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Things to do in Kansas City: The Beatles at the symphony, Good Living Expo, Molière

Music of The Beatles will kick off the Kansas City Symphony’s 2022, with concerts Jan. 7-9 at the Kauffman Center.
Music of The Beatles will kick off the Kansas City Symphony’s 2022, with concerts Jan. 7-9 at the Kauffman Center. File photo

The Kansas City Symphony will start 2022 with a tribute to the most popular rock band of all time at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Vocalists will join the symphony for “Revolution: The Music of The Beatles,” featuring new arrangements of more than 25 hits, including “Ticket to Ride,” “Penny Lane,” “All You Need Is Love,” “Get Back,” “Here Comes the Sun” and “Hey Jude.”

Times are 8 p.m. Jan. 7, 7 p.m. Jan. 8 and 2 p.m. Jan. 9. Tickets ($50-$102) are available at kcsymphony.org.

Belvoir Winery in Liberty will present “Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire” on Jan. 7.
Belvoir Winery in Liberty will present “Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire” on Jan. 7. Allison Long The Kansas City Star

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The Good Living Expo KC will take place at the Overland Park Convention Center, 3-8 p.m. Jan. 7 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 8 ($5-$8). goodlivingexpo.com.

Belvoir Winery’s first Murder Mystery Dinner of the year will be “Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire,” 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 ($17-$35). belvoirwinery.com.

The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City will give a workshop presentation of “A God — Sib’s Tale: A Folk Opera” at the Blue Room, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 (free). brtkc.org.

The Opus 76 Quartet, artists-in-residence at the Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College, will kick off its 2022 series at Polsky Theatre with Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Opus 131, followed by a screening of “Immortal Beloved,” 2 p.m. Jan. 9. jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center/events.

Kansas City Actors Theatre will present a new adaptation of Molière’s “Les Fâcheux” at City Stage in Union Station as part of “KC MOlière: 400 in 2022,” 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12; runs through Jan. 30 ($22-$47). kcactors.org.

The Opus 76 Quartet will perform “Beethoven’s Opus 131,” followed by a screening of “Immortal Beloved,” Jan. 9 at Polsky Theatre.
The Opus 76 Quartet will perform “Beethoven’s Opus 131,” followed by a screening of “Immortal Beloved,” Jan. 9 at Polsky Theatre. Gary Rohman File photo
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Dan Kelly
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Dan Kelly has been covering entertainment and arts news at The Star since 2009. He previously worked at the Columbia Daily Tribune, The Miami Herald and The Louisville Courier-Journal. He also was on the University of Missouri School of Journalism faculty for six years, and he has written two books, most recently “The Girl with the Agate Eyes: The Untold Story of Mattie Howard, Kansas City’s Queen of the Underworld.”
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