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Julie Denesha

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Julie Denesha is a freelance documentary photographer based in the Kansas City area.

Julie graduated from The University of Kansas in 1993, with degrees in Journalism and Russian Language and Literature. After college, she worked as a staff photographer for The Kansas City Star. In 1995, she moved to Europe and from 1996 to 2004, Julie was based in Prague, Czech Republic, where she covered Central and Eastern Europe for newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Time, Newsweek, The Economist and The Christian Science Monitor.

After moving back to the United States, Julie spent three years working as a photo editor for The Washington Times.

In 2007, Julie was awarded both a Fulbright and a Milena Jesenská Fellowship to continue her ongoing project on the Roma in Slovakia. Her project on the Roma was featured in an exhibit of the Roma at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, The World Bank in Brussels, Belgium, The Half King Gallery in New York, and The Institute For Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

View more of Julie's work on her website.

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Visual Arts
12:07 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

You Can Buy The Kansas City Board Of Trade Building, And Its Art

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At the end of June, the Kansas City Board of Trade, founded in 1856 by Kansas City merchants, will begin trading Kansas City wheat futures in Chicago.
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Jac T. Bowen constructed "Sheaves of Wheat," in 1966, from 1/2 mile of brass tubing. The relief depicts eight major grains - wheat, corn, sorghum, grain sorghum, oats, rye, barley and soybeans.
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A sparrow chirps on a tassel of corn.
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The building will be sold with the artwork intact.
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CME Group Inc., the new owner of the Kansas City Board of Trade plans to sell the building housing the exchange.
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"Heartland Harvest," was created in 1999 by Joel Marquardt with Gastinger Walker Harden Architects.
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The Kansas City Board of Trade is slated to close its trading floor on June 28 after more than 150 years in Kansas City. In December, CME Group bought the exchange and plans to move operations to Chicago. The Board of Trade building at 4800 Main is on the market, including one of Jac T. Bowen's sculptures.

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Performance
5:00 am
Tue June 18, 2013

[VIDEO] In This Scene... 'As You Like It'

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Rosalind, played by Carla Noack, and Orlando, played by Todd Carlton Lanker, in 'As You Like It'.
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The Heart Of America Shakespeare Festival celebrates it 21st season in Southmoreland Park with the production of "As You Like It" set in the 1960s.

Act Three, Scene Two, In The Forest of Arden

In this scene, Rosalind (Carla Noack) is banished from her uncle's court. She takes refuge in the Forest of Arden disguised as Ganymede, a man. There she meets Orlando (Todd Carlton Lanker).

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Fashion
12:50 pm
Sun June 9, 2013

'Gilded Summer' Hits The Runway

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A white scarf shimmers beneath the spotlights as a model wearing Paige Beltowski walks the runway.
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Backstage, model Caitlin Corcoran receives a last-minute check on her TCBY miniskirt from designer Lyndsey Helling as models and designers worked backstage to prepare for the show.
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Model Emily Cox, wearing a piece designed by Lane Leavens, munches on a carrot while speaking to a friend on her cell phone while waiting for the show to begin.
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Looking in the mirror, model Bri Davis (from left) and LaRae Shanks check their makeup wearing clothing by Paige Beltowski.
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In the audience Adam and Jessica Buritsch take a moment to snap a photo of themselves.
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A model walks the runway in a coffee filter dress by Lyndsey Helling.
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Crowds lined 18th Street to take in the show as model Caitlin Corcoran struck a pose wearing a TCBY miniskirt and plastic spoon headdress.
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Models receive an appraising stare from members of the audience.
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A model poses in a hand-knit hood with mitten-capped sleeves designed by Paige Beltowski.
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Sequins glimmer as twilight falls in a dress designed by Melinda Lynn Lonkausky.
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Bedecked in a golden corset and spooled headdress, a model poses in a design by Brock Bryan and Quinn Mahler.
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Flexing her muscles, a model poses at the end of the catwalk dresses in bra and briefs by Birdies Panties.
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A model gives her toughest stare wearing a scandale swimsuit and Xeno boxer belt by Birdies Panties.
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The 13th Annual West 18th Street Fashion Show started at dusk on June 8, and drew a crowd of onlookers both on the street and from the windows above.

Camera phones flashed as models, wearing the creations of eighteen designers, pranced on a lighted runway in the canyon between buildings lining 18th Street. Behind-the-scenes, designers made last-minute adjustments and models primped as they prepared to mount the runway. 

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Performance
8:31 am
Sat June 8, 2013

Owen/Cox Completes Season With The Goldberg Variations

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Geoffrey Kropp and Jennifer Owen will perform the contemporary dance work set to the music of J.S. Bach.
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The Goldberg Variations is not often performed in its entirety in concert and it is unusual that the piece is used for dance.
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Dancers from the Kansas City Ballet like Sarah Chun and Ryan Nye join with Owen/Cox Dance Group to perform the work.
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Michael Davis and Molly Wagner strike a pose from a pas de deux.
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Jennifer Owen (center) choreographed the eighty-minute-long piece.
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Molly Wagner and Michael Davis share a moment onstage.
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Bach's 1741 work is thought to be one of the most important examples of the variation form.
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Logan Pachciarz, Catherine Russell, Juliana Bicki, and Christen Edwards will perform Saturday at at UMKC's White Recital Hall.
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Juliana Bicki (center) runs through the final variation during a final rehearsal.
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Juliana Bicki and Logan Pachciarz create an intricate pattern reflecting the music.
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Leaping in mid-air, Sarah Chun and Ryan Nye practice after the final rehearsal.
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Logan Pachciarz, Christen Edwards, Michael Davis, and Sarah Chun leap together.
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Logan Pachciarz and Juliana Bicki convey thought in a pause and a glance.
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Jennifer Owen and Geoffrey Kropp create a parallel movement.
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The Owen/Cox Dance Group, with pianist Kairy Koshoeva, will perform its interpretation of 'The Goldberg Variations' Saturday evening bringing their 2012-2013 season to a close. Johann Sebastian Bach's complex piece consisting of  thirty variations choreographed by Jennifer Owen the piece brings a work to the stage that is not often performed in its entirety.

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Visual Arts
12:02 pm
Sat June 1, 2013

[VIDEO] Voices From Frida Kahlo And Diego Rivera Opening Reception

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Diego en mi pensamiento (Diego on My Mind), 1943. Oil on Masonite.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art celebrated the opening of "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Modern Mexico from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection" with an opening reception for museum members. The exhibit showcases more than 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings collected by the Gelmans in their adopted homeland of Mexico.

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Performance
5:00 am
Thu May 30, 2013

As American Heartland Theatre Winds Down, Debra Bluford Reflects On Her Career There

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Debra Bluford, as Miss Abigail, makes a face of disapproval of modern dating methods.
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Gil Perez-Abraham Jr., as Paco, Debra Bluford, as Miss Abigail, share a couch on the set of 'Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage.'
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'Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage' runs through June 23, 2013 at the American Heartland Theatre in Crown Center.
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Debra Bluford, as Miss Abigail, illustrates the wrong sort of signal to send.
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Debra Bluford, as Miss Abigail, engages the assistance of an audience member to demonstrate a flirtation technique.
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Gil Perez-Abraham Jr., as Paco, desperately seeks the attention of Debra Bluford, as Miss Abigail.
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Deb Bluford has appeared in a number of American Heartland Theatre productions through the years, including 'Nuncrackers' (2011-2012 season)
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Deb Bluford in 'Bingo: The Winning Musical' (2010-2011 season)
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'The Dixie Swim Club' (2009-2010 season), Deb Bluford with Missy Koonce, Cheryl Weaver, Cathy Barnett and Jennifer Mays
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Deb Bluford in 'Glorious' (2009-2010 season)
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'Leaving Iowa' (2006-2007), Deb Bluford with Jessalyn Kincaid, Craig Benton and Jim Korinke
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New theater companies and performance spaces are increasingly popping up in Kansas City. So when the American Heartland Theatre announced it was closing its doors in August, it was a startling development, especially to an actor like Debra Bluford, who has spent a good deal of her acting life there.

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KC Currents
4:56 pm
Sun May 26, 2013

A Vacant Storefront Sparks Arts Collaboration In KCK

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Gathered around the work table, Steven Curtis instructs students on proper glazing techniques.
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Haley Linnell, 20, of Ottawa, Kans., a student at the Kansas State School for the Blind, carefully selects a glaze for her project.
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Mitchell Emerson, 19, of Junction City, Kans., keeps a close eye on his brush as he glazes a ceramic bowl.
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Instructor Steven Curtis helps Linnell get started on a nut shell she is glazing for a school contest.
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Linnell keeps her piece steady as she applies a layer of glaze.
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Linnell dabs a second layer of glaze to add depth to the piece she named "Fortune Nut."
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Emerson enjoys the drips of glaze running down the sides of his bowl. He calls his piece "Sunbowl."
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Working side by side with Linnell, Instructor Steven Curtis glazes a bowl for another student.
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Before the Epic Arts space became a ceramic studio, it was a barbecue restaurant.
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Emerson and Linnell wash their tools before finishing up for the evening.
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Instructor Steven Curtis holds a glazed student teapot.
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Shelves of student work await firing.
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After class, Linnell and Emerson return home.
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It was once a barbeque joint, then a Colombian restaurant. But now this storefront in Strawberry Hill has traded out sizzling slabs of ribs and empanadas for another kind of oven: a kiln.

The Epic Arts studio is the brainchild of Steve Curtis, a photographer and community organizer for Community Housing of Wyandotte County. Curtis has long wanted to make art more accessible in Wyandotte County.

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Performance
5:00 am
Fri May 17, 2013

[VIDEO] Octarium Looks Back On A Decade Of Blending Eight Voices Into One

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Ensemble members rehearse in preparation for "Holidays with Octarium," Parkville Presbyterian Church in December 2012.
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The signature style of the vocal group Octarium is eight singers, blended into one voice. After a decade of performances, this weekend marks the group's farewell concert. Octarium anticipates continuing to perform at least once a year, over the holidays.

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Performance
5:34 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

[VIDEO] Five Questions For Kansas City Ballet’s William Whitener

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Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director William Whitener
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This marks Artistic Director William Whitener's final season with the Kansas City Ballet. After 17 years with the company, he's preparing to return to New York. Whitener answered a few questions before the final performances.

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Performance
5:00 am
Fri May 10, 2013

A Puppet Festival Of Colossal Proportions

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Heather Nisbett-Loewenstein directs a massive puppet in preparation for the show.
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This Sunday, the lawn of The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art will be transformed into the main stage for the larger-than-life puppets of StoneLion's puppet pageant "Mother’s Day for Mother Earth." 

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Dance
10:02 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Rock, Jazz, And William Shatner Conclude Kansas City Ballet's Season

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Sarah Walborn, Arielle Espie, and Jill Marlow hold a pose.
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Yoshiya Sakurai dances alone in the first movement of the world premiere of Karole Armitage's 'Energy Made Visible.'
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Rachel Coats and Jill Marlow dance beneath an abstract trail of paint.
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Performing his own composition, Bobby Watson plays his saxophone in tune with a previously recorded track for Rachel Coats.
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Choreographer Karole Armitage was inspired by the painting of the 20th-century American artist, Jackson Pollock.
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A fragment of dance is reflected in mirrors above.
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Logan Pachciarz and Jill Marlow move together in a fierce harmony.
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Dancers are reflected in the mirrors hanging over the stage.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform a pas de deux.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats perform in the Kansas City Ballet's final program of the season.
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Bobby Watson layers his saxophone against a previously recorded track.
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Jill Marlow strikes a graceful pose.
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Anthony Krutzkamp and Rachel Coats create an expressive abstraction.
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To the cheers of a small gathered crowd at the dress rehearsal, Bobby Watson stands with the dancers after a dress rehearsal.
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In Margo Sappington's 'Common People,' music from Shatner’s album, 'Has Been' strikes a new tone as Anthony Krutzkamp and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Familiar Love.'
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Minimalist staging and colorful leotards evoke a subtle 'Star Trek' feel.
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Logan Pachciarz is bathed in a blue hue.
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Geoffrey Kropp and Molly Wagner dance to the witty banter of William Shatner.
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Clad in cranberry and amber, the company performs 'Together.'
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Laura Wolfe makes a sassy entrance in 'Ideal Woman.'
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Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye pirouettes alone on stage.
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In "Hey-Hay, Going to Kansas City," Charles Martin, Logan Pachciarz, and Ian Poulis compete for the charms of Molly Wagner.
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The mood takes a seductive turn as Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye and Aisling Hill-Connor dance to 'Taurus Mood.'
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Logan Pachciarz and Nadia Iozzo artfully stumble and flirt in 'King Alcohol.'
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Jitterbuggers swing in 'Jumping at the Woodside.'
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The Kansas City Ballet tops off its 55th season with a playful mix of dance.

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Performance
5:00 am
Fri April 26, 2013

[VIDEO] New Directions For Ingrid Stölzel

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Composer and teacher Ingrid Stölzel in her new home at Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel.
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The new director of the International Center for Music at Park University says the young musicians who study in the program often arrive with the same dream. 

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Performance
3:03 pm
Fri April 19, 2013

Lyric Opera Presents Classic Comedic Opera

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Chris Carr as Pish-Tush, center, leads the village men in song.
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Fans out, men of the Japanese village of Titipu declare, "We are gentlemen of Japan."
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Chris Carr as Pish-Tush, (from left) Joshua Kohl, as Nanki-Poo, and David Kravitz, as Poo-Bah, advise Nanki-Poo not to pursue his beloved Yum-Yum.
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"You must not woo. It will not do, " says David Kravitz, as Poo-Bah.
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Behold the Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko, played by Robert Gibby Brand, enters brandishing an axe.
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Robert Gibby Brand plays Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, reading his list of people who will not be missed.
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As the holder of many high offices, David Kravitz, as Poo-Bah advises Ko-Ko, played by Robert Gibby Brand, on his upcoming wedding plans.
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Yum-Yum, played by Sarah Jane McMahon, arrives to much fanfare.
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Yum-Yum, played by Sarah Jane McMahon, received a kiss from her soon-to-be-husband Ko-Ko, played by Robert Gibby Brand.
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David Kravitz, as Poo-Bah, protests as he is kissed by ladies of the village of Titipu.
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Joshua Kohl, as Nanki-Poo, woos Yum-Yum, played by Sarah Jane McMahon. As they talk, Nanki-Poo reveals his secret to Yum-Yum. He is the son and heir of the Mikado.
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Reading an order from the great Mikado, Ruler of Japan, Ko-Ko, played by Robert Gibby Brand, (from left) and David Kravitz, as Poo-Bah, Chris Carr as Pish-Tush, discover that a citizen must be executed.
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Ko-Ko is declared to be the most convenient choice for the execution. But Koko, played by Robert Gibby Brand, suggests that it would be, "Extremely difficult, not to say dangerous", for him to attempt to execute himself.
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Koko, played by Robert Gibby Brand, schemes to wed the two lovers for one month. Nanki-Poo, at the end of the month must face the executioner.
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On the eve of the wedding, Katisha, played by Denyce Graves, attempts to disrupt the wedding by taking the groom for herself, but is foiled by Pitti-Sing, played by Elizabeth Tredent.
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Denyce Graves, as Katisha, vows to return.
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On Yum-Yum's wedding day, Elizabeth Tredent, as Pitti-Sing, (from left) Sarah Jane McMahon, as Yum-Yum, Joshua Kohl, as Nanki-Poo, and Etta Fung, as Peep-Bo, are distraught remembering that Nanki-Poo is condemned to death.
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Sarah Jane McMahon, as Yum-Yum, prepares for the wedding.
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Denyce Graves, as Katisha, returns to to the village of Titipu with Dale Travis, as The Mikado.
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Ruler of Japan The Mikado arrives in search of his son.
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Dale Travis, as The Mikado, is told that his son has been executed.
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Believing that her beloved Nanki-Poo has been executed by Ko-Ko, Denyce Graves, as Katisha, takes out her anger on Ko-Ko, played by Robert Gibby Brand. Ko-Ko throws himself on her mercy.
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In the end, the execution was a hoax. The citizens of Titipu join together in celebration.
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Love conquers all in "The Mikado," a comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert introduced in London in 1885. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents the satirical comedy in five performances through April 28.

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Performance
4:06 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

[VIDEO] In This Scene...A Storm Is Brewing In Baseball

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Rob Karma Robinson, as Satchel Paige.
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The play Kansas City Swing is set in Kansas City in 1947 when the nation was on the cusp of great change.

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Food & Drink
9:24 am
Tue April 16, 2013

Craft Distilling: Dark Horse Distillery

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Dark Horse Spirits
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  • On Tuesday, April 16, Central Standard highlighted three distilleries: Dark Horse, Pinckney Bend, and High Plains.

In Lenexa, Kansas, a local, family-owned distillery is producing craft spirits in a micro-distillery. Dark Horse Distillery was established in 2010, and since 2011, the Garcia clan has been producing bourbon, whiskey, and vodka hand-crafted in small batches. 

A recent edition of Central Standard featured guests from three distilleries, including Dark Horse Distillery.

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