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‘Knowing the West: Visual Legacies of the American West’

A profound exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art challenges the canon with new perspectives on American history.

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“Guess Who’s Invited to Dinner,” 3West Gallery

“Guess Who’s Invited to Dinner” continues at 3West Gallery through January 4.
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Doing Dylan: “A Complete Unknown” Offers a Respectable Slice of a Time and a Music Revolution 

As a slice-of-life biography of a cultural giant, director James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” must walk a line, as it were, between two audiences. 
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“Ida’s Journey,” Mid-Continent Public Library’s Story Center

Artist Karen E. Griffin pays tribute to the life and work of African American journalist and activist Ida B. Wells in her exhibit at Mid-Continent Public Library’s Story Center.
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Arts News: Traveling ‘Body Freedom for Every(body)’ exhibit stops at 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City

In our world today, political attacks and power grabs are being lobbed at alarming rates toward the bodies of women, trans and nonbinary individuals.
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See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Many American Stories Intersect at the Truman Library’s High-Modern Portrait of a President

On Feb. 11, 1965, Harry S. Truman met the painter Elaine de Kooning for the first time as she presented her new portrait of another American president, John F. Kennedy, to the Truman Library in Independence.
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Editor’s Letter, January/February 2025

The current issue features several articles that fill important blanks in that narrative, through new projects instigated by Native artists.
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Trailblazing Talks Series Astonishing Tales of Adventures

The Trailblazing Talks series presents astonishing tales of adventure, captured through the lens of featured award-winning photographers, explorers and intrepid documentarians.
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Gentry Mullen is satisfying his own creativity in library exhibition

Gentry Mullen has wanted to paint since he was 14 years old. Now, after 35 years in graphic design, he’s launching that career.
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Live! Onstage in January and February

Usher in 2025 with the best that KC stages have to offer. Check out these productions — well-worn and brand new — warming up local stages when it’s cold outside.
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