Laura Spencer
Arts ReporterLaura Spencer writes about arts and culture for KCUR. Follow her on Twitter @lauraspencer.
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The six-month closure and ongoing uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic created a revenue shortfall. -
The 30-year-old museum doubles its size with a move from Shawnee, Kansas, to Kansas City, Missouri — and aims to be a regional destination.
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New Kansas City Children's Literature Museum Uses Pandemic Shutdown To Give Artists Creative LicenseThe Rabbit Hole, an immersive museum dedicated to children's literature, won't open until 2021. The focus now is on building a team of designers, fabricators and artists to create scenes and characters.
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Outdoor productions, small venues and online performances are in the works as the Lyric Opera continues its year of "New Visions."
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The pandemic has shut down stages and that’s been hard for people who work in the arts. With many venues still closed, actors, musicians, and dancers are finding new ways to create — outdoors.
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A new exhibition, Silk and Steel: French Fashion, Women and WWI, uses the lens of fashion to examine how the war impacted women’s domestic lives and created new opportunities.
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Taussig's memoir delivers poignant and entertaining personal stories that examine "life in this body of mine."
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Artist Nick Cave’s largest and most ambitious project, tackling race, gender, and gun violence, is now on view at The Momentary, a contemporary art space in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas.
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As colleges and universities kick off a school year like no other, students are also demanding schools take steps to end systemic racism. Here's how that's been playing out at the Kansas City Art Institute.
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9ine Ultra Lounge made headlines earlier this year when two people were shot and killed and 15 others injured outside the nightclub near U.S. 40 and Noland Road.
