Art & Culture

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COMO’s Got Talent

When she pushed the play button, ready to create a solo ballet performance to the…

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Funny Business: Tickling our funny bones

Columbia’s comedy scene has blossomed over the past 10 years, and a lot has gone…

Dianna Borsi O’Brien holding her book, Historic Movie Theaters of Columbia, Missouri

Let’s Go to the Movies

Dianna Borsi O’Brien describes herself as a “hyper-local girl.”  Originally from Ohio, she’s a Mizzou…

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Intimate, Unique, Local

Amongst the unassuming warehouses of COMO’s North Village Arts District, you’ll find Talking Horse Productions…

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Beautifying the Community

The Loop began its street art project back in 2021. “I went back to my…

Making Art for All

Back in 1977, the Columbia City Council passed legislation to create the Percent for Art…

Discovering Your Creative Side

The Mud Room is a locally owned, fully equipped, do-it-yourself ceramic painting studio opened by…

Election Season’s Must-Have Accessory

Every two years, the Boone County Clerk’s office holds an ‘I Voted’ sticker competition that’s…

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Putting the ‘Community’ in ‘Community Theatre’

Established in 1973, Maplewood Barn Community Theatre is a nonprofit organization located in Nifong Park…

Andrew and Kristen Camp

Lanterns of Love

Andrew and Kristen Camp say they’ve spent a lot of time talking about what their…

If You Can Break It, You Can Make It

Off Rollins Road, you may have noticed a small automotive shop with a large, bright…

Professor by Day, Artist by Night

It can be easy to think that art and science are binary opposites, one ruled…