THE MIDWEST TRUST CENTER 2025-2026
Next season, the Midwest Trust Center has it all, from Broadway to classical to world class theater and even true crime. Read it all in Patrick Neas’s preview.
On May 1, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra presents SPRING GLORIES, a concert to celebrate the season at Country Club Christian Church. Patrick Neas provides a preview.
April 25 is the birthday of American painter, sculptor and photographer CY TWOMBLY (1928-2011).
"I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them."
Twombly "served in the U.S. army as a cryptologist, an activity that left a distinct mark on his artistic style. From 1955 to 1959, he worked in New York, where he became a prominent figure among a group of artists including Robert Rauschenberg, with whom he was sharing a studio, and Jasper Johns. Exposure to the emerging New York School purged figurative aspects from his work, encouraging a simplified form of abstraction. He became fascinated with tribal art, using the painterly language of the early 1950s to invoke primitivism, reversing the normal evolution of the New York School." (Wikipedia)
The Midwest Trust Center has announced its 2025-2026 season, and it’s bursting with variety. On this episode of The KC Art Beat Report, Patrick Neas and Stacie McDaniel, executive director of the Midwest Trust Center, give you a guided tour.
The Kansas City Chorale has released a brand new album that combines hauntingly beautiful music from the Silk Road with a first-ever recording of a Renaissance Mass. Listen to Charles Bruffy, artistic director of the Chorale, discuss the album with KC Arts Beat’s Patrick Neas.
To purchase a CD or download of the album, visit www.kcchorale.org.
THE CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION WILL PRESENT A SPECIAL LENTEN PROGRAM, INTERLUDE IN THE DESERT, MARCH. MARCH 28. THE CATHEDRAL’S MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL ORGANIST, MARIO PEARSON, SPEAKS WITH PATRICK NEAS ABOUT THE SPECIAL MUSIC ON THE PROGRAM.
GEMMA NEW FROM NEW ZEALAND RECENTLY CONDUCTED THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY. LISTEN TO HER FASCINATING CONVERSATION WITH PATRICK NEAS ON THE KC ARTS BEAT REPORT
