Artspeak Radio with Whim Productions and Vulpes Bastille

Artspeak Radio, Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 9am -10am CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live audio Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd welcomes founder/artistic director Whim Productions Kevin King and actor Devin Burns, and Vulpes Bastille artists. Whim Productions’ World Premiere of "My Kid’s Christmas Program" is Chaotic Holiday Fun Whim Productions, KC's LGBTQ+ theater company, is putting on a holiday program! But in My Kid’s Christmas Program, written by Kevin King, the tinsel’s tangled, the pageant’s off the rails, and Miss Peach’s Academy has lost its auditorium. You’re invited to the annual holiday pageant for Miss Peach’s Academy. Forced to relocate to Whim Space after a series of mishaps, the “kids” (played by adults) are ready to belt and blunder their way through a holiday pageant like no other. It’s the holiday program you remember... just with more sass, irreverence, and emotional baggage. A delightfully twisted immersive experience for the grown-ups who survived grade-school pageants. There are only five performances of this fourth-wall-breaking, silly, and unserious production, and no two are exactly alike. Catch the holiday spirit while you can! Content Advisory: Suggested for ages 16+. Ticket Information: • Full-price tickets start at $30. Pay What You Whim pricing is available on select dates. • Tickets are available now at whimproductions.org. Run Time: ~90 minutes Venue: Whim Space, 415 Prospect, Kansas City, MO 64124 Dates and Times: Thurs. December 11, 7:30 pm (Preview) Fri. December 12, 7:30 pm Sat. December 13, 7:30 pm Sun. December 14, 3:00 pm Mon. December 15, 7:30 pm Cast includes: Abigail Brisbane Devin Burns Michael Golliher Pete Kuhn Brad Mathewson Tiffany Michelle Gabriel Noah Orpheyuss Sandy Osborn Kyle Tichenor Jerry Tracy Diana Watts Creative includes: Playwright & Director - Kevin King Choreography - Meghann Deveroux Scenic Design - Austin Cecil Lighting Design - Austin VanWinkle Whim Productions, founded in 2011, creates challenging and evocative queer theater. We focus on providing opportunities for LGBTQ+ theater artists to tell their own stories and share the diversity of queer experiences with Kansas City audiences. VULPES BASTILLE is an artist-run space in Kansas City’s East Crossroads that houses twelve studios and hosts monthly exhibitions selected through an open call. Located in a 100-year-old renovated dancehall, Vulpes Bastille offers an expansive platform for the community to create and display work, with an emphasis on experimental projects, emerging voices, and students. Vulpes Bastille has remained a fortress for Kansas City’s creative community since 2012. This month, Vulpes Bastille proudly presents two new exhibitions Please Don't Touch the Art and At Least You Can't Be Sad If There Are Balloons. Please Don’t Touch the Art, featuring more than 50 staff members of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art organized by Nora Snyder. Please Don’t Touch the Art is a group exhibition featuring more than fifty employees of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. From security guards and custodians to administrative assistants and art handlers, the staff of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art keeps the museum running smoothly for the benefit of the people of Kansas City. But what the public doesn’t get to see is that members of the museum staff often harbor artistic talents of their own. Naturally, the museum draws a community of caretakers who love art and devote their lives to it in more than one sense. Organized by artist and museum employee Nora Snyder, Please Don’t Touch the Art showcases the diverse and extraordinary talents of the NAMA staff. Currently on view Closing Reception: Monday, December 22, 6 - 9 pm At Least You Can’t Be Sad If There Are Balloons, a solo exhibition of 17 self-portrait paintings by Corey Green. In my work, I use balloons as a powerful symbol of the pressure and trials that have shaped my life—experiences that have stretched me to my limits and at times, deflated me. Balloons, filled with air, reflect moments of tension and build-up, but they also speak to the inevitable deflation that follows. For me, the image of a balloon is both a metaphor for resilience and vulnerability: the pressure of life pushing me to expand, only to be followed by the emptiness and raw exposure that comes when that pressure subsides or bursts. My work is an invitation to reflect on these moments of transformation—how pressure, release, and deflation are not signs of weakness, but steps in a continual process of transformation and survival. Currently on view Closing Reception: Wednesday, December 17, 6:30 - 8:30 pm (on view until Monday, December 22) Both shows will be on view through December 22, with gallery hours from Sundays 1-4 pm. You can also email us to schedule an appointment. On Wednesday, December 17 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm, we invite you to Corey Green’s half-birthday party and the closing reception for At least you can’t be sad if there are balloons. The artists will host a closing reception for Please Don’t Touch the Art on Monday, December 22 from 6-9 pm. Also this month, on Saturday, December 13 from 7-8 pm, we’re co-hosting a Poetry Reading with Bear Review featuring Clayton Adam Clark and Ruth Williams. Vulpes Bastille is located at 1737 Locust St. KCMO Gallery Hours: First Fridays 6-9 PM Sundays 1-4 PM By Appointment

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