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KCRep Presents ‘The Ripple, The Wave that Carried Me Home’

KC Rep Copaken Stage 1 H and R Block Way, Kansas City, MO, United States

The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home is a moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance. Janice’s parents are prominent activists fighting for the integration of public swimming pools in 1960s Kansas. As injustice penetrates the warm bubble of her childhood, Janice grows apart from…

$35 – $65

‘Marys Seacole’

Unicorn Theater 3828 Main St, Kansas City, MO, United States

Based on the life of the famous Jamaican nurse and entrepreneur whose incredible story time has forgotten. Marys Seacole shows us through a funhouse mirror how her brazen spirit pulses through our reality to this day. Click here for tickets and showtimes.

$40

Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) is widely acclaimed as a defining artist of modernism and of the 20th century. Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure explores the artist’s extraordinary and singular portrayals of the human figure. The exhibition features around 100 objects by Giacometti, drawn from the extensive holdings of the Fondation Giacometti in Paris and complemented by the Nelson-Atkins’…

$18

Broadway Series: Hamilton

Kansas City Music Hall 301 W 13th St., Kansas City, MO

HAMILTON is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel…

The Kansas City FilmFest International 2023

AMC Ward Parkway 14 8600 Ward Parkway, Ste 14, Kansas City, MO

As Kansas City’s flagship film festival, KC FilmFest International is the largest and longest-held competition and curated film festival in Kansas City. The KCCFI festival celebrates the power of storytelling with inspiring, thought-provoking, and entertaining films by filmmakers from around the region, country, and the world. The annual event also offers opportunities for artists to…

War Football: WWI and the Birth of the NFL

National WWI Museum and Memorial 2 Memorial Dr., Kansas City, MO

As Kansas City prepares for April’s NFL Draft on the grounds of the Museum and Memorial, join author Chris Serb for a timely lecture on the history of America’s favorite pastime—from the front to the field. Free with RSVP.

Free

CSL Cultural Connections: Changing the Narrative – Women Setting the Pace for Change

BlendWell Community Cafe 10725 E US 24 Highway, Independence, MO

Make plans to attend CSL’s Cultural Connections Women’s History Month Lunch & Learn: Changing the Narrative – Women Setting the Pace for Change. Women’s History Month provides the opportunity to bring successful women from all walks of life to share their journey to success. This event features a discussion with women whose lives and careers…

Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ & Nielsen’s ‘Inextinguishable’

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO, United States

You’ll delight in this marvelous springtime program led by guest conductor Thomas Wilkins, principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl orchestra. English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s ballet Hiawatha draws on his musical setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic ode. The music is radiant, rhythmically animated and utterly captivating. Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue features rising talent Ray Ushikubo. Bridging the worlds…

KCRep 2023 Gala

The Abbott 1901 Cherry St, Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has been producing professional theatre since 1964. KCRep's mission is to inspire, entertain, and open minds by creating transformative theatre experiences for all and this annual fundraising event celebrates the impact of the work being done by and through KCRep to make theatre that matters to more. Plan to attend the…

Special Engagement: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott

Folly Theater 300 W 12th St., Kansas City, MO, United States

A special engagement not-to-be-missed! Welcoming famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and long-time collaborator, pianist Kathryn Stott, for a very special night in season 58 of the Harriman Jewell Series. The performance will be played without pause—music that zips from classic to traditional to modern to folk and tango. They will begin with Songs without Words, Op. 109…

$125