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WEB EXTRA: First Fridays in the Crossroads

Crowds gathered for flamenco and Kansas City Ballet performances on a First Friday in the Crossroads, September 2007.
Laura Spencer
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KCUR
Crowds gathered for flamenco and Kansas City Ballet performances on a First Friday in the Crossroads, September 2007.

On the first Friday of each month, The Crossroads Arts District hosts what's grown from a gallery crawl into an arts festival, featuring music, performance, and art by local and national artists. By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – KCUR's Laura Spencer brings us this postcard of sounds of the street culture on a First Friday. For photos, check here.

The Crossroads Arts District in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, spans a mile wide; its boundaries are 15th Street, I-35, Freighthouse district, and Troost Avenue.

For images from First Fridays in the Crossroads, check here.

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