*Pat Metheny returns to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on April 4, 2026. Marilyn Maye plays the Folly Theater on December 21.
*Charles Williams and James Ward discuss their recent trip to China with a television news reporter.
*David. W. “Smiley” Wallace Jr., a prominent booster of ragtime in Kansas City, has died.
*Jeff Shirley was interviewed by Joe Dimino