

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life celebrates the life and legacy of one of America’s most influential literary voices. Born in 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, Hughes was an early innovator of jazz poetry and a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. This semi-staged musical and literary experience honors Hughes’s extraordinary legacy and amplifies his singular voice and texts, illuminating the universal human experiences of joy, struggle, and aspiration. 

Touring community spaces in Kansas City, March 15–April 2, 2026.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kansas-city/langston-hughes-a-lyrical-life/200029567288614
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, entertainment, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 137

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029567288614?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kansas+city-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and State Museum
- **lat**: 39.036757957278
- **long**: -94.542543046712
- **full address**: Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and State Museum, 3700 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64130-2800, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Lyric Opera of Kansas City (https://allevents.in/org/lyric-opera-of-kansas-city/3021301)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and State Museum, 3700 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64130-2800, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lyric Opera of Kansas City
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, music, entertainment, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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