writing by Libby Hanssen
Fail better. The arts in Kansas City had a pretty phenomenal year, some huge achievements, some huge, disastrously phenomenal events, but a big impact and plenty of challenges to meet in 2018. We can't overcome the deaths of people important to us, like Michelle Boisseau, but how fortunate for those who knew them and how... Continue Reading →
Specifically, cartoon cats. Every time Sting creepily intones "I'll be watching you," I have manic flashbacks to zany wisecracking felines on roller skates. But why? I would ask people, hey, do you remember a cartoon about a band that gets sucked inexplicably through a mirror into a fuchsia-delic alternate universe and the music sounds like... Continue Reading →
Fresh off a successful UK tour, the Fountain City Brass Band performs holiday favorites around the region. Read about it in my first contribution to KCUR, Kansas City's NPR affiliate.
KC Chorale has a full December. Read about the many opportunities to celebrate the season in song in KC Studio's Holiday Edition (page 20).
Proust Eats a Sandwich 