Lawrence Community Orchestra Brings Sound To Silent Films

Lawrence Community Orchestra co-director, Matt Smith, wants you to know that silent films don’t mean a quiet audience.

“It’s kind of like‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ you know?” explained Smith. “The audience feels free to boo and hiss when the villain comes on screen and cheer when the hero saves the heroine, so there’s a little bit of audience direct participation. We’re not throwing toast or rice or anything, but just it’s fun to share in that.”

Read more at the Bridge 90.9: https://bridge909.org/news/lawrence-community-orchestra

KPR’s Bob McWilliams on 25 years of Trail Mix, ahead of Saturday’s anniversary show

KPR’s Bob McWilliams on 25 years of Trail Mix, ahead of Saturday’s anniversary show

KPR’s Bob McWilliams on 25 years of Trail Mix, ahead of Saturday’s anniversary show

Since its first broadcast on September 11, 1994, the Kansas Public Radio program, Trail Mix – bringing listeners “the best in yesterday’s and today…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/blog/21050717/kprs-bob-mcwilliams-on-25-years-of-trail-mix-ahead-of-saturdays-anniversary-show

Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

Making Movies’ Enrique Chi on the band’s New Year’s Eve plans to ‘Remain in Light’

New Year’s Eve is a chance for a band to go big and try something more grandly spectacular than most might be willing to go for on a regular old Monday n…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/qas/blog/21038915/making-movies-enrique-chi-on-the-bands-new-years-eve-plans-to-remain-in-light

Hepcat had the Madrid doing the ska jump at the Madrid last night (photos)

Hepcat had the Madrid doing the ska jump at the Madrid last night (photos)

Hepcat had the Madrid doing the ska jump at the Madrid last night (photos)

HepcatHooligan Holiday 2018, at the Madrid TheatreFeaturing Hepcat, 45 Adapters, and Boomtown United Saturday, December 8 After a nearly 21-year hiatus, Ca…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/slideshows/blog/21035998/hepcat-got-the-madrid-to-do-the-ska-jump-at-the-madrid-last-night-photos

Rico Dejoie is bringing three nights of punk rock festivities to KC with this weekend’s Hooligan Holiday

Rico Dejoie is bringing three nights of punk rock festivities to KC with this weekend’s Hooligan Holiday

Rico Dejoie is bringing three nights of punk rock festivities to KC with this weekend’s Hooligan Holiday

Hepcat’s last area performance, at the Bottleneck in February of 1998.Nick SpacekFor the last 24 years, Rico Dejoie, owner of Boss Vintage and show-going…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/blog/21035475/rico-dejoie-brings-three-nights-of-punk-rock-festivities-with-this-weekends-hooligan-holiday

Free State Festival: A Week in Review

Free State Festival: A Week in Review

Free State Festival: A Week in Review

From Monday, September 17 through Sunday, September 23, the Lawrence Arts Center presented the 2018 Free State Festival. Over the years, the festival in Lawrence, Kansas, has gone from being a film fest to an all-around arts fest, to bringing acts like Public Enemy and George Clinton for huge street

Source: www.cinepunx.com/Writing/free-state-festival-a-week-in-review/

Photos: Waxahatchee, Anna St. Louis, and Night Shop, Friday at the White Schoolhouse

Photos: Waxahatchee, Anna St. Louis, and Night Shop, Friday at the White Schoolhouse

Photos: Waxahatchee, Anna St. Louis, and Night Shop, Friday at the White Schoolhouse

WaxahatcheeWaxahatchee with Anna St. Louis and Night Shop Friday, September 21 The White Schoolhouse Petri Productions made the inspired decision to take…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/slideshows/blog/21023649/waxahatchee-anna-st-louis-and-night-shop-friday-at-the-white-schoolhouse-photos

Photos: Bad Bad Hats’ catchy indie rock at the Bottleneck

Photos: Bad Bad Hats’ catchy indie rock at the Bottleneck

Photos: Bad Bad Hats’ catchy indie rock at the Bottleneck

Bad Bad Hats The Bottleneck Wednesday, September 12 Last night at the Bottleneck, a loyal cotillion of indie-loving college-aged kids gathered to see Minn…

Source: www.thepitchkc.com/arts-entertainment/music/slideshows/blog/21022332/photos-bad-bad-hats-catchy-indie-rock-at-the-bottleneck