"Living Together With Difference" - Art in the Loop Announces 2024 Theme: Convivencia

“Living Together With Difference” – Art in the Loop Announces 2024 Theme: Convivencia  

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The Art in the Loop Foundation is pleased to announce the theme for our annual summer art exhibition and performance series in Downtown Kansas City. Each year we partner with the KC Streetcar and many other organizations and corporations to exhibit artwork on one streetcar vehicle and at various streetcar stops as well as with a performance series that will kick off in June. For 2024, we will ask artists to respond to the word "convivencia" and what it means to them and their artwork. Convivencia is a shared life with others that is a constant practice, effort, negotiation, and joint achievement while recognizing friction or opposing energy. We recognize that artists and creatives are very familiar with navigating space, energy, and time amongst one another and within their communities.

2023 Art in the Loop Closing Reception, Wed., Nov. 8, 5:30.pm

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2023 ART IN THE LOOP CLOSING RECEPTION Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Kansas City Public Library Central Library 14  West 10th Street Kansas City, Missouri Join with friends and colleagues as we celebrate the…
Garment District Grooves

Garment District Grooves Concert Series

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Tucked in the heart of downtown's historic Garment District, surrounded by brick buildings towering for over 100 years, is a pocket park with a rich history and an even richer future. The stretch of 8th Street between Broadway and Washington used to be the tunnel entrance for an original KC Streetcar line between Downtown and the West Bottoms. When that line was removed, the street was widened, graded, and refinished, creating a beautiful park that hosts the free, monthly concerts running from April through October. In the early 2000s, Harvey Fried, co-founder of the Historic Garment District Museum and long-time board member for the Downtown Community Improvement District (DCID), hosted free concerts in the park. As a nod to those past concerts and with the opening of the Crossroads Preparatory Academy at 9th and Broadway, a partnership was formed between the DCID, KC Parks, Crossroads Prep, and the Downtown Neighborhood Association to resurrect concerts in the park.
Art in the Loop: Project Celebrate

Meet the Artists at the KC Streetcar Artwalk with Zee Underscore on Wed., Sep. 13

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Join Art in the Loop on a tour of the artwork located along the KC Streetcar line on Wednesday, September 13 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Garment District Place will be groovin’ on Wednesday

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Garment District Grooves is your opportunity to grab some lunch and listen to live jazz with Stan Kessler & Friends in a quaint urban park from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

New Jazz Club Opening in the Basement of Tom’s Town for the NFL Draft Weekend

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A new jazz club, located in the intimate and elegant downstairs space of Tom's Town Distilling Co., will be opening for the NFL Draft this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. This will be an exclusive opportunity to experience the new…

What’s shakin’ in Downtown: Mellencamp, Yo-Yo, Hamilton, SF Jazz, & more

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What's shakin' in Downtown: Mellencamp's two shows at Midland; Yo-Yo Ma at the Folly; SF Jazz Collective at the Gem; Tommy James & The Shondells; Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in the Blue'; final performances of 'Hamilton' and "the ripple, the wave..."; & more!

What’s shakin’: Alvin Ailey; Sweet 16; New Moves; 60 Years of Cher; & more!

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What's shakin' in Downtown KC: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; NCAA Sweet 16; New Moves with the KC Ballet; 60 Years of Cher with the Heartland Men's Chorus; 'Hamilton' at Music Hall; 'the ripple' at KC Rep; & much more.

Downtown is jammin’ with Artemis, Blake, ‘The Shining’, NAIA hoops & more

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What's shakin' in Downtown KC? Artemis is Jammin' at the Gem; Blake Shelton at T-Mo'; Indigo Girls w/ KC Symphony; Lyric Opera presents 'The Shining'; Planet Comicon; NAIA Men's National Championship; 'Hamilton' opens Tuesday; and MUCH more!

What’s shakin’ in Downtown: March Madness, ‘The Shining’, ‘the ripple’ & more

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What's shakin' in Downtown KC: March Madness with Big 12, NAIA & DJ Diesel; 'The Shining' of Lyric Opera; Oleta Adams at The Folly; KC Fashion Week; World of Wheels; Big 12 Run; opening of 'the ripple, the wave that carried me home' & more!

What’s shakin’ in Downtown: Sweet Honey; SIX, March Madness; & MORE

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What's shakin' in Downtown KC: Sweet Honey in the Rock; First Friday; Tony Award winner SIX; Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament; KC Fashion Week; Winter Jam; Good Ju Ju in the West Bottoms; & much more!

Downtown Council to celebrate ‘Place Matters’ at Annual Luncheon

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New York Times best-selling author Dan Gardner will discuss 'How Big Things Get Done' at the 2023 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon on Friday, April 14 at the Loews Kansas City Hotel.