March 24, 2023 - July 30, 2023
Nerman Museum Exhibition: Sun Drinks White
Oppenheimer, Thompson, and Anonymous Galleries
Featuring Marie Watt, Mark Cowardin, Rashawn Griffin and Teresa Baker.
Community, Arts & Performances
June 8, 2023 - July 28, 2023
Nerman Summer Youth Art Classes
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
The museum offers a popular series of studio classes for children on weekdays during the summer.
Arts & Performances, Community
June 9, 2023 - June 10, 2023
'The Snow Queen'
Yardley Hall
The Culture House is known for its storytelling productions with spectacular costumes, soaring music, and incredible talent.
Arts & Performances
June 17, 2023 - June 18, 2023
Miss Kansas USA / Miss Kansas Teen USA Pageant
Polsky Theatre
Both pageants will have preliminary competitions on Saturday, and the winners will be crowned Sunday.
Community
7:00 PM, August 2, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: Parker Quartet
Polsky Theatre
Inspiring performances, luminous sound and exceptional musicianship are the hallmarks of the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet.
Arts & Performances
8:30 PM, August 18, 2023
Light Up the Lawn: The Roseline
Nerman Museum lawn
Join the Midwest Trust Center for the 2023 Light Up the Lawn Concert Series featuring some of the best live music Kansas City has to offer.
Community, Arts & Performances
8:30 PM, August 25, 2023
Light Up the Lawn: The MGDs
Nerman Museum lawn
Join the Midwest Trust Center for the 2023 Light Up the Lawn Concert Series featuring some of the best live music Kansas City has to offer.
Arts & Performances, Community
8:30 PM, September 1, 2023
Light Up the Lawn: Kat King
Nerman Museum lawn
Join the Midwest Trust Center for the 2023 Light Up the Lawn Concert Series featuring some of the best live music Kansas City has to offer.
Community, Arts & Performances
September 9, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: Opus 76 Quartet | 'Music of Regency'
Polsky Theatre
Travel back in time to the Regency era of Jane Austen and "Bridgerton" with the "brilliant young string quartet" (London’s Spectator), the Opus 76 Quartet. Enjoy works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Shows are at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.; add a high tea service at 3:30 p.m. to complete the afternoon experience.
Arts & Performances
September 15, 2023 - September 16, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: New Dance Partners | The Ultimate Collaboration
Yardley Hall
Audiences will delight in a feast for the eyes as four new works premiere on Yardley Hall stage. For the 10th festival of contemporary and modern dance, the Midwest Trust Center has enlisted four choreographers to create original works for four local dance companies to perform at the world premieres. Each new work will then be owned by the dance company for two years for use in their own programs.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, September 22, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Live in Concert
Polsky Theatre
Featuring a soundtrack that blends symphonic orchestral music with hip-hop, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Live in Concert pairs the Academy Award-winning animated film with live musicians and a DJ scratching turntables on the stage.
Arts & Performances
September 29, 2023 - September 30, 2023
The Second City’s Comedian Rhapsody
Polsky Theatre
"The Second City’s Comedian Rhapsody" is a brand-new revue featuring the best sketch comedy and songs from their history, new classics and, of course, their trademark improvisation performed by The Second City Touring Company’s best and brightest – and funniest! Shows at 8 p.m. both nights.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, October 13, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: Chicago Tap Theatre | 'Unleash the Beats'
Yardley Hall
Chicago Tap Theatre is a vibrant dance company with a unique mission to preserve the quintessentially American dance form of tap and to take tap to the next level of creativity and innovation."
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, October 14, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: Rum Ragged
Polsky Theatre
With a reverence for their roots combined with a creative, contemporary edge, Rum Ragged has quickly become known as the finest performers of their great living musical tradition.
Arts & Performances
7:00 PM, October 19, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Sugar Skull!'
Yardley Hall
“Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure” is a touring bilingual/bicultural musical for young audiences and families that uses traditional regional music and dance from Mexico to tell the story of 12-year-old Vita Flores.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, October 20, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: Nobuntu
Polsky Theatre
Nobuntu, the female a cappella quintet from Zimbabwe, has drawn international acclaim for their inventive performances that range from traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro Jazz to Gospel.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, October 27, 2023
Cohen Community Series Presents Clint Black
Yardley Hall, Midwest Trust Center
Rescheduled! The Cohen Community Series presents gold and platinum winner Clint Black in concert.
Community, Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, November 10, 2023
John Cameron Mitchell & Amber Martin in 'Cassette Roulette'
Yardley Hall
Join in the laughter and fun at this world premiere of songs, stories and characters, all chosen by the hand of fate and the "cassette roulette."
Arts & Performances
7:30 PM, December 7, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Million Dollar Quartet Christmas'
Yardley Hall
Inspired by the Tony Award-nominated hit musical “Million Dollar Quartet,” this holiday reimagining once again brings together soon-to-be legends Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley for a musical holiday celebration featuring a nostalgic string of chart-topping favorites.
Arts & Performances
December 8, 2023 - December 9, 2023
Midwest Trust Center Series: What If Puppets — 'Animal Amigos'
Polsky Theatre
Gather ‘round the Tree of Life for a bilingual retelling of two delightful Mexican folktales, "The Adventures of Tio Conejo" and "Medio Pollito." Public shows at 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, January 13, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Women of Note in Words and Song' | Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and Bach Aria Soloists
Polsky Theatre
This collaborative, script in hand performance brings together the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival and the Bach Aria Soloists for an all-female program.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, January 19, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Rumours – A Fleetwood Mac Tribute
Yardley Hall
Formed in 2014, Rumours (also known as Rumours ATL) has taken the U.S. by storm with their stage-scorching renditions of Fleetwood Mac songs.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, January 20, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Breath and Hammer'
Polsky Theatre
Grammy-nominated David Krakauer and acclaimed composer/performer Kathleen Tagg present a passionate, eclectic and highly personal musical journey, "Breath & Hammer."
Arts & Performances
January 27, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'North'
Yardley Hall
In her debut theatrical production, Ashli St. Armant presents “North,” a powerful new musical about a teenage boy and his mother who escape slavery in the Deep South through the Underground Railroad. Public shows at 2 and 7 p.m.
Arts & Performances
2:00 PM, January 28, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: WindSync
Polsky Theatre
WindSync has established itself as a vibrant chamber ensemble performing wind quintet masterworks, adapting beloved music to their instrumentation and championing new works by today’s composers.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, February 3, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Makin' Cake' by Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Polsky Theatre
Dasha Kelly Hamilton describes herself as a "writer, performer, facilitator, mother, daughter, sister, builder, dreamer, phenomenon and change agent." It’s no coincidence she was named Wisconsin Poet Laureate and Milwaukee’s Artist of the Year in 2021.
Arts & Performances
February 10, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Little Women the Musical'
Yardley Hall
"Little Women" brings the timeless, classic story to vivid musical life on stage, promising an evening filled with laughter, tears and a lifting of the spirit. Shows at 2 and 8 p.m.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, February 17, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Damn Tall Buildings
Polsky Theatre
Whether live or on record, Damn Tall Buildings radiates the energy of a ragtag crew of music students playing bluegrass on the street.
Arts & Performances
2:00 PM, February 18, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: The Peking Acrobats
Yardley Hall
For more than three decades, The Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They push the limits of human ability and defy gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, February 24, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Winterlude – Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Yardley Hall
The mission of the Uptown Jazz Orchestra is to promote a greater appreciation for jazz and its New Orleans’ rooted traditions through world-class performance, artistic excellence, education and community.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, March 1, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: The Doo Wop Project
Yardley Hall
The Doo Wop Project – the dynamic, rave-reviewed celebration of a beloved music genre – has a brand new "DOO!"
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, March 3, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: The StepCrew
Yardley Hall
The StepCrew is a dynamic dance production combining three styles of percussive dance — Irish, Tap, and Ottawa Valley — in a fully realized theatrical setting. As a member of the audience, you’re sure to be on your feet!
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, March 8, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Aquila Theatre presents 'Fahrenheit 451'
Yardley Hall
Aquila Theatre’s Desiree Sanchez uses Ray Bradbury’s own stage adaptation in a new production of "Fahrenheit 451" to deftly articulate just how pressing and prescient this cautionary tale is.
Arts & Performances
March 24, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Beyond Babel'
Yardley Hall
Created by Keone and Mari Madrid and Josh and Lyndsay Aviner, "Beyond Babel" is a critically acclaimed dance theatre show inspired by Shakespeare’s "Romeo & Juliet."
Arts & Performances
7:00 PM, April 11, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'Alice: Dreaming of Wonderland'
Yardley Hall
Imagine the March Hare balancing on a tower of chairs during a tea party or the Mad Hatter playing crazy instruments or Alice performing acrobatics inside a giant keyhole! Get ready to experience an amazing journey in the crazy world of Wonderland!
Arts & Performances
7:00 PM, April 28, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: 'The Simon & Garfunkel Story'
Yardley Hall
"The Simon & Garfunkel Story" is a critically acclaimed concert-style theatre show about two young boys from Queens who went on to become the world’s most successful music duo of all time.
Arts & Performances
7:30 PM, May 2, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Les Violons du Roy | Jonathan Cohen, Music Director Miloš, Guitar
Yardley Hall
The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy takes its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The group, which has a core membership of 15 players, was brought together in 1984 by Founding Conductor Bernard Labadie and continues under Music Director Jonathan Cohen to specialize in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra.
Arts & Performances
2:00 PM, May 5, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: Opus 76 Quartet with Paul Neubauer, viola | 'Mozart and Brahms'
Polsky Theatre
Hailed as "Kansas City’s Premier String Quartet" (KC Independent), the Opus 76 Quartet and violist Paul Neubauer, SPA Trio and faculty at The Juilliard School, unite to perform Mozart’s C Major viola quintet & Brahms’ G Major Viola Quintet.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, May 10, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: The Concert Truck
Polsky Theatre
Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system and piano. Their goal is to engage diverse communities and audiences nationwide with thoughtful, timely programming.
Arts & Performances
8:00 PM, May 17, 2024
Midwest Trust Center Series: ‘¡Viva Mexico! ¡Viva America!’ | Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles and Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar
Yardley Hall
This exciting program celebrates the music and dance created when Mexican Americans combine elements from both sides of the border. Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar opens with the traditional, then ventures through modern times with Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles, whose Oscar-performance Disney tunes conclude this colorful show.
Arts & Performances