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FEBRUARY 2019 PUBLISHER

Aaron Blair | aaron.blair@lifestylepubs.com EDITOR

Rachel Murphy | rmurphy@lifestylepubs.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Allison Swan, Rachel C. Murphy, Ann Butenas

Curating Creativity

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Ashley Elwell, Aaron Leimkuehler, Paul Versluis

FEBRUARY—IT MAY BE THE SHORTEST MONTH BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE DOLDRUMS OF WINTER, IT CAN ALSO BE THE MONTH THAT PUSHES YOU TO BE THE MOST CREATIVE! While I'm enjoying having a 'real' winter again, I have to admit that cabin fever has set in a bit. Luckily, I have a curious toddler that will use anything and everything to be creative, including snow, crayons, or my lipstick!

For this issue, we focused on the people adding value to our community in creative ways. Our feature story highlights three groups that can all be considered 'makers,' even if their methods vary wildly. In our second feature, the artistry of the Lyric Opera shines as well. Looking for art you can eat? Make a batch of Queen Sweets and Bakery's saffron rice. It's beautiful and tasty!

Creativity is something that many people yearn for and don't realize is within their grasp. Far from being a limited commodity, creativity is simply the ability to open yourself up to the possibilities of creation. No one ever said that your work has to

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As I try to stay healthy post-baby, I've been watching some yoga videos on YouTube. My favorite practitioner is Yoga With Adriene. Her catchphrase is one that I can get behind, "Find what feels good." Accessing your creativity can definitely live within those words. Find what makes you light up inside and do it however it feels good. You'll be glad you did!

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FEATURES 14 Locally Sourced Queen Sweets and Bakery Brings the Middle East Home

24 Lyric Opera A Stitch in Time

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30 Honing Their Craft Three Makers and the projects that drive them

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BY HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM, MOHAMED AND KHOLOUD AL BATAINEH. Queen Sweets and Bakery is known for their shawarma and mashawi platters, full of spice and flavor. Here, they share the secrets to their famous saffron rice. More than just a simple carb, Kholoud's family recipe packs layers of flavor into each grain.

Mashawi is the term for grilled meats, in this case, chicken, beef and a ground mixture of beef and lamb. Enjoy them atop Kholoud's Saffron Rice.

SAFFRON RICE + 1 cup of basmati rice + 1 cup of chicken stock + 1 cup of water + 1 teaspoon saffron + .25 Teaspoon black peppers + 1/8 cup minced onions + 1 teaspoon mixed pepper corn + 1/8 cup whole coriander seeds + .5 cup ghee butter + 1 tablespoon salt Boil water in a large pot. Add all spices with the ghee butter and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

Add rice and let it cook on high heat till the water and stock level match to tip of the rice. Lower heat to low and cover the pot with foil for another 15 minutes. Take the cover off, turn the heat off and stir the rice. Lastly put a lid back on so the rice can rest for another 5 minutes. Serve.

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TAKE ACTION: GET HOOKED ON BOOKS Children’s Authors Reading and Storytelling Event Saturday, February 23rd: 11:00 – 2:00 Mid-Continent Public Library - Antioch Branch Assistance League® of Kansas City would like you to join us as we put the spotlight on children’s literacy.

11:00 – 11:45 Author Ann Ingalls Book - Pencil: A Story with a Point Age Range: 5 - 8 years : Grade Level: 1 – 3 12:00 – 12:45 Author Jennifer Brown Book – Life on Mars Age Range: 8 -12 years : Grade Level: 4 – 6 1:00 – 2:00 Storyteller Brother John Anderson Story Title: Books are my friends Age Range: 4 and up

BE A PART OF THE CHANGE!

1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN AMERICA GROW UP WITHOUT LEARNING HOW TO READ.

THERE WILL BE FREE BOOK DRAWINGS FOR CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. • Reading and storytelling with your child promotes brain development and imagination, teaches your child about language and emotions, and strengthens your relationship.

• Students who don’t read proficiently by the 3rd grade are 4 times likelier to drop out of school.

GIVING BACK

The Perfect Fundraising Recipe: Art Soup and Synergy Services Youth Resiliency Center

THE SIXTH ANNUAL ART SOUP EVENT SERVES UP TASTY MEDLEYS WHILE BENEFITING A WORTHY CAUSE. ARTICLE ANN E. BUTENAS

IT’S AMAZING HOW SOMETHING AS SEEMINGLY SIMPLY AS A BOWL OF SOUP CAN MAKE THE SOUL FEEL SO GOOD. When partnered with a great cause, it becomes a delightful embrace of the senses.

On Sunday, February 24, the Junior Board of Synergy Services will present the 6th Annual Art Soup event at The Blitt Family Creative Arts Center on the Synergy Youth Campus at 2001 NE Parvin Road in Kansas City, Missouri. Patrons will enjoy a delightful array of soups made by a variety of local restaurants, along with cocktails, an opportunity to mingle, and a chance to feed their souls. This is the signature fundraising event established to benefit the art and music programs at Synergy Services Youth Resiliency Center (YRC).

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“The Junior Board is a group of young professionals who support Synergy Services through fundraising and volunteering,” says Anne Vigliaturo, Special Events Manager for Synergy. “They put on this event with several restaurants, primarily out of the Northland area. We hope to have 10 restaurants participate this year. Guests will have the opportunity to pick a favorite soup and we will award a Golden Ladle to the winning restaurant.”

Vigliaturo anticipates a large gathering this year, as last year’s celebration hosted 120 guests and raised $10,000 for the YRC. More than just serving up delicious bowls of soup, however, this event serves heaping helpings of fun, confidence and self-esteem to those who need and deserve it most.

“Our purpose is to provide a safe space for all youth, as well as build community and teach skills,” emphasizes Katie Brewer, Synergy Services’ Art Therapist, Youth and Family Therapist, and President of the Kansas Art Therapy Association. “We have a large art studio in which youth can freely use the materials such as paint, drawing supplies, collage materials, and journals. We also offer groups to teach youth how to use more complicated material while also promoting healthy emotional management, improved self-esteem and developing a healthy identity.”

Each guest at the event will receive a souvenir soup bowl created by the youth at the center. Each bowl represents a collaborative effort, as many hands go into the crafting of the bowls. One youth may build the bowl while others may glaze and fire. This is one way to promote a sense of community while working together to creating something beautiful.

Even though patrons will enjoy a fun-filled occasion, it is the youth who will truly benefit from this event.

“We use the funds from Art Soup to buy materials, so the youth have a variety of media to work with,” explains Brewer. “We often take suggestions from the youth about what art they want to create and try to accommodate by supplying the materials and bringing in different community members to teach these skills.”

The days leading up to the event are heightened with enthusiasm and excitement.

“Art Soup is a fun time in the Youth Resiliency Center,” says Brewer. “Youth that would typically be intimidated by trying something new (such as using clay) feel more comfortable because everyone is learning together.”

Art is a comfortable avenue through which the youth can confidently and proudly express themselves. It offers others a visual dialogue, telling a story that defies words and as a result becomes a vehicle for self-empowerment for the youth.

“Art allows me to share my feelings when I don’t want to say them out loud or I am too scared to,” indicates one YRC Art participant. Another participant echoes similar sentiments, “The art studio is a place for me to feel like I created something worthwhile.”

For information about the event or to purchase tickets, contact Anne Vigliaturo at 816.505.4785 or by e-mail at AnneV@SynergyServices.org. Corporate sponsors are welcome.

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TAKE ACTION: GET HOOKED ON BOOKS Children’s Authors Reading and Storytelling Event Saturday, February 23rd: 11:00 – 2:00 Mid-Continent Public Library - Antioch Branch Assistance League® of Kansas City would like you to join us as we put the spotlight on children’s literacy.

11:00 – 11:45 Author Ann Ingalls Book - Pencil: A Story with a Point Age Range: 5 - 8 years : Grade Level: 1 – 3 12:00 – 12:45 Author Jennifer Brown Book – Life on Mars Age Range: 8 -12 years : Grade Level: 4 – 6 1:00 – 2:00 Storyteller Brother John Anderson Story Title: Books are my friends Age Range: 4 and up

BE A PART OF THE CHANGE!

1 IN 4 CHILDREN IN AMERICA GROW UP WITHOUT LEARNING HOW TO READ.

THERE WILL BE FREE BOOK DRAWINGS FOR CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. • Reading and storytelling with your child promotes brain development and imagination, teaches your child about language and emotions, and strengthens your relationship.

• Students who don’t read proficiently by the 3rd grade are 4 times likelier to drop out of school.

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LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY HAS BEEN CREATING TRANSFORMATIONAL OPERA EXPERIENCES FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. Lyric Opera currently performs in the heart of the city at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts with Tracy Davis-Singh as the director of production.

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presenting La bohème at the Rockhill Theatre, a former movie theatre, where the company performed for 10 years until a fire destroyed it. After a few seasons at the Uptown Theatre, the Lyric Opera moved into the Capri Theatre.

“Eventually, we purchased this space and named it the Lyric Theatre, where we performed until 2011,” she says. “When the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts opened, we moved our performances there. During this time, we also opened our own facility, the Richard J. Stern Center, which houses our administrative offices, rehearsal space, scene shop and costume shop.” Davis-Singh turns the artistic vision of CEO and General Director Deborah Sandler into reality by bringing each artistic

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the director, conductor, singers, and orchestra, there is an entire village backstage making it all happen. During the build phase, the carpenters and scenic artists work on the scenery while the cutters, drapers and stitchers work on the costumes. The prop master hunts props and furniture as directed by the scenic designer while the assistant lighting designer rents light fixtures. The technical director works with the set and lighting designers to make sure everything fits and works in the space. All of this planning takes place before moving to the Kauffman stage because time is limited there. Once onstage, there can easily be 20 stage crew moving the sets and lights around, 15 wardrobe crew helping the artists with their costumes, props crew, painters for final touch-ups and a team of stage managers to dot the i’s and cross the t’s.” Davis-Singh says that the Lyric Opera is fortunate to have so many talented artists in Kansas City: “One of the benefits of building scenery and costumes is that CONTINUED >

piece together. “It’s an extraordinary puzzle to put together when you are producing opera, and one that can easily take up to two years from conception to opening. There are multiple steps in the design process before a single piece of scenery or a costume gets built, starting with preliminary designs in black and white images and eventually in color.

After that, overall color palette and textures are determined, and the costumes and scenery are built by specialized artisans. Then, everything is put together when rehearsals begin at our production center. Many of our principal singers come from outside Kansas City, but our chorus is cast with local singers. We rehearse for two to three weeks, move onstage to rehearse with the scenery and costumes, and add the Kansas City Symphony as our orchestra.” The audience doesn’t see what’s hiding behind the curtain—the production team needed to bring a performance to life. “Beyond February 2019 | Northland Lifestyle

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these get rented to other companies and becomes a source of income for the Lyric. I also find it exciting that our work is traveling all over the United States representing Kansas City in such spectacular fashion.”

It takes several people to research and create each and every costume. “Creating costumes is definitely a team effort with the costume designer taking charge. There may be historical research to be done, but if the historical period predates photographs, we study the art of the period.

Costume designs may be determined by the subject matter of the opera, or the director may come up with a specific concept. Once a style and direction is chosen, the designer will go through the process of sketches, researching fabrics and reviewing budgets. As part of choosing fabrics, many times a costume designer will consult with a lighting designer to avoid costumes turning an unanticipated shade of the intended color once the stage lights are turned on. The costume designer will work with cutters and drapers in a costume shop to develop the patterns. Once the costume is created, there’s a fitting with the performer, and final touches will take place during dress rehearsals onstage.”

Upcoming productions include Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers and the Exploration Series production of Penelope by Sarah Kirkland Snider.

“While most operas are in a foreign language, all of our performances have subtitles so you can understand the story. Since we tend to plan our productions one to two years in advance, we are always looking to the future. Our 2019 and 2020 season will be a great mix of traditional operas that will capture hearts and minds. There will be something for everyone!”

For more information, visit kcopera.org.

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THREE MAKERS AND THE PROJECTS THAT DRIVE THEM

ARTICLE RACHEL C. MURPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL MIDDLETON, PETE DULIN

Honing Their Craft MAKERS. The term has an instant image attached--the artsy type making Etsy-worthy items in their kitchen after work. But those that we consider makers are those that create in any way. We caught up with three different makers to explore the ways that they are enhancing the Northland.Â

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these by-products were composted as part of the winery's sustainable practices. With the 2018 harvest, Plimpton reserved the pressed skins and seeds and dried them. She further processed them to a finer texFence Stile Vineyard and Winery in Excelsior Springs has

ture. To create the scrubs, she blended the antioxidant-rich skins and

long been firmly in the maker category. The small operation

seeds with shea butter, essential oils, and other natural ingredients. The

offers five varietals for tasting and purchase at its picturesque

Chambourcin Salt Scrub contains Chambourcin grape skins and seeds,

tasting room. But with the creation of Vineyard Lifestile, owner

shea butter, whole lavender buds, salt, and lavender essential oil. The

and winemaker Shriti Plimpton took it a step further.

Chambourcin Sugar Scrub contains Chambourcin grape skins and

Vineyard Lifestile is a line of spa products that incorpo-

seeds, cocoa butter, sugar, and orange spice essential oil.

rates by-products of the wine they make. Plimpton uses

In 2019, the line will expand to include home items such as candles,

Chambourcin grape skins and seeds from the fall harvest

grapevine bundles for grilling, and a selection of jams, marinades and

after the grapes are crushed and pressed for juice that will

other culinary items.

become the next vintage of wine. Chambourcin is a French-

Plimpton's products pair nicely with bath time--complete with a glass

American red grape variety grown in Fence Stile's 10-acre

of wine, of course.

vineyards and used to make many of its red wines. In the past,

For more information, visit FenceStile.com.

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HONING THEIR CRAFT

(CON TI N U ED)

+ the artist

Orange Easel School of Art “PEOPLE THINK THAT NATURAL TALENT IS ALL THAT’S NEEDED. THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE. SO MUCH OF ART CAN BE TAUGHT AND TRAINED. I’M HAPPY TO HELP THOSE THAT WANT TO LEARN!”

Allison Jensen has always loved art. She loved it so much that she got a degree in it but she never really used it professionally. But as a stay at home mom, she noticed that there was nowhere that offered art classes, especially to the toddler and preschool set. Dusting off her degree, she started Miss Allison's School of Art out of her basement.

classes, she offers painting parties for all ages. Rather

Fast forward a few years and Miss Allison's was a hit,

than offering traditional wine and paint nights where

teaching two classes in the morning and three at night.

all the participants leave with the same painting, she

Jensen decided that it was time to make the leap to a

offers a space to dabble in arts and crafts that the group

space outside of her home and found a spot on the historic

chooses. Is there wine? That's up to you.

Liberty Square. She rebranded to Orange Easel School of Art and has been teaching all ages ever since.

February is also the first month that Orange Easel has offered a subscription box. For a monthly fee, the box

Jensen's approach to art classes is different than most.

contains all the art supplies that a student needs for that

Rather than being motivated by an end product, she's

month's unit as well as online instruction and additional

more interested in the process and what other lessons her

content in a private Facebook group.

students can learn. Her preschool and children's classes

Jensen's motto is 'Do art better.' At Orange Easel, she's

feature art history, literary tie-ins and plenty of time for free

teaching everyone, from toddlers on up how to explore

play in whatever medium they are studying at the time. She

while also honing their craft.

doesn't stick to just paint, either. Students work in a variety

"People think that natural talent is all that's needed. That's

of mediums, from charcoal to clay to classic acrylic paints.

just not true. So much of art can be taught and trained. I'm

Since opening in Liberty in 2014, Jensen has expanded to a second location in Platte Woods. In addition to onsite

happy to help those that want to learn!" she says.

For more information, visit OrangeEaselArt.com.

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di Te is inspired by Greek modern cuisine,

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finish it off with Semolina halva in a kadaifi

streets, rooftops and stairs anticipating

nest with vanilla ice cream and caramel syrup.

the one-of-a-kind experience.

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