Beth L Barnett
KANSAS CITY YOUTH JAZZ TO PLAY AT KAUFFMAN CENTER
This Sunday, this newest and youngest generation of Kansas City jazz musicians will be among the first to perform on the stage of The Helzberg Theater at the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Ten years ago, founder… Continue reading
Beth Ripley Lyon, September 9th. 1900
On September 8th, 1900 the worst Hurricane in the history of the United States, with winds estimated at 145 miles per hour, made landfall in Galveston Texas. The next day, three hundred miles north in Jefferson Texas, Beth Ripley was… Continue reading
LGBT ADOPTION
Adopting a child is becoming easier for the LGBT Community. That’s what I learned at the Human Right campaign Workshop Saturday. Literally thousands of children of all ages are in foster care. Many, who’s parent’s rights have been terminated, are… Continue reading
Pinky Says: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES ROSENQUIST
It was a really hot day in New York, so hot that our art tour group was already irritable and hoping that somewhere along the line of artists’ studios we were visiting there would be an air conditioned respite. When… Continue reading
NEBBISH ZINNIAS
Every year, I start off the summer full of great ambitions and overzealous hope all due to the beautiful seed catalogs that begin arriving in January. However, over the years I’ve learned to be more realistic. I now only order… Continue reading