Category: Arts and entertainment

Free outdoor chamber music concert planned Saturday in Armourdale

A free outdoor chamber music concert is planned from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Shawnee Park (West), at South 7th Street and Shawnee Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.

Sponsored by the Armourdale Renewal Association and the Kansas City Symphony, the concert will feature a smaller group of symphony musicians, according to a spokesman.

The event will be held outdoors, weather permitting. There are plans to reschedule if the weather does not cooperate.

Those attending will be wearing masks and socially distancing. People may bring their own lawn chairs and space the chairs apart from others.

KCK student working on theater production at Emporia State

Isabella Tate of Kansas City, Kansas, is part of the fall theater production at Emporia State University.

Tate is on the wardrobe crew for the production of Euripides’ “Medea,” in a new version by Ben Power.

The classic Greek tragedy is scheduled to be presented outdoors on the steps of ESU’s Memorial Union at 5 p.m. Oct. 30 and 31, with an alternate performance scheduled for Nov. 1 in case of inclement weather.

Seating will be limited, and social distancing observed. Face masks will be required of those in attendance.

Livestream college play planned tonight

A livestream play will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, by Kansas City Kansas Community College students and the college theatre department.

“Twisted Tales of Poe” by Philip Grecian will be presented in the form of a staged radio drama. There will be sound effects and music.

The play will include excerpts from Poe’s stories, “Tell Tale Heart,” “Cask of Amontillado,” “The Raven” and “The Black Cat.”

The audience will be totally virtual, with the presentation shown on the internet.

Tickets will be $10 for community members, and reduced prices for faculty and staff. KCKCC students are free. For information on tickets, see www.kckcc.edu/communications/twisted-tales-of-poe.html.