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In a photo in 2020, the late Richard Luehrman, Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Central Missouri, focuses on a watercolor painting of his family home in Lexington, Missouri.
Art Show and Sale benefits Richard A. Luehrman Art Scholarship
The UCM Gallery of Art and Design will host an art show and sale featuring the work of the late Dr. Richard A. Luehrman, Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Central Missouri from May 19 … more
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Ben Franklin, Knob Noster, has been selected as the Featured Artist for the 2025 Mid-Missouri Artists Fine Arts Show.
Ben Franklin named featured artist for MMA Fine Arts Show
Mid-Missouri Artists announces the Featured Artist for the 2025 Fine Arts Show May 3-4 held in the Warrensburg Community Center, 445 E. Gay.   As the Featured Artist Ben Franklin will … more
Bill Wayne tells the story of Old Drum in the historic Johnson County Courthouse on June 10. Wayne went into detail about the history of the dog and read the "Eulogy of the Dog." This eulogy was read in the same courthouse during the Old Drum court case in 1870.
Photos: Community celebrates Old Drum Day
Pictured are just some of the works featured in the Mid-Missouri Artists Summer Exhibition at the University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art and Design. A range of mediums, styles, and techniques are available for viewing.
Mid-Missouri Artists to host Summer Exhibition at UCM Gallery
WARRENSBURG – Mid-Missouri Artists is hosting a reception for its 2023 Summer Exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 15 at the University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art and Design, 217 E. Clark St. more
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Warrensburg Community Band President David Robinson, standing in the center, overlooks the ensemble's Monday, June 5 rehearsal at Warrensburg High School. Rehearsals for the summer season began this week and performances will kick off at the end of June.
Warrensburg Community Band begins rehearsals
WARRENSBURG – The Warrensburg Community Band rehearsals are in full swing, with performances quickly approaching. more
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On Wednesday evening, June 7, balloon-meister Gary Whitby, of Columbia, takes several people up for a tethered balloon ride on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. On Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, 20 balloons will participate in the inaugural Hot Air Balloon & Kite Festival. The two-day free family event is sponsored by the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce and Nucor Steel Sedalia LLC. Photo by Faith Bemiss | Sedalia Democrat
Inaugural Hot Air Balloon & Kite Festival to launch this weekend
SEDALIA — Sedalia skies will be alive with color on Friday and Saturday with the launching of the inaugural Hot Air Balloon & Kite Festival on the Missouri State Fairgrounds. more
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Cynthia Epp, Abigail Epp, 7, Erin Morehouse and Angela Zivkovich stand in front of the Old Drum memorial during Old Drum Day on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Old Courthouse Square in Warrensburg. Morehouse and Zivkovich were visiting from New Hampshire and Colorado and decided to check out the town’s tradition of Old Drum.
Old Drum Day to celebrate legendary dog
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the date of the event. more
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A mother and daughter try to beat the heat and pick up a freshly squeezed lemonade from a stand at the Knob Noster Fair in June 2022. The 2023 fair will be hosted June 8-10.
Family fun awaits at annual Knob Noster Fair
KNOB NOSTER – The Knob Noster Fair, themed “The Sound of Freedom,” is set to take place on June 8-10. more
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A photo depicts some of the crowd that descended on the Missouri State Fairgrounds July 19-21, 1974, during the Ozark Music Festival. Photo courtesy of Dustbin Film LLC
Ozark Music documentary moving forward
SEDALIA — A revised and updated version of the Ozark Music Festival documentary created by independent filmmaker Jeff Lujin with Dustbin Film LLC will be shown July 14-17 at the Hayden Liberty Center. more
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Artist Christine Finley explains her exhibition "Long Way Home" to docents of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art at State Fair Community College on  Wednesday, May 24. Finley's works, as well as shows "Synthesis" and "Absence Presence," will be on display this summer. Photo by Chris Howell | Sedalia Democrat
Daum Museum in black, white, and color
SEDALIA — The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on the State Fair Community College campus, 3201 W. 16th St. in Sedalia, has three shows running in its galleries this summer. more
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During the 2022 Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, musician Squeek Steele, 83, of Virginia City, Nevada, smiles at the crowd before playing at The Pavilion in downtown Sedalia. The 2023 Festival opens Wednesday, May 31. File photo by Faith Bemiss | Sedalia Democrat
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival opens on Wednesday
SEDALIA — New ideas, new venues, and new musicians are the focus of this year's Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival, slated for Wednesday, May 31 through Saturday, June 3 in downtown Sedalia. more
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Central Missouri Repertory to present children’s touring production of ‘Robin Hood’
WARRENSBURG – Families across the area will have the chance to watch Robin Hood go on adventures as the University of Central Missouri Repertory Theatre takes its production on tour at numerous locations throughout West Central Missouri in late May and early June. more
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