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![MAKING STRIDES: Artists from the LGBTQ+ community share thoughts on Kansas City and its progress](https://kcindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ingrid-Stolzel_Photo-Cristian-Fatu-scaled.jpg)
INGRID STÖLZEL: Ingrid Stölzel is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed at concert halls and festivals around the world and have been called “richly introspective” and cited as…
![Kansas City Ballet Guild – Spring Luncheon](https://kcindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-11-at-12.14.09 PM.png)
Oakwood Country Club provided the gorgeous backdrop for the Kansas City Ballet Guild’s annual Spring Luncheon on May 2nd. Cindy Wurm, Julia Kim Malter, and Jessica James were the hosts.…
![SIMPLE TWISTS OF FATE: Symphony couple finds niche in the heartland](https://kcindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/02_Mark-and-Tamamo-Gibbs_Photo-by-Eric-T.-Williams.jpg)
Fortune smiled on Kansas City music lovers when Tamamo Someya and Mark Gibbs decided to marry and settle down here. Born in Japan just a few years apart, they traveled…