Don’t miss these top events this weekend
We are Kansas City’s university, and our hometown’s energy influences everything that happens here. We welcome our community to campus for an array of events, and we’re also happy to recommended opportunities on behalf of our alumni and friends. These activities are part of what give UMKC a vibrant campus life, and make UMKC an arts and culture powerhouse.
Here’s what you can’t miss this weekend:
1. Conservatory Wind Symphony Performs Sunday
The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance Wind Symphony is comprised of the very finest wind and percussion students at the Conservatory and is guided by a philosophy that seeks to expose its students and its audiences to the highest quality of music written for wind instruments.
Details:
The Conservatory Wind Symphony performs at 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at White Recital Hall on the UMKC campus. Get tickets for the performance online. For a list of other Conservatory performances, including recitals, check the Conservatory calendar online.
2. UMKC Women’s Soccer
Good to know:
UMKC is Kansas City’s Division I sports team.
Details:
Sunday, Sept. 17, 1 p.m., at , Durwood Soccer Stadium, 5025 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo. Soccer matches are free for UMKC students with ID. Single game tickets start at $5 and can be purchased online.
3. Gallery Opening: A Surrender Against Reality in Conjunction with Every Street is Charlotte Street
The UMKC Gallery of Art will showcase its new exhibition, A Surrender Against Reality, in conjunction with Every Street Is Charlotte Street, beginning Thursday, Sept. 7 through Friday, Oct. 6.
Good to know:
The exhibit is curated by Davin Watne, M.F.A., UMKC Gallery of Art Director, and features art by UMKC faculty.
Details:
The UMKC Gallery of Art is located in Room 203 of the Fine Arts Building, 5015 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
4. Ten manly explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. And an all-female cast!
The production Men on Boats, by Unicorn Theatre, features Carla Noack, UMKC Theatre associate professor; UMKC Theatre Alumna Rasheedat Badejo; and five UMKC MFA students, Chioma Anyanwu, Megan Sells, Yetunde Felix-Ukwu, Marianne McKenzie and Emilie Leia Karas.
Good to know:
Three UMKC Theatre graduates started Unicorn Theatre.
Details:
The show runs Sept. 6 – Oct. 1 at Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Visit the Unicorn Theatre website to purchase tickets or learn about discounts for large groups, senior citizens and students.
5. Journeys and Cross-Generational Narratives in Barry Anderson’s The Janus Restraint
Good to know:
Barry Anderson, M.F.A, is a digital motion professor in the Department of Art and Art History.
Details:
Barry Anderson has created a kaleidoscope of epic semi-narrative proportions, which merges mythology, romantic landscapes, and personal symbolism. His work is on display through Oct. 7 at La Esquina Gallery, 1000 W. 25 St., Kansas City, Mo.
6. Capturado: Faces of Cuba
This is an exhibit featuring photographs by Jimmy Adegoke, Ph.D., professor in the UMKC Department of Geosciences. It highlights the rich diversity of the Cuban people.
Details:
Now through Dec. 15, the “Capturado: Faces of Cuba” exhibit will be on display at the Miller Nichols Library, Ground Floor – Link Gallery, 800 E. 51st St., Kansas City, Mo. It is free.
7. World Premiere Musical
KC Repertory Theatre brings Between the Lines to Spencer Theatre on the UMKC campus. The story is of seventeen-year-old Delilah McPhee, whose life is turned upside down by her parents’ divorce. Forced to move to a new town and start a different school, Delilah finds herself escaping into fiction, developing a literary crush on a handsome prince whose circumstances really speak to her.
Details:
Sept. 6 – Oct. 1 in Spencer Theatre, UMKC Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St. Tickets can be purchased online.
The fall semester at UMKC is picking up speed. Check the following for other upcoming events:
- UMKC Alumni Association events
- Student group events
- Campus Calendar for the week ahead
- UMKC Athletics