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Local art galleries, artists eager to open doors again for First Friday First Fridays are officially back this weekend after shutting down for more than a year due to the pandemic. and last updated 2021-07-02 18:46:16-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo — First Fridays are officially back this weekend after shutting down for more than a year due to the pandemic. Like many other industries, artists and galleries had to close their doors and find creative ways to stay afloat. Many of them said showcasing art without spectators has not felt the same. “When I look at artwork, I'm interested in stories,...

As our worlds begin to open up and people make plans to head back to the office, one of the pandemic lessons we'll carry with us is that the art we surround ourselves with helps us endure.

/ In August 2018, tens of thousands of people packed the streets for First Fridays in the Crossroads. But things slowed down in 2019, due to a fatal shooting, and in 2020, during the pandemic. First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District may not return as a big street party anytime soon. But, with fewer visitors for the monthly event, some say it’s returning to its roots: looking at art. On a Friday evening in March, about a dozen people, all masked up, stood in pairs or spread out in the lobby of the Crossroads Hotel, the former site of a Pabst Blue Ribbon bottling and distribution cent...