When UMKC undergraduate theatre student Hiêú Bùi attended the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in January 2020, he did not expect it to select his own play months later for the same festival.  The KCACTF is a national program that selects...

Netflix’s recent docuseries, “Deaf U,” explores the relationships between deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. Within a week, the eight-episode series was on the trending list for Netflix and received praise for its representation...

Four years after their debut, K-pop group BLACKPINK has finally debuted their first full-length album, appropriately titled “THE ALBUM.”  Totalling eight songs, including a collaboration with singer Selena Gomez in “Ice Cream” and a surprise collaboration with...

Most classes are online this semester at UMKC, with professors lecturing via Zoom and screen sharing their PowerPoint slides to students. For Conservatory students, the transition to online learning has come with unique difficulties.  UMKC Conservatory graduate student...