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Segment 1: Hair and IdentityHow you wear your hair is part of your identity. We explore a growing movement to recognize that fact. Chavonna Adams, local…
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The artist Polly Apfelbaum doesn't just want people to look at her work. She wants them to be in it.Apfelbaum is a major artist based in New York, with…
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The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art announced Friday that Sean O'Harrow has been selected as the new executive director.The museum, founded by banker…
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It's a commanding image: an enormous close-up photograph of a tongue sticking out from bright-red-lacquered lips, underneath facial-hair stubble."It goes…
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Seg. 1: Legacy of Cafe Tacvba. Seg. 2: Stray Cat Film Center. Seg.3: The Kemper's Teen Arts Council.Segment 1: After nearly 30 years, Cafe Tacvba continues legacy of pushing the boundaries of Latin rock.Mexican rock band Cafe Tacvba, deemed by some to be…
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Segment 1: A Lebanese dinner at the Kemper Museum and a new tortilleria in the East Bottoms.We talk with a chef whose Midwestern childhood and Lebanese…
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Segment 1: Meet a dean at Haskell Indian Nations University.What does a dean do? We talk with Julia Good Fox about her work at Haskell — and what she…
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The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art's third location, Kemper at the Crossroads, has closed. "An exhibition on display there was scheduled to close on…
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Barbara O'Brien, who had served as executive director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, for more than five years, left the museum on November 3,…
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In the early 2000s, an artist from Japan came to study at the Kansas City Art Institute. She made a big impression on the arts community here ... and it…
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We talk with artist Amy Sherald, who has two paintings at the Kemper Museum (one of which is part of a new portraiture exhibit). Sherald is also painting…
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The Westport Post Office recently moved to shut down the DIY herb garden in its front lawn. The gardener, and neighbor of the post office, shares her…