A $23 million mixed-use redevelopment proposal that would add apartments and retail space to the 18th and Vine District is being opposed by City Council members who fear it would turn the area into another “Beale Street.”
The ruined former City Workhouse Castle built in 1897 to incarcerate petty criminals and vagrants would accommodate a far more upscale clientele as a boutique hotel in a new redevelopment proposal.
The Blue Room set to reopen June 4
and last updated 2021-06-03 09:18:30-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The pandemic forced the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum to close. Now, the club is making a comeback.
The Blue Room will reopen Friday, June 4, after being closed since March 2020. This is the living part of the art. Being a museum, we re looking at the roots and influences, but this is a place where you can see it in action, Rashida Phillips, executive director of the American Jazz Museum said.
The museum reopened in June 2020, but for over a year live entertainment was not an option at the club located in the historic 18th and Vine District.
Billie Holiday Exhibit on Display at Jazz Museum
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and last updated 2021-05-08 11:24:05-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The American Jazz Museum is hosting the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition of Billie Holiday photographs.
In April 1957, photographer Jerry Dantzic was assigned to photograph Billie Holiday during a week long run of performances at the Newark, New Jersey, nightclub, Sugar Hill. Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill:Photographs by Jerry Dantzic presents 56 images of the jazz icon that challenge the tragic narrative that frequently defines her.
The exhibition is on view at the American Jazz Museum at 18th & Vine from Saturday May 8th until Sunday, August 1st.
KC Jazz Academy calls on students to keep history alive
The KC Jazz Academy is keeping music alive with the next generation.
and last updated 2021-02-22 09:39:10-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â It s a common trait heard in jazz music: call and response. But it s taking on a new meaning at 18th & Vine.
At the KC Jazz Academy, middle and high school students aren t just learning how to play jazz. They re answering the call to keep the history and love of jazz alive. Just learning that connection between jazz and blues and Kansas City culture really makes jazz mean that much more to you because it s a local culture and somebody s got to be in Kansas City, trying to carry on the language of jazz, said Aidan Nolte, a student and intern with the program.