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StoneLion Puppets play around July 11

Local puppetry collective StoneLion Puppet Theater wants you to come out and play as they play in a play as part of Art in the Loop's summer art initiative #KCPlays! Join StoneLion Puppets and all their fancy sock people and fabric friends…

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Get to Know the artist: Stacey Sharpe

Stacey Sharpe is a wife, mother to three daughters, and a local Kansas City artist. In her past life she worked as a pediatrician, but the creative side of her could not be suppressed by stethoscopes and hand sanitizer. So she traded in her…

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Soft Lab Workshops begin July 2

Artist Olivia Clanton's summer residency program with Art in the Loop, Soft Lab, is a place to explore improvisational making and collaborative creating through quilting and weaving workshops. Through multiple workshops, Clanton hopes to encourage…

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Stranger on the Train

Have you seen this Stranger out and about Downtown KCMO? The Stranger is a pretty cool monster, riding the KC Streetcar around, hoping you'll come hang out. You never know when or where the Stranger will…

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June 27, Evening Concert: Candice Hill & Cowtown Country Club

Aloha KC! Get ready to bring your tiki torches and your cowboy boots y'all because Art in the Loop is bringing you a real tropical hootenanny this Wednesday, June 27 in West Terrace Park. Here at Art in the Loop we try to keep things…

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Music in the Park: Simon Fink

Simon Fink is a pretty cool guy. His musical career began when a violin abandoned on a bus found its way into Simon's life at the age of 3. In middle school, he learned to play bass guitar in order to participate in a friend's band, then…

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Air Play: Fun Fly Kite Workshops

Visual artist Stacey Sharpe had so much fun creating her large-scale kite installation for Art in the Loop this summer, she wanted to share the love and invite you to make your own through multiple workshops and art classes throughout the…

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Music in the Park: John Gilmore Trio

The John Gilmore Trio pulls its influences from across the jazz and fusion spectrums to create a unique lyrical and textural experience. Comprised of drums, bass, and saxophone, the open sound leaves plenty of room for experimentation, while…

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World Knit-in-Public Day

Join local artist Emily Evans Sloan, on June 9th from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the KC Streetcar stop at 4th & Delaware for Worldwide Knit-in-Public Day. She will be working on pieces for her large-scale knitting installation, Streetcar Shelter Sweater,…

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Art in the Loop Scavenger Hunt BINGO!!

Whats more fun than finding totally rad art all around Downtown KC this summer? Taking selfies with it! and then getting prizes! Art in the Loop has put together a super fun game mash-up of Scavenger Hunt and BINGO involving the public art…

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Music in the Park: Roger Pitts

Join us June 6th for the second installment of Art in the Loop's Summer Music Series with musician Roger Pitts, as he provides a lunchtime concert in West Terrace Park. Roger is a graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music, holding his master's…

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Art Starts at the Library with Art in the Loop, June 1

The Kansas City Public Library and Art in the Loop team up this summer to bring family-friendly events and performances to the Central Library with the Art Starts collaboration. Begin your First Friday's at the Kansas City Public Library…

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