Get to know the artist: Megan Karson
Megan Karson is a young, quiet, intriguing, multi-talented, unassuming redhead. She makes monsters and draws creepy, weird, metamorphic creatures you expect to see under your bed, or in a petri dish. She tells me she is afraid of monsters, is…
KC Streetcar Holiday Jam
We had soooo much fun having musicians play onboard the KC Streetcar this summer, so much, in fact, the streetcar wants to keep it going!
KC Streetcar recently announced their Holiday Jam, inviting local musicians to apply to play on-board,…
Time is running out!
Have you noticed a suspicious lack of blog post emails from Art in the Loop recently? Curious as to why we have not been blowing up your inbox with really cool artwork and free events? That's because as fall approaches, our summer art program…
KCStreetcar Music Series: Noah Davis, Wed., Aug. 29
Noah Davis' father knew what was good. He raised his young son on classic rock and soul; timeless performers such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, Curtis Mayfield, and Neil Young. As a multiracial kid, Noah's father taught him the importance…
House of Alter: Pop Up PARTY, Friday Aug. 24
Alter Art just wants to have fun.
With you. And everyone in KC.
Alter's Pop-Up pARTy is a chance for you to start the weekend with the unexpected. Shake off the workday with a spontaneous and inclusive dance party! If you’re not a dancer,…
Music Series: They Call Me Sauce
Sauce is the moniker of KCK native and local hip-hop artist Royce Handy. Like many kids, Handy would get in trouble and often found himself grounded at home, and he used that time to read and write. He discovered an affinity for language, and…
KC Streetcar Music Series: Pink Royal, 8/15
Pink Royal has a sense of humor.
They like to use phrases like "musical sexiness," and "dance groovability," and, my personal favorite, "we rock so soft," to describe the lush, ambient, synth-pop melodies they create while simultaneously…
Get to know the Band: Hammerhedd
Normally if you hear screams coming up from your basement, its cause for concern. But for Bridget and Luke Ismert, it's just a normal Tuesday night.
Bridget and Luke are the parents of Henry, Eli, and Abe, the three…
Mundo Nuovo to Perform on KC Streetcar, Wed., 8/8
Combining both Spanish and Haitian-Creole language, Mundo Nouvo means “New World.” This ensemble looks to source its material from the roots of Afro-Caribbean music with special emphasis on Cuban and Haitian traditions. At its fullest,…
StoneLion Puppets at City Market August 8th
Local puppetry theater StoneLion Puppets is at it again!
They're bringing their fabulous, fibrous friends to the KC Streetcar City Market Stop for a fun, free, and freewheelin' afternoon performance on Wednesday, August 8th from 11:30 am…
Get to Know the Artists: Michael Elwood, Annelise Kinney, & Daniel Rawlings
The creators of Busy Bead Maze, a large-scale outdoor installation evoking nostalgia for those recognizable fixtures in pediatrician's offices, are a trio of current Kansas City Art Institute students: Michael Elwood, Annelise Kinney,…