Laura Spencer
Laura Spencer caught the radio bug more than a decade ago when she was asked to read a newscast on the air on her first day volunteering for KOOP, the community radio station in Austin, Texas.
After moving home to Kansas City, she learned the fine art of editing reel-to-reel tape as an intern and graduate assistant with the nationally syndicated literary program New Letters on the Air. Since 2001, she's focused her efforts on writing and producing feature stories as KCUR's Arts Reporter.
In 2011, Laura was one of 21 journalists selected for USC Annenberg’s seventh National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. She's received awards from the Associated Press, Kansas City Art Institute (Excellence in Visual Art and Education), Kansas City Association of Black Journalists, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Radio-Television News Directors Association (regional Edward R. Murrow Award) and Society for Professional Journalists.
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Kansas City Curator Who Built The Nelson-Atkins' World-Class Photography Collection Resigns In ProteIn 2005, Keith Davis brought the Hallmark Photographic Collection to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and founded the museum's photography department. Now, he's leaving after another curator lost her job.
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The six-month closure and ongoing uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic created a revenue shortfall.
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Lyric Opera Announces Plans To Bring Productions To Kansas City Audiences, But Not Yet In The KauffmOutdoor productions, small venues and online performances are in the works as the Lyric Opera continues its year of "New Visions."
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The pandemic has shut down stages and that’s been hard for people who work in the arts. With many venues still closed, actors, musicians, and dancers are finding new ways to create — outdoors.
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Artist Nick Cave’s largest and most ambitious project, tackling race, gender, and gun violence, is now on view at The Momentary, a contemporary art space in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas.
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As colleges and universities kick off a school year like no other, students are also demanding schools take steps to end systemic racism. Here's how that's been playing out at the Kansas City Art Institute.
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9ine Ultra Lounge made headlines earlier this year when two people were shot and killed and 15 others injured outside the nightclub near U.S. 40 and Noland Road.
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Look for smaller crowds, masks, timed-tickets, fast-casual food — and lots of cleaning — when the museum reopens next month.
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A nearly two-year renovation project on the former Rockhill Tennis Club is coming to a close. And the owners are asking for a significant boost from the purchase price.
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Theater companies respond to COVID-19 with mix of small-scale live performances, outdoor events, and digital experiences.