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KauffmanCenterPresentsseries

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TheKauffmanCenterPresentsseriesoffersexcellentanddiverseprogrammingfromawidevarietyofperformancegenres.TheseriesisdesignedtocomplementtheprogrammingofferedbytheCenter’sthreeresidentcompanies–theKansasCityBallet,KansasCitySymphony,andLyricOperaofKansasCity–aswellasitscommunitypartnersincludingtheKansasCityJazzOrchestra,theKansasCityBroadwaySeries,andtheHarriman-JewellSeries.KauffmanCenterPresentsprogrammingispresentedyear-round.ItsfirstseasondebutedinSeptember2011withsoldoutshowsfromperformersincludingItzhakPerlmanandDiannaKrall,andArethaFranklin.TheseventhannualKauffmanCenterPresentsseasonkickedoffinJuly2017withaperformancebyrockbandsBlondieandGarbage.OthernotableperformersofthecurrentseasonincludeNewYorkTimesbest-sellingpoetRupiKaurandtheworld-famousViennaBoysChoir.Morethan20,000audiencemembersattendperformancesintheKauffmanCenterPresentsserieseachyear.AsapartoftheKauffmanCenterPresentsprogram,theNationalGeographicLiveseriesisalsoinitsseventhseason.NationalGeographicLivespeakerssharetheirjourneysofexplorationfrombeingonassignmentaroundtheworld.Illustratedwithaward-winningphotographyandvideo,eacheveningconcludeswithaspeaker-ledaudienceQ&Asession.Thisserieshashadanumberofsold-outshowsinrecentyears.ForitsseventhannualseasonattheKauffmanCenter,NationalGeographicLivefeaturesphotographers,filmmakers,adventurersandaNASAastronaut.AcurrentlistofupcomingKauffmanCenterPresentsseriesisavailableatwww.kauffmancenter.org/events-tickets/kauffman-center-presents/.MediaContact:BessWallersteinHuffDirectorofMarketingKauffmanCenterforthePerformingArtsbwh@kauffmancenter.org(816)994-7229

UpdatedNov.14,2017

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