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Title: Worship Space is an Accoustical Place
Description: Article discusses Visitation Church's status as "a sought-after venue by classical musicians" since its $13 million makover in June 2004.
Date: 2006-10-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: Kansas City, Here They Came
Description: Article focuses upon the actions of Charles O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City Athletics baseball team, to bring the Beatles to Kansas City during their 1964 U.S. tour. Specifics of the business arrangement between the band, manager Brian Epstein, and Finley that made the September 17, 1964, performance possible are provided. Area residents who recall the concert are interviewed and describe its impact upon the city.
Date: 2014-02-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Leading Lady
Description: Photo and caption about the benefit concert at Municipal Auditorium given by the Independence Jaycees for the financial relief of Jeff Walker, a 14-year-old Independence resident paralyzed in a car accident killing his parents. Description of the country music singers performing (such as 15-year-old Tanya Tucker) before an audience of 1,000.
Date: 1974-06-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Walker Benefit Lost Money
Description: Article about the debt created for the Independence Jaycees as sponsors of a concert (in Kansas City featuring Nashville musicians) intended to help pay the medical expenses of Jeff Walker, a 14-year-old boy of Independence, Missouri paralyzed and orphaned in a 1973 car accident.
Date: 1974-06-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Alexander Kipnis
Description: Seated portrait of opera bass-baritone Alexander Kipnis. He sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bidu Sayao
Description: Full body pose on stair steps of Brazilian coloratura soprano Bidu Sayao.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC66-3 Sender Theater Scrapbooks Finding Aid
Description: This two-scrapbook collection covers the years 1905 to 1911 (volume 1) and 1903 to 1917 (volume 2). They include theater programs, play bills, club programs, and some miscellaneous items. Many of the theater programs and play bills are from other U.S. cities as well as European locations. The scrapbook compiler penciled in with whom they attended the performance. Local theater coverage is strongest for the Willis Wood Theatre, the Shubert Theatre, and the Fritschy Concert series. The original compiler of the scrapbooks is unknown. The donor was H. M. Sender, presumed to be Harry M. Sender, a local book dealer and collector of historical items. An article featuring Harry M. Sender can be found in the "Kansas City Journal," Aug. 3, 1939. Available in Special Collections newspaper clipping collection, mounted clips, filed under Sender's name.
Date: 1903/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: The Blues and Jazz Festival Reincarnated
Description: Article describes the planned 2005 Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival at the Woodlands racetrack, September 3rd and 4th, 2005. Planner Mark Valentine has attempted to overcome the difficulties experienced by the former Kansas City jazz festivals in Penn Valley Park, as well as problems at other jazz festivals around the nation.
Date: 2005-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Let the Music Play On
Description: Discusses how Kansas City's "Music in the Park" program dissipated and the haphazardly produced program that replaced it.
Date: 2000-08-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Truth about Kemper
Description: Article responds to critics of Kemper Arena, such as Kansas City sports broadcasters Soren Petro and Jason Whitlock. The author describes his pleasure with a 2004 visit to a Clay Aiken/Kelly Clarkson concert as evidence that Kemper fulfills Kansas City's needs for an arena.
Date: 2004-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Night the Beatles Bombed
Description: Detailed description of the September 1964 Beatles concert in Kansas City. The author describes the political undertones of the event, precipitated by the involvement of Charley (Charlie) Finley as promoter.
Date: 2004-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Music Begins
Description: Article details the inaugural concert at the Sprint Center held Saturday night, October 13, 2007. The featured singer was Elton John. There were 18,000 people in attendance and the $276 million arena drew good reviews. Parking was not the problem some anticipated and attendees appear to have come early to look over the downtown area and see what all was offered. The first song Elton John performed was "Funeral for a Friend." All the songs he did for the evening are listed in an accompanying article titled "A Night Alright." Also given, with their picture, are the unofficial first two people who got into the arena for the evening program. The arena is co-owned and managed by Anschutz Entertainment Group.
Date: 2007-10-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Stan Plesser Area Music Promoter, Dies at 79
Description: Kansas City concert promoter Stan Plesser passed away on Sept. 1 at the age of 79. Plesser operated music venues such as the Vanguard Coffee House and Cowtown Ballroom in the 1960s and '70s. He also co-founded Good Karma Productions and booked acts into larger venues such the Music Hall and Arrowhead Stadium.
Date: 2011-09-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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