Spring Break
Bill Shapiro strolled on to the stage of the Historic Folly Theatre Saturday evening with casual aplomb, belying the importance of the event. "Cyprus Avenue," his remarkable weekly program of "intelligent music," broadcast from noon to 2 p.m. every Saturday on KCUR, was celebrating 30 years on the air.
"Death Magnetic" starts off with a heartbeat - Metallica's way of saying, "We're still alive and kicking, and metal still runs through our veins." The group's 2003 effort, "St. Anger," was an attempt at reinvention for this arthritic dinosaur of a metal band.
Waldo has become one of the new up-and-coming neighborhoods in Kansas City. The area's Sixteenth Annual Fall Festival and Fourth Annual Falldo Waldo Crawldo makes it one of the city's favorites this time of year. Before the nightly festivities began, Waldo pulled out all the stops to kick off the festival with a dizzying array of family-friendly activities.
My best friend Sasha and I do a "date" night every Wednesday. Between her life of being a medical student and my life of being an overworked, double major with ambitions on changing the planet and landing a book deal, it is sometimes hard to connect. However, we diligently observe our Wednesday night tradition over pistachio gelato and melontinis.
The Heidi Chronicles, a comedic coming of age story, made its debut Saturday at UMKC. This play chronicles the life of Heidi Holland (Ashlee LaPine) from 1965 through 1985. Heidi is an art curator and educator of women in Art History. The opening scene is in a New York lecture hall in 1989 where Heidi discusses art with her students.
Let's face it - there will be a time when you're going to have to do a little cooking, and for some, that can be scary. There is good news for you though. As long as you can use a sharp knife and know how to work an oven, you're in business for this recipe.
The UMKC Music Conservatory Orchestra played their season premier concert on Friday, Sept 19 and left the audience in complete awe. The 90-member orchestra, directed by UMKC professor Robert Olson, performed two pieces: Sinfonia da Requiem, Opus 20, by Benjamin Britten, and Symphony No.
Monday, Sept. 22 Welcome Party: UMKC is welcoming Dean Peter White of the Conservatory and Dean Kevin Truman of the School of Computing and Engineering from 2 to 4 p.m. on the Chancellor's Residence Patio.
