Arts and Culture

Maybe you have a pink Care Bear with a rainbow belly, a blue Smurfette with long blonde hair, or one of those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures in an old box somewhere. A national museum in Kansas City could include it in a future exhibit.

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph welcomes the new exhibition, A Scattering of Jades on Feb. 27 with a reception from 4-7 p.m.

Heidi Pitre's series merges literature, nostalgia, and history, featuring pen-and-ink drawings on about 160 vintage library checkout cards. Interest in the pieces has expanded, but her supply of old-school, ephemeral cards is dwindling.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has proposed deep cuts to art funding across the state as part of an austerity initiative emphasizing smaller government and fiscal discipline. Artists and arts advocates say their cultural contributions help drive economic investment.

‘Seeing Double’ is currently on view at the Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum in Clarinda, Iowa. Each year the museum features two distinct shows of contemporary art on different themes. The current show is the museum’s 21st since opening in 2014.

The beer and music festival debuted as a two-day event in the West Bottoms, and grew into one of the region's signature events, moving to the Stockyards District then Crown Center. Organizers say the festival will not return for another season.

Within the past year, regional authors have released work ranging from an anthology on monster stories and their social histories to a memoir documenting international migration and political tumult to a collection of poetry exploring a lifetime spent in Nodaway County