The Crossroads Arts District is an historic registered neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, centered at approximately 20th Street and Main Street, between Downtown's Central Business District and Crown Center. It is the city's main art gallery district and center for the visual arts. Dozens of galleries are located in its renovated warehouses and industrial buildings. It is also home to numerous restaurants (including one operated by Lidia Bastianich), housewares shops, architects, designers, and other visual artists. As well, the district has several live music venues. This is a list of the neighborhoods officially registered by the city of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Beacon Hill Brookside Central Business District Coleman Highlands Columbus Park Country Club Plaza Crown Center Crossroads Arts District Freighthouse District Garment District Government District Hyde Park Ivanhoe Longfellow/Dutch Hill Pendleton Heights Power... Downtown Kansas City, Missouri is defined by the Downtown Council and City Hall officials as to include the entire area from the Missouri River, south to 31st Street ; and from I-35 east to Bruce Watkins Drive (U.S. Highway 71). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Official language(s) None Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St. ... Crown Center is a shopping and entertainment complex operated by the Hallmark corporation and located adjacent to the companys headquarters in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. ... It has been suggested that Vanity gallery be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Born Lidia Motika in 1947 in a seaport town today known as Pula, Istria, in present-day Croatia, but which was called Pola up through World War II. Her family name was changed to Maticchio under Mussolinis Fascist Italian dictatorship between the two world wars, then changed back to... The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ... A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ...

First Fridays

Art galleries generally open new shows on the first Friday of each month. This has become one of the region's most popular regular events as thousands of people flock to the Crossroads for gallery "open houses" admidst the Crossroads's unique atmosphere each month.

Crossroads Music Festival

First held in late August 2005, the Crossroads Music Festival is an annual event organized by Spice of Life Productions, which features local music artists. The 2005 event was held at Grinder's Sculpture Park, located at 18th Street and Locust Street. In addition to concert performances, offerings included short films by local independent filmmakers, and booths offering apparel by local designers, local independent print media, and carnival games. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...

See also

• List of Registered Neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri

This is a list of the neighborhoods officially registered by the city of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Beacon Hill Brookside Central Business District Coleman Highlands Columbus Park Country Club Plaza Crown Center Crossroads Arts District Freighthouse District Garment District Government District Hyde Park Ivanhoe Longfellow/Dutch Hill Pendleton Heights Power...

Crossroads Art Galleries

• Grothaus & Pearl Art Gallery - Contemporary arts gallery showing new and emerging artists. [2012 Baltimore Ave, Located a floor below the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center]
• Leedy Voulkos Gallery - Gallery featuring local, national and international artists working in all medias. [2012 Baltimore Ave]
• Leopold Gallery - Gallery offering fine art for collections: paintings, bronzes, steel and water sculpture, and glass art. [327 E 55th St.]
• Arts Incubator - Incubator of Emerging Art. [115 W. 18th St.]
• Byron C. Cohen - Byron C. Cohen Exhibit [Baltimore+Kansas+City,+MO+64108 2020+Baltimore]
• Mojo Collection - The Mojo Collection [2009 Baltimore Studio B]

External link

• Crossroads Community Association