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"Up in the Air" leads Golden Globes with 6 "Black Is, Black Ain't" at H&R Block Artspace From KCUR nods Quirky "Glee" hits Dark Comedy Set in high note at Golden Amsterdam's Red Globes One of the most complex issues in contemporary American culture today is Light District at the Fishtank Polanski film in race - witness the whole situation with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, competition at Berlin Jr. and Cambridge police officer James Crowley. In Kansas City, twenty-six Best Children's festival artists explore the history of civil rights, skin color, race and its connection to Books of 2009 class in an exhibition at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute. The Food Critics: News, Reviews and ARTS BLOGS & by Laura Spencer Going Nuts PHOTOS Kansas City, MO One of the most complex issues in contemporary American culture today is race - witness the whole situation with On Radio Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge police officer James Crowley. KC Currents (Sundays at 5 p.m. and Mondays Now, in Kansas City, twenty-six artists explore the history of civil at 8 p.m.) News and rights, skin color, race and its connection to class in an exhibition culture from Kansas at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute. It's Andres Serrano The Interpretation of City's diverse Dreams (White Nigger), 2001 communities and KCUR Arts Photos called "Black is, Black Ain't." Cibachrome 60" x 50" Courtesy of the Artists, sculptures, artist and Yvon Lambert New beyond. York/ paintings, public art, KCUR's Laura Spencer spoke with curator Hamza Walker, who's This American Life architecture...in Kansas (Sundays, 10 - 11 am; City and beyond. director of education and associate curator at the Renaissance repeat Tuesdays, 8 - 9 Society at the University of Chicago. Walker says the title of the show is inspired by Ralph The Friends of pm) Chamber Music blog Ellison's "Invisible Man." Car Talk Puzzler Lyric Opera of Kansas (Saturdays, 9 -10 am; City blog "Black Is, Black Ain't" continues through October 17th at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas repeat Wednesdays, 8 - City Art Institute. Note: The Artspace is open by appointment only August 1 through 8th. 9 pm) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art blog Studio 360 Current Perspectives: Visiting Artist & Scholar Series (Thursdays, 8 - 9 pm) Unicorn Theatre blog Hasan Elahi, September 3, 7:00 pm Whad'Ya Know? Cauleen Smith, September 17, 7:00 pm (Saturdays, 10 am - 12 pm) Features Hank Willis Thomas, October 1, 7:00 pm

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