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The Secret Life of Cynthia Siebert

July 15, 2015

What do you think of when you hear “chamber music?” Four musicians in black, playing stately and somber string compositions. Oh, so dignified and oh, what a snooze. Right?

Kelly Ludwig’s Outsider Obsession

February 03, 2016

“It’s hard to pinpoint the single moment when my appreciation for this art became a mild obsession,” writes Kelly Ludwig in her book Detour Art (Kansas City Star Books, 2007). “It probably started from the get-go.”

Art News: Curtain Rises on Renovated Spencer Theatre

November 09, 2015

Since UMKC’s Spencer Theatre opened in 1979, technology has transformed lighting and sound from stagecraft to highly specialized technical arts. Over the years, though, the theater did not keep up with those advances and that left its home company, Kansas City Rep, in a disadvantaged position.

Mutual History

August 12, 2015

Frank Galati and the Steppenwolf Theatre were both born in Highland Park—Galati in the hospital in 1943, the company in a church basement in 1974—and his professional and personal lives have been intertwined with both the wider Chicago theater scene and what is readily recognized as one of the leading theatrical companies in the country ever since.

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The Secret Life of Cynthia Siebert

July 15, 2015

What do you think of when you hear “chamber music?” Four musicians in black, playing stately and somber string compositions. Oh, so dignified and oh, what a snooze. Right?

Kelly Ludwig’s Outsider Obsession

February 03, 2016

“It’s hard to pinpoint the single moment when my appreciation for this art became a mild obsession,” writes Kelly Ludwig in her book Detour Art (Kansas City Star Books, 2007). “It probably started from the get-go.”

Art News: Curtain Rises on Renovated Spencer Theatre

November 09, 2015

Since UMKC’s Spencer Theatre opened in 1979, technology has transformed lighting and sound from stagecraft to highly specialized technical arts. Over the years, though, the theater did not keep up with those advances and that left its home company, Kansas City Rep, in a disadvantaged position.

Mutual History

August 12, 2015

Frank Galati and the Steppenwolf Theatre were both born in Highland Park—Galati in the hospital in 1943, the company in a church basement in 1974—and his professional and personal lives have been intertwined with both the wider Chicago theater scene and what is readily recognized as one of the leading theatrical companies in the country ever since.

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Law

"Large Law Firms Rethink Their Strategies for Talent"

The acceleration of compensation programs in the mid-90s resulted in a need to redesign legal processes. Since then automation, digital technologies and the proliferation of online legal resources have disrupted the market even further.

“Charlie Robinson’s Step-by-Step Plan to Staff Up the University of California”

The demand for more staff at the University of California (UC) isn’t limited to the legal department, and the system might start hiring more lawyers this year.

"Aquiring Stock"

Johnathan Short, general counsel and corporate secretary for global exchange firm, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), was tasked with acquiring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Euronext...

"Louisiana-Pacific"

What started out as a budgetary concern became a communication overhaul at plywood and lumber company, Louisiana–Pacific (LP).

“Sabre Corporation"

Very few people have their elevator speech down pat like Sterling Miller, general counsel of Sabre Corporation in Dallas. “I am in charge of all things legal and compliance-related for a $3 billion technology company—that’s my pitch."

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