual Symphony in the Flint Hills want people to understand and appreciate.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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When Fred Andrews founded the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee in 1996, he envisioned a showcase for the area’s filmmakers and opportunities to develop their craft.
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The Kansas City Symphony will perform its season finale and final concert in the Lyric with a program that includes a symphony by Tchaikovsky and two Scottish-flavored masterpieces. You can hear the Symphony for the last time in the Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St., at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It will perform the same program at 2 p.m. June 19 at Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College.
more at kansascity.com
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has officially prevailed in his six-month fight to strip Kansas communities of their arts funding. By using the line-item veto in the state's 2012 budget, Brownback cut funding for the Kansas Arts Commission — and made history of a dubious sort. Kansas is now the only state in the nation without an arts agency.
more at The Pitch
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Hard though it may be to picture, let’s assume that once upon a time Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were just a couple of crazy kids in love. Where did they meet? When were they married? How did they become the people we meet in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” — a violent, superstitious noble and the woman who goads him to murder his way to the throne of Scotland?
more at kansascity.com
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It is a hot June evening when people start filtering into Garfield Park and looking for a shady spot to set up their lawn chairs.
more at the Topeka Capital Journal
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Cattle not concert-goers have trod the native bluestem pastureland owned by the Schultz family for 139 years, but that will change Saturday when Keith Schultz, his family and ranching partner play hosts to the sixth annual Symphony in the Flint Hills.
more at the Topeka Capital-Journal
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Public arts officials from the Midwest are wondering whether Gov. Sam Brownback’s elimination of taxpayer-supported arts funding in Kansas is a sign of things to come, or an outlier that other states will reject.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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The Topeka Bar Association rolled out its satirical look at Kansas politics Thursday night at Topeka High School.
more at the Topeka Capital-Journal
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There's a masters class going on at Starlight every night this week. The subject: How to Write a Great Musical. The instructors: Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers. Enroll if you can.
more at KC Confidential
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Charles Stegeman, a co-founder of the Sunflower Music Festival and its current concertmaster and artistic director, used words like “amazing” and “spectacular” to describe the chamber music festival at Washburn University marking its 25th anniversary season at Washburn University.
more at the Topeka Capital-Journal
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It's New Year's Eve and a woman must meet up with the guy of her dreams before time runs out.
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Not every day affords the opportunity to listen to a living legend. I was waiting to put a call into Marilyn Maye after making contact with Helen, her assistant, and browsing through a bunch of complimentary clippings about her recent stint of shows for Feinstein's at the Loews Regency Hotel in New York City.
more at KC Confidential
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THIS YEAR'S AIR EXPO WILL FEATURE: FIFI - the only flying B-29 will be on our ramp for tours and rides. P-51 Mustang Gunfighter will be on our ramp for rides. Vintage Military Aircraft static displays and flying demonstrations. Vintage Military Vehicle Displays by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association. Pancake Breakfast Fly-in (Open to the public.) 7:00 a.m. Saturday. Swing band concert by the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra. Bombshell Bettys. Live interviews with military veterans from World War II to the conflict in Afghanistan. Children's Hangar. Veterans' Oral Histories. Weapons Displays. FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! ADMISSION IS FREE! More information on our website. www.kcghostsquadron.org
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THIS YEAR'S AIR EXPO WILL FEATURE: FIFI - the only flying B-29 will be on our ramp for tours and rides. P-51 Mustang Gunfighter will be on our ramp for rides. Vintage Military Aircraft static displays and flying demonstrations. Vintage Military Vehicle Displays by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association. Pancake Breakfast Fly-in (Open to the public.) 7:00 a.m. Saturday. Swing band concert by the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra. Bombshell Bettys. Live interviews with military veterans from World War II to the conflict in Afghanistan. Children's Hangar. Veterans' Oral Histories. Weapons Displays. FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY! ADMISSION IS FREE! More information on our website. www.kcghostsquadron.org
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As a co-founder and member for 25 years of the famed British sextet, the King’s Singers, Simon Carrington came to Kansas in 1994 as a world-renowned singer and left in 2001 as an internationally recognized choral director.
more at the Topeka Capital-Journal
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Activities for the entire family. Airplane and helicopter rides, fly-bys, aircraft displays, door prizes, bouncy house, face painting, magician, visit by Johnny Rowlands and Chopper 9, and hot dogs, chips, and drinks. www.airportFUNday.com. Sponsored by Air Associates.
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The next few days in Kansas City jazz belong to the singers. And not just any singers.
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Johnson County Old Settlers festival is back on September 8th. Johnson County Old Settlers festival is a tradition since 1898. This festival fills downtown Olathe with nationally recognized musical entertainment, carnival rides, a parade, antique auto show, arts & crafts, and much, much more. The theme is “Celebrating 150 Years”. Bring the family, grab your friends and come on down.
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British talk-show host David Frost has become a laughing stock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both men are desperate to out-talk and upstage each other as the cameras roll. The result is the interview that sealed a president's legacy.
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The East Hill Singers Chorus will perform two summer concerts at area churches.
Sponsored by Arts in Prison Inc. the chorus presents “Let Freedom Sing.”
more at the Johnson County Sun
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Kansas City community members said yes to the bard and another season of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival.
more at the Johnson County Sun
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Bob Paisley, co-founder of the nonprofit Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, has formed a for-profit theater company to produce plays in Kansas City and the United Kingdom, and to present British artists in Kansas City.
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The FREE summer movie season is upon us!
 As usual, many of these showings often involve kid-related activities prior to the show itself. For you newbies, many of these flicks are shown in parks or parking lots and begin at… more
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After six years of petitioning for the production rights to the musical “Chicago,” Theatre Lawrence, 1501 New Hampshire, finally received the green light. Directed by Mary Doveton, with musical direction by Mary Baker, the musical opens on June 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Theatre Lawrence with an opening night reception to follow catered by Pachamama’s.
more at lawrence.com
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Come compete or watch this fantastic competition of strength and determination by both men and women at beautiful Shawnee Mission Park. Our 27th annual Shawnee Mission Triathlon regular course consists of a 0.62 mile swim, followed by an 18 mile bike and a 4.5 mile. The short course consists of a 0.31 mile swim, followed by a 9 mile bike and a 2.4 mile run. Team categories include: men, women, coed, family and corporate. This event is limited to 700 entries. For details, visit our JCPRD Shawnee Mission Triathlon web page or call our offices.
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Back by popular demand, Mid-America Sports Complex is hosting another sandlot style adult softball tournament. All you have to do is register on or before June 22 and we’ll get you everything you need to know for kickin’ it old school when the games begin on Saturday, June 25 at 11:00 a.m. Teams will be formed through a draft that will take place at 10:00 a.m. that morning. For your registration fee of $25, you’re guaranteed three games and an Official Sandlot Koozie. Don’t delay, download your Registration Form and reserve your sandlot spot today. For more information, call Kelly at 913-422-5599 x11.
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Pack the kids up, grab the fishing gear, the lantern and snacks for another great JCPRD Overnight Fishing event at Kill Creek Park. The park will open after 11 PM for fishing only and park police will be on duty throughout the night. Before fishing, area anglers ages 16-64 will need to have a valid Kansas fishing license, a Johnson County Park and Recreation District fishing permit, and all appropriate boat tags, if applicable.
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Come and have fun at JCPRD's Grand Opening Celebration for its newest facility! Our New Century Fieldhouse is having a grand opening with a free day of family friendly games, events and giveaways! The fun includes facility tours, walk-abouts, coach taught drills, basketball clinic for all ages, and much, much more. Get the details and see facility renderings at our New Century Fieldhouse page or visit www.Newcenturyfieldhouse.com.
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It’s showtime for the Lyric Opera’s new administrative and production complex in the Crossroads Arts District, thanks to a federal incentive that’s yielded $3 million for the project.
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While the city focuses on the opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, another theatre opening will occur up the road in Penn Valley Park. Thanks to the Federal Reserve TIFF Project and the generosity of the Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners, the Just Off Broadway Theatre Completion Project will bring an enlarged lobby with box office and concession spaces, Equity compliant dressing rooms for 12 performers, a new Producer's Office, improved storage and work spaces and the Penn Valley Room to JOBTA'S ten-year old black box theatre.
Both the Kauffman Center and the Just Off Broadway Theatre will open on Thursday, September 16, 2011.
For further information, contact Harold Keairnes, President.
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This article is from the May 2011 issue of KC Stage
Having over 10 years of experience with working with various arts organizations in the Kansas City metro area, I have attended a lot of meetings. From board meetings to committee meetings to planning meetings, I have spent way too much of my volunteer time in meetings - many of them not very productive and too few of them quick and painless.
As the past president of the Platte County Arts Council and as the unofficial ‘agenda maker’ for KC Stage’s staff meetings, I know that meetings are a necessary evil. But they don’t have to be that evil: there are several things that can be done to make sure meetings are efficient and beneficial.
Make sure the meeting is necessary
I am constantly surprised by how many meetings I am invited to that are not necessary in today’s age of e-mail and online collaboration. While there is a case to be made for face-to-face interaction and the inevitable brainstorming that can provide, if the reason you’re having a meeting is mainly because you feel you have to (i.e., you always have meetings on the first Saturday of the month, or there hasn’t been a meeting in a while), think twice and consider sending what updates there are via e-mail.
There are many free e-mail discussion list options out there where you can set up a closed discussion group just for your board members (or committee members) if you want that give and take still available. Many of those offer up ways to upload documents as well, which helps if you want to share a new budget or brochure design.
Come with an agenda
Unfortunately, the idea of having a meeting agenda seems to scare away a lot of people. They seem to think there needs to be an outline with Roman numerals and even time limits on each item to be considered an agenda. And yes, while an outline may help you organize what you want to cover (and even time limits, but we’ll get to that in a moment), having an agenda just means making sure you know what all you want to cover – and in what order. It can just be a sheet of paper that states you’re going to cover this topic first, then this topic, and so on. This helps your group stay focused and gives them an idea of a timeline.
Also, be sure to send out that agenda ahead of time: everyone likes to be prepared, and will contribute more efficiently if they know in advance what topics are going to be discussed.
Keep the meeting efficient
Notice I didn’t say to keep the meeting short: there are meetings I’ve attended that have been a couple of hours long, but every part of the meeting has been needed. Keeping meetings efficient will make sure the people attending the meeting know they have spent their time well. There are several ways to keep a meeting effective.
- Limiting your time: Above, I mention that there is an agenda style that states the various topics, and then gives a place to put a time limit on said topic. While I personally don’t subscribe to limiting the amount of time devoted to certain subjects, I also see the point of making sure you don’t spend too much time on one topic. One recommendation I’ve come across is that if you’re still discussing a topic after 15-30 minutes, that’s when you know the topic deserves either its own committee or a separate meeting.
- Start and end times: One thing I’ve learned that helps meetings I run be more efficient is by having a start time that I stick to (i.e., unless absolutely necessary, I don’t wait until all the attendees are there to start), and having an end time in place as well. If attendees know they have a limited time to discuss, there will be less chance of rehashing every topic. Also, if attendees know you’re going to start at a specific time and won’t go back for latecomers, they’ll understand that it’s up to them to get an update if they come in late.
- Limiting the topics: no one likes long meetings. Well, no one I know likes long meetings. Try to keep the topics to items that have to be discussed at that meeting. Also, let your meeting attendees know to have off-topic comments and discussion kept to a minimum. This includes social chit-chat. While it’s nice you want to keep up with what your fellow meeting attendees have been doing when not helping out the project, I always ask to keep that until after the meeting. That way, people can decide whether they want to socialize and the meeting isn’t being held for it.
Have follow up to the meeting
So many of the meetings I attend seem to be covering the same topics over and over again, and I bet it’s because there is no meeting follow up. As with the agenda, minutes don’t have to be a complicated affair: it can just be what was discussed and what was decided. And most meetings supply some sort of minutes afterwards.
However, where it breaks down is in the follow-through. If certain people agreed to do certain tasks, those minutes need to have some sort of ‘action list’ that states just that. For example, when I do the minutes for KC Stage, a sample action list includes who’s writing the monthly spotlight (and if someone not on staff, which staff member is in charge of following up with that writer), who’s following up with a specific potential advertiser, and so on. (In fact, I have a separate Excel document that tracks each of the action items for each staff member.)
Even then, it is – for better or for worse – the task of the meeting organizer to follow through with those meeting attendees to confirm they are completing the tasks assigned to them. Otherwise, the next meeting will no doubt still be discussing what needs to be done.
In summary ...
These are only a smattering of tips on how to keep meetings productive. There are a ton of resources out there on keeping meetings productive. And this isn’t a New Year’s Resolution type of thing: I’ve held meetings where I’ve either intentionally broken one of the above rules or just didn’t have the time or ability to make sure my suggestions were in place. But inevitably, those meetings where I didn’t do the suggestions lasted longer than they should and felt like the time involved didn’t correlate to what I got out of it. The more likely your volunteers feel like they’re being productive, the more likely they’ll want to be more involved.
I know there’s more than one group I stopped helping because I felt
I was attending too many pointless meetings.
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Becky Metcalf, Aerospace and Engineering facilitator and math instructor at Olathe Northwest High School, is the Air Force Association's State Teacher of the Year. The honor recognizes classroom teachers for exciting K-12 students about math and science and preparing them to use advanced technologies.
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I paid twenty dollars to hear Jeff Harshbarger and Bobby Watson perform "Donna Lee." Their spectacular duet on the Charlie Parker composition was worth every penny. It was part of the Bach Aria Soloists concert Saturday at White Recital Hall.
more at Plastic Sax
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Helzberg Hall series. In this video, Principal Bass Player Jeffrey Kail, describes why he is excited about the Symphony's debut this September at the beautiful new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Celebration in Song: The Music of Paul Simon
September 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 2011
Avenue Q
November 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 2011
Beau Jest
December 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 2011
The Who's Tommy
February 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 2012
The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
April 21, 22, 26, 28, 29,May 3, 5, 6, 2012
Visiting Mr. Green
May 31, June 2, 7, 9, 10, 2012
The King and I
July 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 2012
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The One Night Stand filmmaking challenge is simple. Starting at 9:30 am on Saturday, June 18th, teams will have just ten hours to conceive, shoot and produce a short film, to be screened at 7:30pm that same evening. All of the teams are given a theme, a required line of dialogue, and a prop to use in the film. No production can be done prior to the event.
more at CinemaKC
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Later in his career, Claude “Fiddler” Williams released several CDs, some live recordings, some studio dates. Unquestionably, my favorite of the bunch was his 2000 release, Swingin’ the Blues. Bobby Watson sits in on a couple of numbers.
more at kcjazzlark
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Project ONE is a grassroots fundraiser to benefit the Olathe Salvation Army's food pantry. During the summer, local food pantries tend to suffer from a food drought due to kids needing more food assistance while out of school. Project ONE has the goal of collecting ONE dollar from everyone in Olathe on June 25, 2011 in hopes of eliminating the food drought in Olathe. There will be volunteers at the following Olathe businesses to accept your donation. The locations and hours of the donation sponsors are as follows: First National Bank of Olathe: Donations are accepted in the Lobby June 20th-24th. Donations accepted in the Bank Lobby and drive-thru locations on June, 25th. *444 East Santa Fe * 11970 South Blackbob Road * 110 N. Clairborne Road * 14670 S. Harrison * 15084 S. Blackbob * 175 N Parker (inside Price Chopper) Decker Chiropractic:13025 S. Mur-len #100 Regular business hours Monday-Saturday. Green Lantern Car Wash
Monday-Saturday: Regular business hours (Lobby Only). Starbucks 151st & Blackbob: 8-11, 119th & Blackbob: 8-11. Wal-Mart East Olathe: 9am-1pm, West Olathe: 9am-1pm. Hy-vee: 135th and Broughm: 9-12. Johnny's Tavern: K-10 and Ridgeview: 11-1:30. If the 25th is not a good day for you and your family, all six locations of First National Bank of Olathe, Green Lantern carwash and Decker Chiropractic will be accepting donations during regular business hours the 20th-25th. Please pass this info on to everyone who would be able to donate!
www.projectoneolathe.org
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Project ONE is a grassroots fundraiser to benefit the Olathe Salvation Army's food pantry. During the summer, local food pantries tend to suffer from a food drought due to kids needing more food assistance while out of school. Project ONE has the goal of collecting ONE dollar from everyone in Olathe on June 25, 2011 in hopes of eliminating the food drought in Olathe. There will be volunteers at the following Olathe businesses to accept your donation. The locations and hours of the donation sponsors are as follows: First National Bank of Olathe: Donations are accepted in the Lobby June 20th-24th. Donations accepted in the Bank Lobby and drive-thru locations on June, 25th. *444 East Santa Fe * 11970 South Blackbob Road * 110 N. Clairborne Road * 14670 S. Harrison * 15084 S. Blackbob * 175 N Parker (inside Price Chopper) Decker Chiropractic:13025 S. Mur-len #100 Regular business hours Monday-Saturday. Green Lantern Car Wash
Monday-Saturday: Regular business hours (Lobby Only). Starbucks 151st & Blackbob: 8-11, 119th & Blackbob: 8-11. Wal-Mart East Olathe: 9am-1pm, West Olathe: 9am-1pm. Hy-vee: 135th and Broughm: 9-12. Johnny's Tavern: K-10 and Ridgeview: 11-1:30. If the 25th is not a good day for you and your family, all six locations of First National Bank of Olathe, Green Lantern carwash and Decker Chiropractic will be accepting donations during regular business hours the 20th-25th. Please pass this info on to everyone who would be able to donate!
www.projectoneolathe.org
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It is summertime, so strike up the bands. Evening concerts in two city parks get started with a 7 p.m. Sunday one by the Topeka Santa Fe Band at the Gage Park Amphitheater, where the Santa Fe Band, Marshall's Civic Band and the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band will present a nine-concert series. The North Topeka Community Band will begin its three-concert summer season at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Garfield Park.
more at the Topeka Capital-Journal
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Oct 1, 2011. This will be something to see. Some 1,600 people file into the oval bowl of Helzberg Hall, expecting to groove to the big-band bounce of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. It’s the opening subscription concert of the Harriman-Jewell Series.
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Topic: "Problematic Policies & Procedures"
From Dress Codes to Social Media... Attend this month's open discussion about writing and enforcing company policies and procedures. Bring a list of those which tend to be the most troubling and problematic at your workplace, or come prepared to share your business's creative solutions and successful tactics. This is your opportunity to inquire and learn!
As always, if you have questions or firsthand experience in this area please be sure to attend this month's meeting.
10-Minute Sponsor: Decker Chiropractic
What is the HR Roundtable?
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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.
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Meeting registration opens two weeks prior to the event date and ends the Friday before the meetng date. Cost is $11 per person for catered lunch or FREE for the "B.Y.O.Lunch" option. Complimentary Pepsi beverages always available.
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Payments for catered lunch are accepted online or at the door. Notify staff of B.Y.O.Lunch option via email or phone call. Cancelations must be received by 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to the event in order to avoid charges.
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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:
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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One representative of a non-member organization is welcome to attend one meeting a year.
Can vendors make presentations to the HR practitioners that attend?
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Presentations are at the sole discretion of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce. Please consider the sponsorship opportunity described below.
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:
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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.
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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
To RSVP w/o online pre-payment, you may submit the form below and indicate "RSVP," your name, email, and lunch choice: (1) $11 Catered lunch option but pay at the door, or (2) Free B.Y.O.Lunch option. We will respond to submitted questions at our earliest convenience, or you may call the Olathe Chamber (913) 764-1050.
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Simon Carrington knows what he wants in a choral sound, and in 2008 he and two dozen Kansas City area singers formed a choir that has had a huge success in producing that sound. The British-born conductor and singer, who began as a boy chorister and later was a member of the King’s Singers, says his approach for the locally based Simon Carrington Chamber Singers has some of the pristine quality of his European training, but not necessarily the airy, disembodied sound of some English choirs.
more at The Independent
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It’s here. The summer heat has set in and it doesn’t seem like that long ago I was complaining about having jackets in May…now, it’s full on summer. What gives?!? Summer in Kansas City, to be sure.
Here is our… more 
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The Actor Training Studio announces a weekend workshop for young actors ages 12 to 16 this June, Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th. These workshops continue to use a convenient modular format that will give actors a well-rounded intensive in one weekend. Class size will be strictly limited to 10, to ensure individualized attention and instruction for each actor.
Diane Bulan is the instructor of the ATS Young Actors Workshop program. Diane has taught acting and theatre workshops for Theatre for Young America, Seem To Be Players, Theatre of the Imagination and Rainbow's End Theatre. She is a professional actor working in theatre, film, and industrials and recently has performed with Musical Theater Heritage, the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Black Hills Playhouse and Great Plains Theatre. Diane is also a puppeteer for Piccadilly Productions. She has toured nationally with the Seem To Be Players, and has performed in many schools through Kansas City Young Audiences and National Theatre for Children. On the technical side, Diane is an electrician, helping light shows for Kansas City Repertory and the American Heartland Theatre. She has also stage managed for MTH, Metropolitan Ensemble Theater and TYA.
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 in our new studio at 5350 W. 94th Terrace (Suite 103, enter in the rear of the building), Prairie Village, 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.
Workshops for Young Actors, Ages 12-16
Saturday, June 18, 2011
1pm – Improvisation
Saturday, June 18, 2011
3:30pm – Scene Study
Sunday, June 19, 2011
1pm – Monologues
Sunday, June 19, 2011
3:30pm – On-Camera (prerequisite: must attend either Scene Study or Monologues)
Tuition:
- 1 session - $60
- 2 sessions - $100
- 3 sessions - $130
- All 4 sessions - $150
Note: Prerequisite for each on-camera workshop.
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“Bach was one of the original jazz cats,” saxophonist Bobby Watson said Saturday night. The saxophonist, along with bassist Jeff Harshbarger, provided the jazz component to the Bach Aria Soloists’ final concert, “Bach & Jazz Inventions,” which featured the improvisational qualities of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music.
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The Olathe Board of Education began its June 2 meeting immediately following a public hearing on the republished 2010-11 budget. The hearing was required so the district could amend the general, special education, and Kansas Public Employees Retirement System funds and legally change its budget authority to maximize state aid to these funds.
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Lou Diamond Phillips tells a story: When he was a young hustling actor in Texas in the early 1980s, he always kept a switchblade and a red bandanna in his car. That way he’d always be prepared for his next audition as a gangbanger.
more at kansascity.com
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Regulars to the Ragtag Cinema — celebrating its 13th birthday this month — have seen quite the collection of films come through, and many of them are made internationally. Last year’s Passport Series drew foreign-film lovers and curious inquirers, pairing high-caliber foreign-language flicks with different types of wine for extra European flair. But this summer, associate programmer Chris Boeckmann originated a highly domestic twist on the film series: pairing American-made independent films of various U.S. regions with musical buskers and samples of regional brews.
more at the Columbia Daily Tribune
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It was a sultry Saturday night in June, and even the Lyric Theatre was warm enough that the men of the Kansas City Symphony played without their jackets. The last thing anyone would have expected was a lukewarm performance.
more at kansascity.com
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Movie theaters are filling with stories about misbehaving pandas, heroic mutants, superheroes with magic rings and a comedy of mistaken identity led by a man playing a woman. Typical summer fare, right? Well, not exactly when it comes to that comedy. It was written by Oscar Wilde — in the late 1890s.
more at kansascity.com
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As one of the co-founders of the King’s Singers, Simon Carrington has legions of fans who cherish memories of the vocal group’s concerts and recordings.
more at kansascity.com
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The Board of Directors of the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee announced on June 1, 2011 that Founder and President Fred G. Andrews has resigned his position on the Board effective immediately. It is with great appreciation that the Board recognizes 15 years of unending support, service and dedication to the independent filmmaking community and to the Jubilee.
more at KC Jubliee
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With one stroke of a pen, Gov. Sam Brownback ruined Mary Doveton’s holiday weekend. “I think we were all holding out until the last ray of hope ...” said the Theatre Lawrence leader, letting her voice trail off.
more at lawrence.com
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It’s ironic that writer/director Chris Ordal’s quietly moving “Earthwork” opens its run at Liberty Hall in Lawrence the weekend after Governor Sam Brownback erased the funding for the Kansas Arts Commission, leaving the program with zero budget and no staff or offices.
more at the Lawrence Journal World
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This year, Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA) – the region's largest provider of arts education celebrates 50 years of opening a window to the arts for the youth of Greater Kansas City. As a celebratory gift, the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation (MMKF) will provide KCYA a matching gift grant up to $100,000 based on funds raised during the 50th Anniversary fundraising effort.
"The Foundation is proud to present this grant to KCYA, a vibrant community resource," says David Lady, president and chief operating officer of MMKF. "We commend the members of the KCYA administrative and artistic staff for their extraordinary efforts this past year and congratulate them on the remarkable accomplishments they've made on behalf of the Kansas City community."
KCYA will use the grant to support arts education performances and workshops in area schools and to run the Community School of the Arts. Community support is increasingly more important as funding for the arts in schools continues to decline. Each year, KCYA programs reach almost 200,000 children.
Individual and corporate donations can be made through the KCYA web site at www.kcya.org, Facebook causes, by calling (816) 531-4022, or by mail to: 5601 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64113.
Later this year, KCYA will host a formal 50th Anniversary Celebration at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 12. This will include a reception in the Grand Lobby and an concert by a well-known performer, to be announced soon, in Helzberg Hall. Honorary co-chairs for the event are Peggy and Bill Lyons and Katie and Clyde Wendell.
For more information, visit www.kcya.org or call (816) 531-4022.
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Recently board member Jerry Rapp got a chance to talk to members of the Independent Filmmakers Coalition or IFC as it’s better known as.
Here’s that story…
more at CinemaKC
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Starlight Theatre's 2011 season opener, is Rodgers & Hammerstein The King and I. This musical classic pits East versus West in a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting love story. When summoned to Bangkok's Royal Palace in 1862 to tutor the many children and wives of the King of Siam, English widow Anna struggles with the King's barbaric behavior. Over time, however, the two come to understand, respect and even embrace one another's traditions and values.
Lou Diamond Phillips returns to his Tony Award nominated role of the King of Siam in The King and I. A well-known film, TV and stage actor, Lou's many credits include La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Young Guns and Courage Under Fire.
Audiences will enjoy showstoppers including "Getting to Know You," "Hello, Young Lovers" and "Shall We Dance?" 
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Wine Down with us and let the stress of your work week disappear. Enjoy an evening of Wine, Food and Music with Stone Pillar, Terrace Catering and Country Performer Garry Lincoln.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Artist Garry Lincoln. www.garrylincoln.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
6:30pm: Wine Tasting
7:00pm: Performance by Garry Lincoln
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price. Please register in advance if possible. Admission: cash only at the door, ATM available at register. No outside food, or alcohol to be brought in (It's against the law!) Drinks for kids and water allowed.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3lrlb7b56322
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Enjoy an evening of award winning wine, delicious food, and great music with Stone Pillar, Plan B Catering, and Harvest Moon.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Plan B Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Band Harvest Moon. http://www.harvestmoonkc.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
2:30pm: Wine Tasting
3:00pm: Performance by Harvest Moon
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
No outside alcohol to be brought in. (It’s against the law!)
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3loyd4bcc6c1
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Wine Down with us and let the stress of your work week disappear. Enjoy an evening of Wine, Food and Music with Stone Pillar, Terrace Catering and Country Performer Garry Lincoln.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Artist Garry Lincoln. www.garrylincoln.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
6:30pm: Wine Tasting
7:00pm: Performance by Garry Lincoln
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price. Please register in advance if possible. Admission: cash only at the door, ATM available at register. No outside food, or alcohol to be brought in (It's against the law!) Drinks for kids and water allowed.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3lqa09c1da9f
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Enjoy an evening of award winning wine, delicious food, and great music with Stone Pillar, Plan B Catering, and Harvest Moon.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Plan B Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Band Harvest Moon. http://www.harvestmoonkc.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
4:30pm: Wine Tasting
5:00pm: Performance by Harvest Moon
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
No outside alcohol to be brought in. (It’s against the law!)
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3lnjb79cde03
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Enjoy an evening of award winning wine, delicious food, and great music with Stone Pillar, Terrace Catering, and Harvest Moon.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Band Harvest Moon. http://www.harvestmoonkc.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
5:30pm: Wine Tasting
6:00pm: Performance by Harvest Moon
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
No outside alcohol to be brought in. (It’s against the law!)
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3lmaffe71e0f
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Enjoy an evening of Wine, Food and Music with Stone Pillar, Terrace Catering and Country Performer Garry Lincoln.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Artist Garry Lincoln. www.garrylincoln.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
6:30pm: Wine Tasting
7:00pm: Performance by Garry Lincoln
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price. Please register in advance if possible. Admission: cash only at the door, ATM available at register. No outside food, or alcohol to be brought in (It's against the law!) Drinks for kids and water allowed.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3lg731eb4c3b
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Tired of giving Dad another boring tie for Father’s Day? This year treat Dad to an afternoon at Stone Pillar Vineyard & Winery. Enjoy a tasting of Stone Pillar Wines, a delicious barbecue lunch, gourmet dessert, and live entertainment by the Kate Mac Band.
Tickets: $25 Adults, $12 Kids 12 & under
Includes wine tasting, lunch, and entertainment. Rain or Shine.
12:00pm: Check- in & Wine Tasting
Be sure to select your favorite bottle of Stone Pillar Wine to pair with lunch.
1:00pm: Lunch
1:30pm-4:30pm: Music by the Kate Mac Band
Menu: Prepared by Smoke'n Babes BBQ
Spare Ribs
Pulled Pork Sandwich
BBQ Baked Beans
Cheesy Corn
Potato Salad
Lemonade
Dessert: Prepared by All About Cheesecake
Gourmet Cheesecake Cupcakes: Delicious jumbo cake bottoms filled with a variety of cheesecake centers and topped with icing and garnishments.
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Devil's Food Cake with a cheesecake center. Topped with cream cheese icing and mini chocolate chips!
Lemon Bottom Cupcakes
Refreshing lemon cake batter with a cheesecake center. Topped with lemon infused cream cheese icing.
Red Velvet Bottom Cupcakes
Red velvet cake batter, a chocolate chip cheesecake center, topped with cream cheese icing and red sugar crystals.
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3xd3l8x20484d1e
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Wine Down with us and let the stress of your work week disappear. Enjoy an evening of Wine, Food and Music with Stone Pillar, and Country Performer Garry Lincoln.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with food. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Artist Garry Lincoln. www.garrylincoln.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
6:30pm: Wine Tasting
7:00pm: Performance by Garry Lincoln
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price. Please register in advance if possible. Admission: cash only at the door, ATM available at register. No outside food, or alcohol to be brought in (It's against the law!) Drinks for kids and water allowed.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3r6g6ke9232aeeb
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12:00pm: Terrace Catering will have kid friendly food available for sale.
Menu
Hot dogs
Hamburgers
Potato salad
Chips
Grapes
Lemonade
12pm-3pm: Bouncy obstacle course $5
12pm-3pm: Face Painting $3-$7
2:00pm-3:00pm Rockin Rob Show!
To register go to http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e3wqi3eu14442c3f
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Stone Pillar Winery and Terrace Catering are excited to offer this unique culinary experience which showcases select Stone Pillar wines paired with a delicious four-course Mediterranean inspired menu. Guests will be seated in our tent overlooking the vineyard allowing them Wine and Dine in the beautiful scenery.
6:30pm: Wine Tasting
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines specially chosen to pair with a four-course dinner prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle of wine to enjoy with their meal. Wine will be offered at a 10% discount.
Wines are not included in the admission price and must be purchased separately. Wine sold by the bottle only.
7:00pm Dinner Seating
Menu
Appetizer
Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves)
Salad
Greek salad
Entree
Pita bread
Braised Mediterranean Chicken
Lemon potatoes
Seared Veggies in White Wine Rosemary Cream Sauce
Dessert
Baklava
To register go to http://stonepillarvineyard.com/events.html
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Forget about Thor and Hangover 2, the summer movie season launches tonight with X Men: First Class. And absent for the first time in decades is the watchful eye of venerable Kansas City Star movie critic Robert W. Butler. Butler took a bullet early last month in the latest round of quarterly layoffs and cutbacks at the newspaper. But wait - he's baaack!
more at KC Confidential
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Enjoy an evening of award winning wine, delicious food, and great music with Stone Pillar, Terrace Catering and Harvest Moon.
The evening will begin with a wine tasting of select Stone Pillar Wines chosen to pair with Pasta and Pizza prepared by Terrace Catering. Guests can then purchase a bottle to enjoy while listening to our Featured Band Harvest Moon. http://www.harvestmoonkc.com
Wine will be offered at a 10% discount!
5:30pm: Wine Tasting
To register go to http://stonepillarvineyard.com/events.html
6:00pm: Performance by Harvest Moon
Fee: $5 Per Person, Kids 12 and under free. Food not included in price.
Terrace Catering Menu: Lemon and tuna pasta with arugula, Feta, tomato and chicken pasta, grilled margarita pizza, and grilled white pizza.
Please feel free to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on for concert.
No outside alcohol to be brought in. (It’s against the law!)
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Chris Ordal is the writer, director and producer behind "Earthwork," which tells the story of Lawrence artist Stan Herd, who in 1994 risked everything he had to create a massive piece of environmental artwork on a pice of land in New York's Upper West Side. The film, which stars Oscar-nominated actor John Hawkes, was shot in and around Lawrence in 2008 and has received praise from Roger Ebert, Los Angeles Times and The Kansas City Star as well as many awards on the film festival circuit. This Friday the film opens at Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.
more at lawrence.com
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Liverpool, Kansas City's best Beatles Tribute band plays all of your favorite Fab Four songs. Each Liverpool performance includes all of the costume changes that follow the Beatles different phases as well as state of the art video screen enhancement technology.
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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Keb' Mo' is a three time Grammy winner. His music is a living link to the seminal Delta blues that traveled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America--informing all of its musical roots--before evolving into a universally celebrated art form. Keb' Mo's music is also a purely post-modern expression of the artistic and cultural journey that has transformed the blues, and his own point of view, over time. His distinctive sound embraces multiple eras and genres, including pop, rock, folk and jazz, in which he is well-versed. Roots R&B singer/songwriter/piano player Kelley Hunt is a woman who has muscled her way onto the scene on her own terms with a combination of passion, soul and superior skills as a vocalist, piano player and writer. She's an artist who has achieved everything to date not on hype or artificial positioning, but strictly on the merit of her live and recorded performances. The traditions of Kelley's music are right up front but the words, delivery, experiences and passion are uniquely hers. It's a fresh combination that is winning legions of roots music fans and gathering truly impressive critical acclaim.
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Sam Bush is the perfect ambassador for bluegrass in the 21st century. He was a founding member of the New Grass Revival and has been called a modern day Bill Monroe. Throughout his career, he has acknowledged tradition while pushing mountain music into the realms of rock, jazz, reggae, and Afro-pop. He has shared a stage with some of the biggest names in acoustic and folk music, including Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, and David Grisman. He has inspired nationally known bands including the String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, and Nickel Creek. There are few performers in any genre who exude so much joy and energy in performance. Brewer & Shipley are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of singer-songwriters Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. They were known for their intricate guitar work, vocal harmonies and socially conscious lyrics. Their greatest success was the song "One Toke Over the Line" from their album Tarkio.
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6:30pm (Olathe's Got Talent Stand-outs)
7:00pm (Jim Cosgrove followed by TFIA)
Bass player Keith Grimwood and guitarist Ezra Idlet, together, are Trout Fishing in America. They've been playing music together since the 1970's, when they met up in Texas in a folk rock band. In 1979, Trout Fishing was born, and now, 15 albums and four Grammy nominations later, Keith and Ezra still get up every day looking forward to playing music together. Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove has spent the last twelve years performing thousands of shows for thousands of families throughout North America and Europe. His music, his writings, his festivals, and his way of life help preserve the vitality and creativity of childhood--for kids of all ages.
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6:30pm (Olathe's Got Talent Stand-outs)
7:00pm (Jim Cosgrove followed by TFIA)
Bass player Keith Grimwood and guitarist Ezra Idlet, together, are Trout Fishing in America. They've been playing music together since the 1970's, when they met up in Texas in a folk rock band. In 1979, Trout Fishing was born, and now, 15 albums and four Grammy nominations later, Keith and Ezra still get up every day looking forward to playing music together. Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove has spent the last twelve years performing thousands of shows for thousands of families throughout North America and Europe. His music, his writings, his festivals, and his way of life help preserve the vitality and creativity of childhood--for kids of all ages.
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With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit-down funk and horn fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is an anomaly in the contemporary music scene. With each album, the group gravitates closer to the classic sounds that inspired them to learn their craft. What's old is new again; with young audiences flocking to see a live show that lays musical roots more in 1969 than 2011.
Funk Syndicate is a Kansas City based dance, variety & show band specializing in music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Experience the sounds of 'old school' funk, R&B, soul and disco, swing, jazz, and classic rock.
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With a sound dancing between gutbucket soul, N'awlins grit-down funk and horn fueled Motown pop, Mingo Fishtrap is an anomaly in the contemporary music scene. With each album, the group gravitates closer to the classic sounds that inspired them to learn their craft. What's old is new again; with young audiences flocking to see a live show that lays musical roots more in 1969 than 2011.
Funk Syndicate is a Kansas City based dance, variety & show band specializing in music from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Experience the sounds of 'old school' funk, R&B, soul and disco, swing, jazz, and classic rock.
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In the second half of today's program we sit down with actor Lou Diamond Philips to talk about his career and his starring role in Starlight Theatre's production of The King and I. The well-known film, TV and stage actor's credits include the role of King Arthur in the 2007 touring production of Camelot; the movies La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Young Guns and Young Guns II; and TV series 24, Numb3rs and Stargate Universe. In June 2009, he was crowned "King of the Jungle" in winning the second season of NBC’s reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Most recently, Lou was cast as Henry Standing Bear in Longmire, an upcoming Western series pilot on the A&E network.
listen at Up to Date (mp3 link)
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The Coterie Theatre will take its production of “Lucky Duck,” a musical that was retooled for the young-audiences theater last summer, to New York.
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Middle school and high school girls attending Olathe Public Schools are invited to a free self-defense class offered by the district's Student Development Department and the Ali Kemp T.A.K.E. Foundation.
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CinemaKC, a not-for-profit organization connecting film related groups in Kansas and Missouri, is showcasing local filmmakers on a weekly TV show, “CinemaKC” broadcasts every Saturday night at 9:30pm on KSMO-TV 62. The June series features Kansas City filmmakers Jim Schweers, Tim Harvey, Andrea Agosto, Justin Gardner, Patrick Rea, Mary Beth Brand, Devin Schwyhart and Alan Handley.
more at CinemaKC
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Molly Lynch, artistic director of the National Choreographers Initiative (NCI), has announced that UMKC’s Paula Weber was among the four choreographers chosen from a nationwide application process to participate in this year’s summer’s project.
more at University News
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An attempt in the House on Wednesday to override Brownback’s veto fell short as the Legislature met briefly for the ceremonial end of the 2011 session.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
and at KCUR
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If you happened to attend the 2008 Lyric Opera production of Handel’s Julius Caesar you may be interested to learn that the set is alive and well.
more at the Lyric Opera
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The Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company presented a stunning array of its best works for its annual Spring Dance Concert at UMKC’s White Recital Hall May 13-14, 2011.
more at University News
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Music Theatre for Young People will showcase the talents of their high school seniors representing 9 Kansas City area high schools when they stage their Senior Show, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Into The Woods." The show will be performed on Saturday June 4th and Sunday June 5th at Avila University's Goppert Theatre. Showtimes are at 7:30PM Saturday and 2:30PM Sunday, with a special performance in conjunction with 435 Magazine Saturday at 2:30PM. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. Tickets for the 435 Magazine performance on Saturday at 2:30PM are just $4.35. They are available at the door or by calling the Ticket Office at 913-341-8156.
Music Theatre for Young People productions attract some of the best and brightest young music theatre talent in Kansas City. "Into The Woods" is no different, featuring the talents of Blue Star Nominees Katie Martin and Anthony Fortino (both from St. Thomas Aquinas High School), and Caleb Hoffman (from Kearney High School). Typically, MTYP's productions are staged with a full pit orchestra and staffed by Broadway veterans; even more remarkably, the students only have one week to rehearse before presenting this musical. This is accomplished by rehearsing intensely for six consecutive 12-hour days.
Music Theatre for Young People has a reputation as being a premier not-for-profit educational organization, dedicated to enriching young peoples' lives.
Additional information about MTYP and "Into The Woods" is posted at www.mtyp.org. 
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It’s not easy describing “Last Breath,” especially without giving away its surprises. But try on this label: Christian torture porn.
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So you think you have showbiz talent but never imagined yourself on “American Idol” or “America’s Got Talent.” If that’s the case, the producers of a new “talent road show” want to see what you have.
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The Leawood Stage Company is seeking a costumer for their production of Bye Bye Birdie.
Requirements include:
- References
- Experience
- Ability to create 50's looks for 60 people aprox. 120 costumes
- Ability to sew
- Must be on site for all rehearsals starting July 4th
- Must be present for all performances July 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23.
They have started the first week of rehearsals so they are looking for someone right away. Please e-mail Eric Van Horn at customcasuals@sbcglobal.net if you are interested in this paid position.
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Age Level: 10UA, 12UA, & 14UA
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This we can agree upon: there's a wealth of great talent in the Kansas City area, and entrepreneurism is plentiful in the region. But sometimes Kansas and Missouri don't get along. And occasionally, that can lead to unhealthy competition from businesses on either side of the state line. Perhaps it's time for that to stop. Today Steve Kraske welcomes Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Chair Greg Graves and Chamber CEO Jim Heeter to explain an attempt to go above the state line and determine five tangible and specific goals to which the entire region can commit. 
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Age Level: 13U
Level: "AAA"
Entry Fee: $390
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A national group Tuesday criticized Gov. Sam Brownback for making Kansas the first state to eliminate funding for arts programs and shut down its government arts agency, saying the state is now "a huge outlier" in how it treats the arts.
more at the Lawrence Journal-World
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McMeachin teaches aerial fabrics — a kind of acrobatic dance performed in the air, suspended from long strips of fabric — almost every day in her home.
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State Sen. Julia Lynn presented Senate Resolution 1864 to members of the district's Culinary Arts team in honor of their second-place finish at the National ProStart Invitational culinary competition held earlier this month in Overland Park.
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Actions taken by the Kansas Legislature in 2011 will be reviewed during the Olathe Public Schools Board of Education regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in the Education Center, 14160 Black Bob Road, Olathe.
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Cool breezes, pastoral scenes and the sweet sounds of summer await concert lovers as the 35th season of the Shelter Gardens Concert Series commences June 12 in Shelter Gardens. The series announced its roster this week, and the season promises a local, diverse lineup of talent.
more at the Columbia Daily Tribune
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