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March 22, 2025

FULL PARTNERSHIP: Pianist is one of the busiest women in town

Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich’s seat at the piano is usually several feet behind those of the other musicians onstage. But when the Tashkent native begins to play, you immediately take notice. Her […]

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BUILDING BRIDGES: Stage management proves ideal training for dream job at KC Rep 

Amy Abels Owen caught the theater bug at the age of eight. It happened in downtown Kansas City, where her aunt and grandmother took her to see the touring Broadway […]

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Dr. Nicole Price: The Empathy Revolutionary

Dr. Nicole Price seems, on face value, to be a true paradox of a person, and a complicated paradox at that. She is educated in, trained in, and worked in […]

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Lo LaBonta Plays For More Than Just Wins

Lo’eau “Lo” LaBonta laughs a lot. If joy had a captain’s armband, she’d be wearing it right alongside the one she sports for the Kansas City Current. She swears abs […]

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Celebrating Service – Rose Brooks

Since 2001, the State Line Services League, also known as SL2, has provided volunteer support to Rose Brooks Center and many other social service organizations in Our Town. Originally established […]

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Rachel’s Reads – Women in Wartime, March 22, 2025

“Women who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women. This was a people’s war and everyone was in it.” – Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby Throughout […]

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Heart of America Shakespeare Festival

February 15th was the date for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s Romantic Revels event, which was held at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza. Martha and Stephen Platt were […]

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Ginger Rothhaas: One Compassionate Act At A Time

If we ever needed an actual place called Compassion Fix, with a physical location in Our Town, and a team of therapists and coaches at our avail, the time is […]

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From Hometown To The Hollywood Hills: Women Who Went West

Naturally, there are scads of men who have made the move from their roots in the Kansas City area to the bright lights of Hollywood. But, there are myriad women […]

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