Play deals with impact of economic downturn

In keeping with a growing trend in Hollywood and national publishing, a new local original play deals with the 2008 economic crash and the struggles it has created for people in Kansas City and across the country. Goat Song, the most recent ...

Brown Bag Concert features violin, piano duo

The Goldenberg Duo, Susan Goldenberg on violin and William Goldenberg on piano, will perform a concert of music from Iberia, France, Italy and Germany as part of the Westport Center for the Arts Brown Bag Concert series on March 18 at 12:10 ...

Westport Center for the Arts offers holiday humor

The 2014 cast of a Prairie Village Christmas Companion. The production returns this year. A new Kansas City holiday tradition, A Prairie Village Christmas Companion, returns for five performances between Dec. 3 and Dec. 7, 2015. The Westport ...

Guitarist kicks off Westport Center for the Arts’ series

Guitarist John Francis kicks off the 2015-16 season of Westport Center for the Arts’ Brown Bag Concert series with a performance at 12:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Road. Francis will be performing ...

Westport concert features flute/organ duo

The next Westport Center for the Arts Brown Bag Concert features flutist Ana Maria Hernandez and organist Andres Mojica. They’ll perform at 12:10 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Road. Hernadez and Mojica ...

Westport Center for the Arts offers folk music performance

American folk music – both old and new– takes center stage at a Westport Center for the Arts’ Brown Bag Concert Series March 20. Folk musician Kelly Werts and guest vocalist Pam Gregory will explore American folk music during their ...

Westport Center for Arts presents The Wires

Original classical music – influenced by everything from tango to gypsy, from jazz to rock styles – is on tap at a Oct. 17 Westport Center for the Arts concert. The event features The Wires, a string music duo made up of violinist Laurel ...

Westport Center for Arts offers collaborative kids’ workshops

Kids can attend free art workshops this fall at several local libraries. Westport Center for the Arts’ Kids Team Up for Art begins its fall session at the Plaza, Southeast, North-East, Waldo and Bluford branches of the Kansas City Public ...

In the mood for some harpsichord music?

Two musicians will be performing on a historic dual harpsichord tuned in a historic way next month. Harpsichordists Marian Thomas and Leora Nauta will perform as part of the Westport Center for the Arts’ Brown Bag Concert Series at 12:10 ...

Westport production begins with family fleeing Saigon

Vi Tran’s autobiographical play about his family’s flight from Saigon is coming to a stage in Westport. “The Butcher’s Son” tells the story of Tran’s family after fleeing Saigon, including their capture by the Khmer Rouge, the uncertainty ...