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About The Crossroads Arts District
The Crossroads Arts District is an historic 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.
Numerous buildings in the neighborhood are on the National Register of
Historic Places including the TWA Corporate Headquarters' Building.
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.
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.