EVENT CALENDAR
FOLLY THEATER 12th and Central Kansas City, MO 01.15 Jeff Lorber Fusion Trio, Keyboard, Composer 02.12 Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Clarinetist-Saxophonist 03.12 Paquito D’Rivera Quintet, Clarinetist 04.16 An Evening with Eliane Elias, Pianist/Singer/Composer
01.07–09
“Revolution”: The Music of the Beatles
01.14–16
Shostakovich’s Fifth, plus Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
01.20–23
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Concert
01.28–30
Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration
02.04–06
Prokofiev’s Fifth, with Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations
02.10–13
Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi in Concert
03.03
Kansas City Symphony Chorus Concert
03.04–06
Elgar’s first, plus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24
03.13
Buckets N Boards
FOLLY AMERICANA SERIES 12.17 Eileen Ivers: “A Joyful Christmas,” American Fiddler 02.18 Mark and Maggie O’Connor Duo, Grammy-Winning Violinist/Composer 03.05 Allison Moorer, Writer, Singer/Songwriter
03.25–27
La Mer and Brahms’ Violin Concerto
04.01–03
Pétrouchka, plus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
04.07–09
Sinatra and Friends
04.12–14
ABBA The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
04.22–24
Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto
05.20–22
The Music of Queen
06.03–05
Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony
06.09–10
The Music of the Rolling Stones
06.17–19
Sleeping Beauty with Sibelius Violin Concerto
06.24-26
Ode to Joy: Beethoven’s Ninth
KANSAS CITY BALLET All performances at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 12.03–24 The Nutcracker 02.18–27 Dracula 03.24–27 New Moves 05.13–22 The Wizard of Oz THE LYRIC OPERA Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, unless noted 03.11–13 The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs 04.30–05.08 Puccini’s Tosca THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY All Performances at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 12.10–12 Handel’s Messiah 12.16–19 Christmas Festival 12.22–24 Home Alone (film and live orchestra)
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Just in case… 01.30
Conference Championships
02.13
Super Bowl
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Hope springs eternal… 02.14
Pitchers and Catchers Report to Spring Training
02.26
Kansas City Royals Spring Training Opening Game
